今日科技：微軟以85億美元收購(gòu)Skype
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????* Fortune.com網(wǎng)站全新改版。如果你是新聞通訊訂閱用戶,，還未看過(guò)改版后的網(wǎng)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(wù)提供商Skype進(jìn)行談判,，準(zhǔn)備以大約85億美元收購(gòu)后者,。不過(guò)All Things D表示，此項(xiàng)收購(gòu)交易實(shí)際已經(jīng)是板上釘釘,。據(jù)報(bào)道,，總部位于華盛頓州雷蒙德市的科技巨頭微軟將于10號(hào)上午晚些時(shí)候宣布收購(gòu)消息。最新更新：我的同事丹?普里馬克已確認(rèn)交易成功,。預(yù)計(jì)官方消息馬上就會(huì)宣布,。[All Things D和《財(cái)富》（Fortune）] ????* 與此同時(shí)，微軟Windows Phone 7團(tuán)隊(duì)將于5月24日在紐約市預(yù)覽微軟移動(dòng)操作系統(tǒng)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(kāi)這家計(jì)算機(jī)硬件制造商,。（All Things D） ????* 谷歌（Google）計(jì)劃于10號(hào)晚些時(shí)候在谷歌I/O大會(huì)上公布其云音樂(lè)服務(wù),，盡管該服務(wù)還未得到主要音樂(lè)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(dòng)了一項(xiàng)類似服務(wù)，不過(guò)現(xiàn)在仍未取得音樂(lè)廠商們的許可,。（VentureBeat） ????* 谷歌I/O大會(huì)還有什么值得期待的,？請(qǐng)參閱phandroid.com網(wǎng)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(dá)成合作協(xié)議,，后者將為YouTube提供大約3000部完整版電影。這樣一來(lái),，YouTube的可租賃電影總數(shù)一舉超過(guò)6000部。絕大部分新電影的起始價(jià)為3.99美元,，而老電影的起始價(jià)則為2.99美元,。(TechCrunch) ????* YouTube聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人查德?赫爾利和陳士駿收購(gòu)實(shí)時(shí)商業(yè)平臺(tái)Tap11.com，距離他們此前收購(gòu)雅虎（Yahoo）旗下的Delicious還不到兩周時(shí)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(lái)啟發(fā),。（Scobleizer） ????譯者：項(xiàng)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) |
