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Yahoo, the former giant, or $5 billion for Verizon
On the evening of July 22nd, Bloomberg News quoted many insiders as saying that Verizon Communications is close to reaching an agreement with Yahoo.
One person familiar with the matter said that Verizon plans to acquire Yahoo's core Internet assets for about $5 billion. Negotiations between the two sides continue. The current phase of the deal does not include Yahoo's patent assets.
In addition, Yahoo's other assets, including the real estate business, are also on sale, but whether it is included in the Verizon deal is still unknown.
Informed sources also said that Verizon and Yahoo may formally announce the deal within the next few days. One person familiar with the situation said that Verizon and Yahoo are currently in a "one-on-one" negotiation, but they have not yet reached a final agreement and do not rule out the possibility of a breakdown.
Do not cry apple! Apple Watch sales halved
On July 21, IDC announced the 2016 Q2 global wearable device market report. According to statistics, global Q2 shipments were 3.5 million units, a decrease of 32% from the 5.1 million units in the same period last year and the first year-on-year decline.
The "strike" suffered by the main force apple is most obvious. First, from the sales point of view, Apple's sales in the second quarter fell to 1.6 million, a decrease of 2 million; and from the perspective of market share, the last quarter was still dominant, accounting for 72%, but now dropped to 47%. However, despite this, Apple is still rolling over other brands.
IDC analyst Jitesh Ubrani said, “In the first half of 2016, consumers are waiting to see smartwatches.†Although WatchOS 3 was updated at this year’s WWDC conference, Apple Watch 2 has been “half obscureâ€. "It also failed to inspire consumers to buy new products.
Even so, Apple still holds the top spot for smart watches. Because Apple's shipments have fallen, the subsequent Samsung, Lenovo, LG, and Garmin have all changed, and the shipment share has increased dramatically. . Do not cry at Apple, although shipments have fallen a lot, but the first spot is still yours.
Red rice Pro machine exposure, metal wire drawing process
With the conference approaching, there is no secret in the configuration of Red Rice Pro, and the real machine map has also been exposed by netizens. At noon today, Baidu Red Rice posted a net exposure of a group of suspected red rice Pro pictures. From the picture, the red rice Pro's box is a typical millet style, with white antenna strips at the bottom and top of the fuselage. The back is made using a metal wire drawing process.
In addition, the back of the fuselage can clearly see the two rear camera, one on top of the flash next to the layout. The back of the fuselage due to the use of a metal color + drawing process design, the gloss is very bright. Helio X25 + OLED display + dual camera + pre-fingerprint recognition + metal brushed body, such a red rice Pro like it?
Taobao Creation Festival landed Shanghai VR shopping Buy+ first open experience
July 22 news, Taobao's first creation festival kicked off in Shanghai yesterday. Among them, the Buy+ virtual reality shopping experience product developed by the GM Lab (Gnome Magic Lab) was first opened to the public during this event.
It is reported that this Buy+ presents two shopping scenes, namely women's bags and men's and women's underwear. Simply bring the “helmet†and immediately enter the gorgeous virtual store. The immersive visual experience instantly shields the experiencer from the noisy exhibition hall. With the handle device, you can go shopping with your friends. 360-degree watch bags, and shopping guide robot "Dream" exchange, try different color sizes, let models show underwear wearing effect, and even view the "buy show" video, discuss with friends, you can pay for the purchase, a few minutes Time, an elegant VR shopping easy to get.
KPMG's 2016 Q2 Venture Report Report: AI Receives Gold
Recently, KPMG and CB Insights, one of the "big four" in the top accounting firms, jointly released the second quarter of 2016 global VC risk investment report. Data show that after two consecutive quarters of decline, VC venture capital transactions rose slightly from the first quarter, but the number of transactions fell four consecutive quarters.
At a time when the global venture capital market is sluggish, artificial intelligence still maintains a relatively strong endurance. This can be attributed to the fact that AI technology supports the development of numerous innovative industries, from driverless cars to robot consultations. Platform, AI technology contributed to the promotion of global innovation.
Similarly, venture capital in the virtual reality field has also been significantly improved in Q2 2016. Global venture investors and virtual reality technology companies have announced a special fund worth US$10 billion to invest in their related innovation projects.
The world's first "Tesla City" will be born in Australia
The Yarra Bend community on the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia is about to become the world’s first “Tesla Cityâ€! The roofs of all houses in the “city†will be installed with solar panels and Tesla’s Powerwall home battery storage system, which will be built as the most sustainable community in Australia.
The YarraBend community was designed, developed and built by developer Glenvill. It covers an area of ​​16.46 hectares. There are expected to be 2,500 households in the community, including townhouses, apartments and other types. The price of the house is approximately between 1.12 million and 1.59 million U.S. dollars. .
Each house will be equipped with solar cells and Tesla's Powerwall energy storage system. The design concept of each building is based on minimizing the impact on the environment. There are electric vehicle charging stations in the community and solar panels The electricity is sufficient to supply users with their own electric cars.
Microsoft will spend 2.5 billion U.S. dollars to build its largest data center
Seattle, July 22, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft will spend 1.5-25 billion US dollars in West Des Moines, Iowa to establish a 1.7 million square feet of data center to support its growing cloud service business . This will be the third data center Microsoft has established locally since 2008, when it will form the company's largest data center in the United States. The city of West Des Moines stated that the three data centers will total US$3.5 billion, while the city of West Des Moines, with a population of 64,000, will receive at least US$300 million in tax revenue from this newly established data center.