今日科技速递：谷歌继续挺进苹果领地

Twitter将不再显示Instagram的照片 《纽约时报》

    希斯特罗姆先生称，Instagram的照片很快将无法在Twitter上显示。他说：“我们已决定，现在比较合理的做法是引导我们的用户直接访问Instagram的网站。很明显，公司在发展，情况也在变化。”

    希斯特罗姆先生并未说明照片何时将不再在Twitter上显示。

    Instagram的用户仍然可以在Twitter上发照片。但如果点击这些Twitter中的Instagram链接，用户就将离开Twitter网站或应用，被直接引向Instagram的官网浏览照片。

谷歌继续挺进苹果领地 《华尔街日报》

    随着公司广告业务增速放缓，谷歌公司（Google）已经开始进一步开拓硬件市场，大力推广深受市场欢迎的安卓（Android）移动设备操作系统。据市场研究机构IDC称，今年第三财季采用安卓系统的智能手机占总出货量的75%。今年5月，谷歌斥资125亿美元收购了硬件巨头摩托罗拉移动公司（Motorola Mobility），与昔日合作伙伴苹果公司（Apple）结下了梁子。苹果对采用安卓的硬件厂商提起了大量诉讼，称它们剽窃了自己的设计。

iTunes完美升级，音质无损  科技资讯博客

    我发现，新版iTunes总的来说很好用。这个深受追捧的程序更明快，也更多彩了，增加了一些令人愉悦的智能特性，搜索速度也更快。电脑上的媒体库和储存在苹果在线iCloud云服务中的媒体的融合得更紧密。云服务提供的流媒体播放有所增加。苹果商店变得布局更清晰、更简洁、更好用。

再看“优先移动”策略 调研机构AVC

    困难不应该是放弃尝试的理由。我深信，新的大规模面向消费者的服务（consumer facing services）将利用移动设备作为主要用户界面。这个假期中，创新租车服务Uber和手工艺品销售网站Etsy的成功就说明了这一点。移动设备正是用户现在花时间最多的地方。如果不为这一正迅速成为主导的用户界面设计产品和服务，就无法使自己的业务获得长期成功。

Twitter loses ability to properly display Instagram photos [THE NEW YORK TIMES]

    "We've decided that right now, what makes sense, is to direct our users to the Instagram Web site," Mr. Systrom said, noting that Instagram images will soon no longer be visible on Twitter. "Obviously things change as a company evolves."

    Mr. Systrom did not say when images will cesase to show up on the site.

    Instagram users will still be able to generate a tweet on Twitter when they post a photo. But when someone clicks on the Instagram link in those tweets, they will be taken out of the Twitter site or app and directed to Instagram's site to view it.

Google's explainer-in-chief can't explain Apple [THE WALL STREET JOURNAL]

    As growth slows in its advertising business, Google has pushed further into hardware for its popular Android mobile operating system. Android represented 75% of smartphone shipments in the third quarter, according to IDC. Google's acquisition of hardware giant Motorola Mobility, which it bought for $12.5 billion in May, put the Mountain View, Calif., company at odds with its erstwhile partner Apple. The iPhone maker has pursued numerous lawsuits against hardware makers who use Android, claiming they rip off its own designs.

iTunes gets an upgrade without missing a beat [ALL THINGS D]

    ALL THINGS D

    Overall, however, I found the new iTunes a pleasure to use. The venerable program is now brighter and more colorful, with clever and pleasing new capabilities and faster search. There is tighter integration between the library of media that resides on your computer and media stored in Apple's online iCloud service. Streaming from the cloud has been expanded. The store has also been made cleaner, simpler and easier to use.

Rethinking mobile first [AVC]

    But just because something is hard doesn't mean you shouldn't try to do it. I am convinced the next set of large and valuable consumer facing services will be built with mobile as the primary user interface. You can see it in the success of Uber and Etsy this holiday season. That's where you users are most of the time. And if you don't design your products and services for what is rapidly becoming the dominant UI, you will not maximize the success of your business in the long run.