今日科技速遞：火狐路在何方？
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??? * “沒錯，谷歌公司（Google）很了不起。我想，我們要關(guān)注他們所做的一切，向他們學(xué)習(xí)。不過，人們現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)在Facebook上分享了很多，也在這個平臺上講述了很多自己的生活經(jīng)歷。所以我們認(rèn)為，迄今為止，我們在這方面擁有更優(yōu)秀的工具?！薄R克?扎克伯格談Google+是否會構(gòu)成威脅（科技網(wǎng)站The Next Web） ??? * 美國有線電視新聞網(wǎng)財經(jīng)頻道（CNNMoney）報道，F(xiàn)acebook收購了基于地理位置提供服務(wù)的移動互聯(lián)應(yīng)用程序Gowalla，收購金額沒有披露。Gowalla團(tuán)隊(duì)中的大部分人將移師Facebook位于帕洛阿爾托的總部。他們將致力于開發(fā)這個社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)平臺最近推出的時間軸（Timeline）新功能?！久绹芯€電視新聞網(wǎng)財經(jīng)頻道（CNNMoney）】 ???? * Mozilla公司的火狐瀏覽器（Firefox）在桌面瀏覽市場的份額不斷下滑，在移動瀏覽器市場的份額也僅有微不足道的1%，它還能有出路嗎？這家公司正全力以赴保持競爭力——將移動領(lǐng)域作為優(yōu)先發(fā)展方向，雇傭新的專業(yè)人才——但問題是，這些努力足以與谷歌（Google）和蘋果（Apple）這樣的重量級搜索巨頭抗衡嗎？【《彭博商業(yè)周刊》（Bloomberg Businessweek）】 ??? * 商業(yè)管理軟件領(lǐng)袖SAP公司計劃以34億美元收購基于網(wǎng)絡(luò)的企業(yè)軟件公司SuccessFactors。這筆交易預(yù)計將于明年早些時候完成，大概是在其競爭對手甲骨文公司（Oracle）用14億美元收購RightNow Technologies公司的兩個月后。這家公司的主攻方向是客戶服務(wù)軟件?！尽都~約時報》（The New York Times）】 ??? * 當(dāng)初可漢學(xué)院（Khan Academy，全球化的高校視頻教程提供商——譯注）的免費(fèi)在線教育視頻首次上線時，薩爾曼?可漢可謂轟動一時?，F(xiàn)在，可漢正在將這些視頻與學(xué)校教程結(jié)合起來，希望借此再度掀起一波聲勢。這個項(xiàng)目將在全美36所學(xué)院中開始啟動。（《紐約時報》） ??? * 傳統(tǒng)的游戲公司，如微軟（Microsoft）、任天堂（Nintendo）和索尼（Sony）正準(zhǔn)備掀起新一輪的游戲硬件熱潮，但是新一代游戲是不是其實(shí)已經(jīng)面世了？【《財富》雜志 (Fortune) 】 ??? * 最近，隨著Lady Gaga、賈斯汀?汀布萊克和萊昂納多?迪卡普里奧等名人紛紛加入了投資游戲的隊(duì)伍，科技網(wǎng)站GigaOm開始探究這種現(xiàn)象僅僅是一時的風(fēng)潮，還是預(yù)示著未來的方向?！究萍疾┛虶igaOM（GigaOM）】 ??? * 認(rèn)識一下Senzari公司：這家新創(chuàng)公司與在線音樂電臺服務(wù)提供商潘多拉（Pandora）類似，但卻希望能夠青出于藍(lán)而勝于藍(lán)。它獲得了200萬美元的天使投資，能為世界各地的用戶提供更多的音樂（它的曲庫有1,000萬多首歌曲，而潘多拉只有90萬首）。目前，Senzari在美國和巴西尚處于測試狀態(tài)，但正計劃向拉美、西班牙和澳大利亞拓展。（科技博客TechCrunch） ???* ?管窺Facebook的“開放圖譜”，以及為什么這家社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)公司如此不遺余力地推廣“自動分享”功能（也叫“無摩擦分享”）。 （科技博客Robert Scoble/Scobleizer） ??? 譯者：清遠(yuǎn) |
????* "Yeah, Google's a great company, and I think we want to look at and learn from everything that they do. But at the same time, people have shared a lot on Facebook and have already told a lot of their life story on Facebook. And we think that we have by far better tools for doing that." -- Mark Zuckerberg on whether Google+ is a threat (The Next Web) ????* CNNMoney reports that Facebookbought the location-based service Gowalla?for an undisclosed sum. Most of the Gowalla team will move to Facebook's Palo Alto headquarters to work on the social network's recently-introduced Timeline feature. (CNNMoney) ????* With market share of its desktop browser declining and a tiny 1% share of the mobile browser space, can Mozilla's Firefox browser survive? The company is doing all it can to stay competitive -- making mobile a priority, hiring new talent -- but the question remains whether those efforts will be enough against heavyweight browser competitors like Google (GOOG) and Apple (AAPL). (Bloomberg Businessweek) ????* SAP (SAP) plans to buy the Web-based enterprise software company SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion. The deal is expected to close early next year and comes roughly two months after rival Oracle (ORCL) agreed to purchase RightNow Technologies, a customer service software maker, for $1.4 billion. (The New York Times) ????* Salman Khan made waves when Khan Academy's free online collection of education videos took off. Now, Khan wants to do it again by integrating those videos into the school curriculum, starting 36 institutions around the country. (The New York Times) ????* Traditional game companies like Microsoft (MSFT), Nintendo, and Sony are readying a new wave of gaming hardware, but is next-generation gaming actually already here? (Fortune) ????* With celebrities like Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, and Leonardo DiCaprio getting in on the investing game as of late, GigaOm explores whether we're seeing a fad or the future. (GigaOm) ????* Meet Senzari: a Pandora-like startup with $2 million in angel funding that wants to outperform Pandora itself by offering a wider selection of music (10 million plus vs. Pandora's 900,000) to users around the world. Senzari is currently in private beta in the U.S. and Brazil, but plans to expand to Latin America, Spain, and Australia. (TechCrunch) ????* THE PARTING SHOT: A look at Facebook's "Open Graph" and why the social network is pushing automatic sharing (aka "frictionless sharing") so hard. (Robert Scoble/Scobleizer) |
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