????蘋果股價重挫真相 《紐約時報》

????蘋果（Apple）股票投資者有理由擔心政府將對資本收益加大征稅力度。從2005年起，蘋果股價從每股約35美元開始飛快上漲，今年年初達到每股411美元，到9月末便突破了700美元。然而過去幾周來，蘋果股價一直表現欠佳，周三更是雪上加霜，從峰值下挫20%，跌至558美元。

????近期蘋果發生了一系列似乎毫無關聯的事件，股價應聲下跌。這些事件包括：產品線進行了超過正常范圍的重大調整，此舉可能會在近期影響盈利水平；高層出現了少有的人事變動。

????三星蓋世3超越iPhone 4S成第3季度全球最暢銷智能手機 科技網站THE NEXT WEB

????值得關注的是，第3季度由于iPhone 5的推出，4S的銷售受到了一定影響。市場研究公司Strategy Analytics稱，蘋果的這款最新利器售出了600萬部，獲得了全球智能手機市場3.6%的份額。

????不過，三星智能手機之王的桂冠可能戴多久。iPhone 5畢竟是今年第3季度末才發布的，爾且一開始還受到供貨緊張的限制。

????自戀的硅谷 科技博客TECHCRUNCH

????的確，硅谷有一點和洛杉磯及紐約很像。這里的人很少有土生土長的，而且如今待在這里的我們幾乎都曾有一刻特別向往來這里。也許是因為我們臉蛋長得不如紐約人或洛杉磯的好萊塢明星那么好看，所以我們更愿意認為自己腦子要聰明點兒。

????“我還記得她剛來這兒時是啥模樣，她就是個無名小卒，”這是一段硅谷電視節目中某人對某位來硅谷的姑娘的評價。這個片子根本就沒人報道，也沒人議論，也絕對沒什么首映式要辦；沒人說它的閑話，或是一邊盯著或細讀什么融資演講稿，一邊不停地發推特。拉倒吧。我的回應是：“你還記得你剛來時是啥模樣嗎，你也啥都不是。誰沒有過這么一段呢，對不對？”

????谷歌風投擴大規模至每年3億美元 路透社

????這么大手筆的增資意味著谷歌風投將能參與更后期的融資投資，這種融資往往需要每個投資者投入上千萬美元。

????這使谷歌風投有實力與英特爾（Intel）旗下的英特爾資本（Intel Capital）這樣實力雄厚的風投相提并論，后者通常每年的投資額在3-5億美元。

????聯想二季度營收創歷史新高，PC市場份額創歷史紀錄

????科技博客ENGADGET

????至少在目前，聯想（Lenovo）可以自稱全球個人電腦廠商之王了。去年，它的臺式機銷售也增長了5%。它的移動互聯網部門的銷售額達到7.18億美元，同時也是中國第二大智能手機和平板電腦廠商。它也是中國最大的PC機廠商，銷量超過了第二名至第五名的總和，并首次贏得了歐洲、中東和非洲地區（EMEA）兩位數的市場份額。

????譯者：清遠

????Product questions and threats of higher tax hit Apple shares?[THE NEW YORK TIMES]

????Owners of Apple shares would have good reason to fear higher taxes on capital gains. Apple shares have appreciated mightily since 2005 when they were about $35 apiece; they began this year at $411 and peaked at more than $700 in late September. The drop on Wednesday only added to what has been a grim few weeks for Apple shares, which have fallen over 20 percent from that peak, to $558 on Wednesday.

????The decline has followed a sequence of seemingly unrelated events, including a broader-than-normal overhaul of its product line that is expected to hurt profit margins in the near term and a rare shake-up in Apple's senior ranks.

????Samsung's Galaxy S III overtakes the iPhone 4S as the world's best-selling smartphone in Q3 2012?[THE NEXT WEB]

????It's worth noting that sales of the 4S were tempered by the launch of the iPhone 5 in Q3. Apple's latest handset sold 6 million units and grabbed 3.6% global smartphone market share, Strategy Analytics says.

????Samsung's claim to the smartphone crown is unlikely to be maintained though. The iPhone 5 launched close to the end of the third quarter of the year and suffered limited availability at first.

????The narcissism of minor Silicon Valley differences?[TECHCRUNCH]

????Yes, much like Los Angeles and New York, very few people who are here are from here and almost all of us who are here at one point aspired to be here. And, maybe because we're not as pretty as New York or Hollywood, we'd like to think we're smarter.

????"I remember what she was like when she landed here and she was nobody," somebody said about some girl on that?Silicon Valley TV show?that absolutely no one is writing or talking about, and definitely not?hosting premiere parties for?or gossiping about or tweeting constantly regarding or poring over?the pitch decks for. Ugh. "Do you remember what you were like when you landed here and were absolutely nobody," I responded. "We all at some point were that right?"

????Google Ventures beefs up fund size to $300 million a year?[REUTERS]

????Access to that sizeable checkbook means Google Ventures will be able to invest in more later-stage financing rounds, which tend to be in the tens of millions of dollars or more per investor.

????It puts the firm on the same footing as more established corporate venture funds such as Intel's Intel Capital, which typically invests $300-$500 million a year.

????Lenovo Q2 earnings reveal record high sales of $8.7 billion, highest-ever PC market share?[ENGADGET]

????For now however, Lenovo can claim the crown as world's largest laptop PC maker, while desktop sales were also up five percent from last year. Its mobile internet division reported sales of $718 million, and is the second largest seller in China of smartphones and tablets. It's also China's number one PC vendor with sales outpacing the next four vendors combined and racked up double digit market share in the EMEA region for the first time.