For Twitter to buy Facebook

Social networking site Facebook to try to 500,000,000 U.S. dollars to buy shares in the form of micro-blog Twitter, and the two sides have been negotiating for several weeks. If the success of the Facebook acquisition Twitter, will become the Facebook deal in the history of the most important mergers and acquisitions. Unfortunately, Twitter can not accept the offer of Facebook.

Facebook and Twitter reason for the breakdown of negotiations between the most likely reason for this is that valuation is too high. In other words, the so-called 500,000,000 U.S. dollars Facebook shares 500,000,000 U.S. dollars really worth it? In addition, a similar acquisition will usually have a problem of integration, and related spending is one of the issues to be considered.

India Bhuvan challenge Google Earth

Indian Space Research Organization to prepare to build “Bhuvan”, released over the “Google Earth” higher-resolution map of the network.

“Bhuvan” will be the first to use satellite network to create a bird’s eye view high-resolution map of India, and then may draw a map of the world as a whole. “Google Earth” minimum resolution of 200 meters, “Earth” would be accurate to a resolution of 10 meters.

Apple should acquire Yahoo

Yahoo’s stock price last Thursday was broken jumped 10 dollars, leading to its current market value is only about 15,000,000,000 dollars, while Apple holds the hands of 24,000,000,000 dollars in cash. For the long-term interests, Apple should consider acquiring Yahoo, while Yahoo also benefit.

Microsoft and the difference is that if Apple to buy Yahoo, Yahoo does not break up the core search business and other links between the assets. On the other hand Apple to buy Yahoo, the Yahoo search business will be strengthened with other collaborative efforts between the business and at the same time Apple corresponding to come in to add Internet business. Yahoo acquired by Apple, there is no need to massive layoffs.

Open Social application of the standards issued

xiaonei Network recently announced the official opening platform to support Google’s Open Social standard, allowing developers in the xiaonei Network General’s Open Social Development for the development and application of standard plug-ins.
xiaonei Network’s first Open Social standard based on the production of the App has been testing phase, this team from the United States Rockyou the development of the “Super Pet” in addition to xiaonei Network run, it could have joined any “Open Social” the Community sites such as Google’s Orkut, the End of the World, 51, watercress, and other sites run.

Warner Bros. DVD from the South Korean market

South Korea because of rampant Internet piracy,Warner Bros. The DVD is from the South Korean market. Warner Bros. will close its South Korean operations of the DVD issue, and will issue licenses to sell to a local company, which will take over Warner Bros.’s Film distribution business.

So far, South Korea due to the shrinking DVD market, there are many film companies in the United States to withdraw from the Korean market. April this year, Walt Disney Company said in person is no longer the issue, such as DVD and Blu-ray Disc media suite, but to license models. According to the Korea-US free trade agreement, the South Korean government will shut down those who would provide the unauthorized downloading of Internet media site. At the same time, the U.S. A film companies are adjusting their use of new distribution methods.

Hewlett-Packard will be laid off in China

A letter entitled “FY09 SMR deployment plan” of the e-mail, which relates to the Hewlett-Packard will be held in China in the large-scale layoffs.

Hewlett-Packard Compaq merger, immediately set off a storm of global layoffs, cuts in the first round on a cut of about 15000-20000 employees. As the Hewlett-Packard and Compaq have a lot of business in the Chinese market overlap, and this led to a number of Chinese staff in the large-scale mergers and acquisitions in the industry have been among the unemployed.

Lenovo should wait until M & A, to secure a Chinese PC market.

Recently, Japan’s Fujitsu Fujitsu Siemens announced the acquisition of 50% of the shares after the analysis of the industry have said that Lenovo may have shot from Fujitsu again in the hands of the purchase of Fujitsu’s PC business. In view of the current economic situation, in particular the PC market, the uncertainty of future development, Lenovo should wait until M & A, to secure a Chinese PC market.

First of all, from the global economic situation, over time, the impact of the crisis has extended to the IT industry market entities, such as the PC. The latest from the world’s PC market, the mainstream PC manufacturers the growth rate has slowed, especially in the economic crisis hit the American PC market in the past in the third quarter of the global PC market, the Americas zone was the worst performance of the market The. In such a market situation, if the acquisition of Lenovo, for a short period of time to enhance their overseas market share of the PC is no substantive help, but will take up even a waste of precious cash resources.

Hisense Electric technology to boost the market

October 30, Hisense Electric announced in the third quarter of fiscal 2008 reported that this year’s 1-9 month, Hisense main business income of 9,060,000,000 yuan, up 22.24 percent. In an extremely competitive TV market, Hisense adhere to the outstanding high-end products to new technologies and new products to win the initiative in the market.

Personalized practical camera

People on the requirements of digital products is also rising tide of chasing and personalized, in order to meet diverse customer requirements, the major manufacturers have committed to the development of a number of individual ownership, Dirty novel features such as cameras, to meet the needs of customers Demand.

Nikon S60 is the first to support the new touch-controlled digital cameras, not only uses large 3.5-inch screen, but also add emotional gravity system, when you turn the fuselage, will also rotate photos. With the tens of millions of pixels of the CCD sensor components, are also appearance of the tough very beautiful, and Nikon has high hopes for this product, from a practical point of view the market reaction is also very good.