2015年7月31日 星期五

Amazon Is Now Worth More Than Wal-Mart. Amazon pays $250m for ex-Top Gear trio

Amazon has signed up departing Top Gear trio Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May to compete against their old BBC show.
(Picture by Getty Images)
Deal shows internet groups are continuing to encroach on the terrain of traditional broadcasters.
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Amazon Is Now Worth More Than Wal-Mart


【即時頭條】亞馬遜奪下全球最大零售商寶座
亞馬遜超越沃爾瑪成為全球市值最大的零售商,因該電商第二季利潤好得驚人,將股價推到了紀錄高位。
亞馬遜股價在週四盤後一度飆升19%,令其市值達到了約2670億美元,超過了沃爾瑪的2335億美元。
不過沃爾瑪在銷售金額上依舊對亞馬遜擁有絕對優勢,年度營收是其5倍左右。儘管如此,亞馬遜在電子商務領域的統治地位還是得到了加強,迫使最大的競爭對手付出更大的代價跟進。沃爾瑪正在大力投資其網上業務,並開發自己的線上訂購服務來與亞馬遜的Amazon Prime競爭。
亞馬遜的市值今年來一直在穩定地追趕沃爾瑪。截至週四收盤時,亞馬遜股價今年漲幅已達到了55%,同期沃爾瑪卻下跌了16%。
第二季亞馬遜實現232億美元的營收,增幅達到了20%。分析師的預估均值為224億美元。亞馬遜稱,同期該公司淨利為9200萬美元,合每股19美分。分析師的預估值則為虧損14美分。 (撰文:Shannon Pettypiece)



【新唐人亞太台2015 年07 月27 日訊】美國網絡零售巨頭亞馬遜在英國倫敦推出時尚攝影工作室,希望進軍英國高檔時尚業,直接與傳統銷售商業街競爭。


2015年7月30日 星期四

Windows 10, Facebook Revenue Beats Forecast as User Growth Is Steady


Why Windows 10 Users May Never Use Google Again
Microsoft's new Windows 10 software, outWednesday, is effectively a sneak attack onGoogle, packing a new desktop search bar that can field just ...


Facebook Revenue Beats Forecast as User Growth Is Steady

By VINDU GOEL

The social media company reported continued growth in users, with 1.49 billion people logging on at least once a month.
. Facebook Expands in Politics, and Campaigns Find Much to Like

2015年7月28日 星期二

CFO's focus on discipline soothes Google investors 谷歌已經陸續註冊多個帶有“China”關鍵字的Google Play相關域名(暫時無法訪問)

谷歌註冊多個域名暗指業務將重返中國

nd.fjsen.com   2015-07-28 16:23:32 佚名 來源:中國新聞網  我來說兩句

近日,有網友發現,谷歌已經陸續註冊多個帶有“China”關鍵字的Google Play相關域名(暫時無法訪問),消息人士猜測谷歌有意使Android平台上的應用商店回歸中國。谷歌自2010年宣布退出中國的幾年來,關於谷歌回歸的傳聞一直不斷,而最近出現的多個帶有China字樣的Google Play域名則讓這個傳聞可信度大大提高。
這些Google註冊的域名包括:
googleplaychina.com/.cn/.com.cn(谷歌應用市場中國);
googleplaychinaedition.com(谷歌應用市場中國版);
googlechinaaccount.com(谷歌中國賬戶);
googlechinaedition.com(谷歌中國版);
據悉,除了註冊域名之外,谷歌也正在積極的和國內手機廠商溝通和商談,試圖讓這些廠商在各自出廠的新機上預裝Google Play商店,並為每台安裝Google Play的手機補貼1美元。
中國市場對谷歌還是有著很大的吸引力,雖然谷歌大部分業務已經退出中國,但其還希望在中國的Andr​​oid市場上能有所作為,雖然就目前的形勢來看,谷歌的回歸併沒有那麼容易,但如果谷歌能摸頭國內市場管理者的脾氣,還是有一定希望的。


The Seattle Times
CFO's focus on discipline soothes Google investors | The Seattle Times
Ruth Porat, a former chief financial officer at Morgan Stanley, recently made her public debut as Google's chief financial officer, speaking and fielding ...




Google Loosens Ties to Google Plus. Google+ Photos killed off to make way for new photos app, as social network heads to its death

Google Loosens Ties to Google Plus

By DINO GRANDONI

The company is most likely responding to the demands of mobile users who expect apps to deliver services on their own.



Google+ Photos killed off to make way for new photos app, as social network heads to its death





The new standalone app offers most of the same features, plus new ones
ANDREW GRIFFIN
Tuesday 21 July 2015


Google+ Photos is being closed, in what could be the final sign that the mostly-quiet social network is shutting down.
The photos service was long one of the most useful parts of Google+, the search giant’s attempt at building a social network, since it offered clever editing tools and ways of sharing pictures with friends. But many of those feature have now been built into the standalone Google Photos, which does all the same — but adds even more clever artificial intelligence tools to help it recognise certain features of pictures.
“In an effort to ensure everyone has the best photos experience we can deliver, on August 1st we’ll start to shut down Google+ Photos -- initially on Android, and soon thereafter on the Web and iOS,” Google wrote in a post on the network.
Photos from the old service are easily imported into the new one. If users don’t make the switch, their pictures will be deleted from the service — but they can be easily exported before Google+ Photos is shut down entirely, using the Google Takeout tool.

2015年7月23日 星期四

9 to 5 Google Google Glass 'Enterprise Edition' . Google Maps launches Your Timeline allowing users to retrace their steps minute-by-minute





9 to 5 Google
Google Glass 'Enterprise Edition' is foldable, water resistant, more rugged for the workplace
As we've come to learn more about the next iteration of Google Glass, it's clear that this device isn't the “Google Glass 2.0″ that many diehard fans of ...



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Google Maps launches Your Timeline allowing users to retrace their steps minute-by-minute

Google hopes the new tool will  allow users to 'visualise' their real-world routines

 
 
Google have introduced a new feature that allows users to track their movements on their phone – down to the very minute.
Your Timeline logs every location and distance an individual travels while carrying their phone. Although announced yesterday as part of a gradual rollout, the Timeline is already available to many users.
Available on android and desktop, users can scroll through a timeline of their activities (or locations) if they’ve opted in to store their Location history with Google.
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To further up the experience, if users have been taking geo-tagged Google photographs, these will also appear on individual's timeline, hopefully spurring a clearer memory of each place visited. Users can also ‘name’ frequent locations (e.g. Mum’s house).

2015年7月22日 星期三

行動開發平台Pixate. Google Geek Street Fair gets Chicago kids acquainted with STEM

Google Geek Street Fair gets Chicago kids acquainted with STEM




CAPTIONGeek Street Fair - Chicago
Phil Velasquez, Blue Sky/July 22, 2015


Kids turn liquids into solids or polymers at the Hands on Kids Science tent at Google's Geek Street Fair in Daley Plaza.

CAPTIONGeek Street Fair - Chicago
Phil Velasquez, Blue Sky/July 22, 2015


Kids experiment at the Hands on Kids Science tent.
By Amina Elahi and Susan MoskopBlue Sky Innovation
Why did more than 1,500 students descend on Daley Plaza?
Ask STEM advocates how to increase participation in science and tech and they’re likely to say, “Get kids interested early.”
Many cite studies that show middle school as the age when kids choose — or don’t — to pursue studies and careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
But simply exposing young teens may not be enough.
2008 study showed that middle school students who viewed videos of STEM professionals discussing their work reported more interest in STEM careers. But the effect was slight, and researchers suggested it would take multiple and varied exposures to get and keep students hooked on these fields.
For the first time Wednesday, Google brought its Geek Street Fair to Chicago, offering students from across the city a chance to play and interact with cutting-edge technologies.
The event, at Daley Plaza, featured interactive activity booths from museums and organizations across the city. The festival started in New York City in 2013.
Google drew more than 1,500 student attendees, including many 8- to 14-year-old summer campers who were brought to the free event by the Chicago Park District, said Rob Biederman, an organizer of the festival and Google’s head of Midwest government relations and public affairs. Biederman said the event is open to people of all ages.
Ben Collins-Sussman, Google Chicago’s head engineer, said the complexity of the exhibits surprised him — in a good way. He recently moved into that role, replacing Brian Fitzpatrick ⇒, who left to become founder and CTO of restaurant ticketing startup Tock.
“I think we underestimate kids’ interest and the extent to which they’re willing to engage,” said Collins-Sussman. “This sort of demonstrates that we could be doing a lot more than we’re already doing.”
Students got to virtually explore Martian terrain with the Adler Planetarium, build circuits with the Chicago Public Library and use the Minecraft video game to discover Chicago’s landscape with theChicago Architecture Foundation. They also got to play with the Google Cardboard virtual reality viewer.
Gabriel Lyon, vice president of education and experience at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, said her organization’s booths will offer experiences usually only available through private camps. She said it’s important to show even passers-by what it looks like to engage in STEM.
“STEM is not an activity that happens behind closed doors, it’s really got to be a public endeavor,” Lyon said.
Edgar Duenas, 16, who will be a junior at Lindblom Math and Science Academy, spent the day working booths for a number of exhibitors, including Chicago Knights Robotics, a city-wide robotics team. He said he and the volunteers spent the past few days preparing the exhibit, which featured mini autonomous vehicles on an enclosed track, to attract young kids.
“That’s why we did it — to show off that everyone can do it and more or less get the youth involved in technology,” Duenas said. "If they can use the skills we know now, when they get to our age they’ll know a lot more.”
Biederman said Google wanted diverse exhibits to complement other citywide STEM initiatives. Google has 600 employees in Chicago, most of whom focus on engineering or sales.
“We kind of feel that with a wide variety of booths and interests,” Biederman said, “we’ve got a much better chance of hooking kids onto STEM and computer science at an early age,” he said.



行動程式開發平台Pixate宣布已被Google併購,即日起將免費釋出支援Windows與Mac的桌面版開發軟體Pixate studio,並調降Pixate cloud雲端服務的訂閱費用。
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