今日科技：微軟以85億美元收購Skype
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????* Fortune.com網站全新改版。如果你是新聞通訊訂閱用戶，還未看過改版后的網站，那么趕緊一睹為快吧！ ????* 多方消息稱微軟（Microsoft）正與流行的視頻通話服務提供商Skype進行談判，準備以大約85億美元收購后者。不過All Things D表示，此項收購交易實際已經是板上釘釘。據報道，總部位于華盛頓州雷蒙德市的科技巨頭微軟將于10號上午晚些時候宣布收購消息。最新更新：我的同事丹?普里馬克已確認交易成功。預計官方消息馬上就會宣布。[All Things D和《財富》（Fortune）] ????* 與此同時，微軟Windows Phone 7團隊將于5月24日在紐約市預覽微軟移動操作系統的最新版本——“芒果”（Mango）。（ZDNET） ????* 宏碁（Acer）前首席執(zhí)行官蔣凡可?蘭奇講述自己為何被迫離開這家計算機硬件制造商。（All Things D） ????* 谷歌（Google）計劃于10號晚些時候在谷歌I/O大會上公布其云音樂服務，盡管該服務還未得到主要音樂廠商和發(fā)行商的許可。如果真這樣的話，谷歌和亞馬遜（Amazon）幾乎如出一轍，后者早在今年初就啟動了一項類似服務，不過現在仍未取得音樂廠商們的許可。（VentureBeat） ????* 谷歌I/O大會還有什么值得期待的？請參閱phandroid.com網站。（Phandroid） ????* YouTube與環(huán)球（Universal）、索尼影視（Sony Pictures）和華納兄弟（Warner Brothers）等好萊塢制片商達成合作協議，后者將為YouTube提供大約3000部完整版電影。這樣一來，YouTube的可租賃電影總數一舉超過6000部。絕大部分新電影的起始價為3.99美元，而老電影的起始價則為2.99美元。(TechCrunch) ????* YouTube聯合創(chuàng)始人查德?赫爾利和陳士駿收購實時商業(yè)平臺Tap11.com，距離他們此前收購雅虎（Yahoo）旗下的Delicious還不到兩周時間。兩人表示，Tap 11將并入兩人目前仍顯神秘的新創(chuàng)公司AVOS中。（AVOS） ????* 科技作者羅伯特?斯科博講述自己最近采訪23家新創(chuàng)企業(yè)的收獲，其中包括iPad如何給一些企業(yè)帶來啟發(fā)。（Scobleizer） ????譯者：項航 |
????* Fortune.com revealed its brand spanking new Web site. If you're a newsletter subscriber and haven't seen the changes for yourself, head on over! ????* Multiple reports abound that Microsoft is negotiating to buy popular video calling service Skype for some $8.5 billion, but according to All Things D, the deal is actually already in the bag. The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant will reportedly make the announcement later this morning. UPDATE: Colleague Dan Primack has confirmed the deal. Expect the official announcement shortly. (All Things D and Fortune) ????* Meanwhile, the Windows Phone 7 team will preview the latest build of Microsoft's mobile operating system, dubbed "Mango," on May 24 in New York City. (ZDNET) ????* Former Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci on why he was ousted from the computer hardware maker. (All Things D) ????* Google intends to unveil its cloud music service late today at its I/O conference without the approval of major music labels and publishers. If so, the move echoes Amazon, which launched a similar music service -- also sans industry approval -- earlier this year. (VentureBeat) ????* What else to expect at Google I/O... (Phandroid) ????* YouTube teamed up with Hollywood studios like Universal, Sony Pictures, and Warner Brothers to offer around 3,000 full-length feature films on the video-streaming site, bringing the total number of rentable movie titles to 6,000-plus. Most new releases will start at $3.99, while older titles will go for $2.99. (TechCrunch) ????* YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen acquired Tap11.com, a real-time business platform, just two weeks or so after the two bought Delicious from Yahoo. According to the two, Tap11 will be integrated with their still-enigmatic startup, AVOS. (AVOS) ????* Tech author Robert Scoble on what he learned from recent interviews with 23 startups, including how the iPad is inspiring some ventures. (Scobleizer) |
