今日科技:初創公司各出妙招拉攏人才
左起:Skype首席執行官托尼?貝茨、Facebook首席執行官馬克?扎克伯格。攝影:梅森?柯恩
????Facebook7月6日在位于帕洛阿爾托的公司總部舉辦了盛大的產品發布會,首席執行官馬克?扎克伯克宣布了一些有趣的新數據:Facebook用戶每天分享的內容量已經達到了去年同期的兩倍。7.5億Facebook用戶——你沒聽錯,就是7.5億人——每天分享的話題達到了40億個。扎克伯克和公司高管們還在現場發布了三款新產品,分別是群組通訊功能、一個全尺寸的好友名單設計,以及基于Skype技術的視頻聊天功能。這些新產品都是大受歡迎的附加功能,不過最后一項才是重頭戲。到目前為止,該功能的表現非常令人滿意。它無論下載和使用都很容易,而且還有非常出色的視頻質量。美中不足的是,它沒有類似Google + “Hangout”那樣的視頻群聊功能?!尽敦敻弧?Fortune)】 ????谷歌的Google+服務剛剛推出了一周的時間,近日科技網站“搜索引擎天地”(Search Engine Land)就撰文稱,如果傳聞可以采信的話,那么可以看出Google+服務必將取得一個開門紅。因為在短短一周之內,該網站的Google+賬戶已經有了1,000個粉絲。(相比之下,該網站的Google Buzz賬戶花了17個月才累積了1,000名粉絲。)與此同時,科技博客Mashable也在Google+上有了9,000名粉絲?!舅阉饕嫣斓?Search Engine Land)】 ????據《華爾街日報》(The Wall Street Journal)報道,蘋果(Apple)已為一款新iPhone的生產訂購了零部件,該款新iPhone預計在今年九月末推出。如果消息來源可靠,那么這款新iPhone將與iPhone4極為相像,只不過采取了更輕薄的設計,攝像頭也升級到了800萬像素?!尽度A爾街日報》(The Wall Street Journal)】 ????風行歐洲的音樂流媒體服務Spotify正式來到美國,不過目前還不知道它將于何時在美推出,也不知道它的定價是多少。點擊此處即可申請成為Spotify的第一批美國會員?!鞠M科技博客The next web (The Next Web)】 ????視頻網站Hulu的首席執行官杰森?基拉爾表示,等到今年夏天結束,Hulu Plus的訂閱用戶將超過100萬人?;瓲柗Q,Hulu原本預計到今年年底才會突破百萬用戶大關,沒想到竟然提前實現目標。不過Hulu對全年營收入預期仍保持在5億美元。【科技、互聯網、媒體資訊網站All Things D (All Things D)】 ????再來看看初創公司留住人才的妙招。從事旅行房屋租賃的初創公司Airbnb為員工提供了“紅酒+奶酪”的會餐。從事文件同步服務的初創公司Dropbox里有一間搖滾室,里面擺著吉它和架子鼓。而社交游戲公司Zynga則在公司里提供了豪華的免費午餐和晚餐,其中使用了芥末油和松果汁等昂貴原料。(沒錯,真是這樣。)【《華爾街日報》(Wall Street Journal)】 ????移動支付在過去幾年里出現了井噴式的成長,據英國朱尼普研究公司(Juniper Research)預測,移動支付市場將從今年的2,400億美元增長到2015年的6,700億美元。【科技網站GigaOm(GigaOm)】 ??? 為何拉丁美洲將成為網飛(Netflix)的下一個大市場?!究萍季W站GigaOm(GigaOm)】 ????譯者:樸成奎 |
????During Facebook's big product launch event yesterday at its Palo Alto headquarters, Mark Zuckerberg announced some interesting new stats: users are sharing twice as much content now as they did the same time last year, with its 750 million users -- yes, 750 million -- sharing 4 billion items a day. Zuck and crew also unveiled three products: group messaging, a new full-sized buddy list design and Skype-powered video chat. While all are welcome additions, it was the last feature which made the biggest splash. So far, it's almost everything it ought to be: easy-to-download and easy-to-use, with some pretty stellar video quality. No group video chat a la Google + "Hangout," though. (Fortune) ????It's just over a week old, but according to Search Engine Land, Google + appears to be off to a good start, at least if anecdotal evidence is anything to go by. The Web site already has 1,000 followers. (In comparison, it took the site 17 months to achieve that via Google Buzz.) Meanwhile, tech blog Mashable has 9,000 followers to its name. (Search Engine Land) ????According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple ordered components for a new iPhone it's planning to launch by the end of September. If sources are to be believed, the newest model will closely resemble the iPhone 4, but offer a thinner and lighter design along with an 8-megapixel camera. (Wall Street Journal) ????Popular European music streaming service Spotify is officially coming to the U.S., though no word yet on time frame or pricing yet. Sign up here for an invite to see what all the buzz is about. (The Next Web) ????Hulu CEO Jason Kilar reports the number of paid Hulu Plus subscribers will pass 1 million come end of summer. According to Kilar, that beats the video streaming service's original expectations of hitting that milestone by the end of the year. Hulu also still expects to pull in half a billion in revenues for 2011. (All Things D) ????Another look at startup perks. Apartment-swapping startup Airbnb offers wine-and-cheese mixers, file-syncing service Dropbox has a rock room with guitars and drums, and Zynga serves up free gourmet lunches and dinners using ingredients like wasabi oil and pinecone syrup. (Yes, seriously. ) (Wall Street Journal) ????Mobile payments have taken off in the last few years, so much so that Juniper Research anticipates the space to grow from $240 billion this year to $670 billion worldwide in 2015. (GigaOm) |