Combined, the term used to describe Comcast and Time Warner merger was fitting.
Comcast is the United States largest cable television service provider and number two broadband service provider, and Time Warner is a prestigious multinational media company, and is the nation’s second-largest cable TV service, also for a large number of users with broadband services. Two beasts in TV and broadband services is a competitor, but at the beginning of last year, announced in the form of share swap merger and acquisitions worth up to 45 billion dollars.
How they come together?
Business for many years fighting opponents becoming one day suddenly announced to lay down their grievances to such enemies turn friends dog blood story always makes the imagination. But the marriage of Comcast and Time Warner, is not so much fall in love, more like in order to cope with the coming crisis and a big move.
United States cable television and fixed-line broadband services is not very fierce competition, many areas have only one TV and one or two broadband services access brands, tenants are often little choice. Business combinations is usually to gain market dominance, but for users that merging the two companies and has no effect: before the merger had no choice anyway, merge does not matter. Comcast claims that mergers can give users a better service, but Americans on this has just become the most unpopular 2014 United States scoff at the enterprises of the company’s commitment: competition for development, you merge will not bring about competition, said will benefit the user is fooled anyone?
Two giants merged’s real purpose is to deal with the rise of new media on the Internet: Comcast itself says Netflix, Apple TV online streaming services have begun to threaten the traditional TV media and services, it and Time Warner jointly can strengthen the competitiveness of enterprises in the new media market. Someday Americans will desert, cable TV and only watch video over the Internet, today the merging of the two traditional Giants continues to maintain dominance in the era you would like in the future.
Effect of marriage of Giants
Once the merge is successful, Comcast will control us-time Warner one-third of the pay TV market share and more than half of fixed broadband users. New company does not improve user service fees, it can strengthen the root causes of the media market control.
Consumers to watch content, they don’t really care about a video from TV or video sites. Which provide more and higher quality of content, it is easier to attract an audience to pay. Netflix, and Hulu, Apple TV which the core competitiveness of emerging streaming media services content library size, they are compared to traditional TV’s biggest disadvantage is unable to provide competitive service.
Comcast-Time Warner could use its huge number of users affect the upper reaches of the content producers, so that they give priority to the works of their cable TV and streaming media services. The Giants even pressing the television station refused to cooperate with Apple, Google and other Internet companies, Internet, allowing the latter access to TV broadcast rights. If the streaming service was unable to broadcast the traditional TV instead of cable TV is paper talk. Apple has been in negotiations with the major television stations tried to increase live TV for Apple TV and Comcast-Time Warner merger will give Apple a great deal of trouble.
This is not a good news for viewers: If several major television stations across the United States and the new Giants befriend the online media market, it’s hard to make a strong competitor to subvert the traditional cable TV service mode streaming service still exists as a cable TV client, rather than a substitute for the latter. To watch TV shows on the phone, Tablet PC, users have to first pay for traditional wired services online broadcasting in the image quality may be limited-and now Hulu video network was broadcast on American TV shows are locked in the 480p SD resolution.
Reactions to
In addition to Comcast and Time Warner, no one seems to agree with this merger. Workers Union worries after the merger the new company layoffs, consumers Union warned the merger would seriously damage the interests of audiences. Apple, Netflix and other Internet companies, of course, do not want their competitors become stronger, even conventional television stations mostly remained silent. In politics, six members of Congress called on the Government to stop the merge, now the Ministry of Justice and the final matters are likely to break the antitrust policy of Comcast and Time Warner jointly cause.
United States Wednesday, representatives of the two companies to the Ministry of Justice to justify mergers, Government’s consent. United States antitrust legislation of advanced countries in the field, many companies in the past because of antitrust fines or even split. External analysis of the case by the Justice Department audit is very low, because the combined business volume and market share is too big, is more likely to undermine competition and harm consumers. Fossil iPhone caseFOSSIL iPhone 5
United States is the world’s largest producer and consumer of entertainment products. While Time Warner and Comcast’s TV and Internet services are only for United States native, but they will slow down if it is successfully merged Apple, Netflix and other online media service provider’s rate of expansion, and the world-wide Internet alternative to traditional TV services process; from this perspective, the United States Department of Justice final decision of great significance. Of course, as consumers, we hope that this noble marriage fell through, so less of a potential threat to global Internet media industry development. Traditional TVs dominate the entertainment market for decades, has retired to the seat time.
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GoPro Hero4 Black
Motion cameras, from United States sports, camera, GoPro HERO series have been leaders. We are from this month’s video GoPro HERO 4 and comparative evaluation of small ants moving camera.
Hard hit Silicon Valley, State reporter Zhang Lu live coverage
On May 17, Anderson (Chris Anderson), a former Wired Magazine Editor, the long tail and the author, at Maker Faire Bay Area made an important speech on the anniversary event, claiming (Maker, and can be translated as self made person) movement 2.0 era is coming. Incipio iPhone 6 Case
He first reviewed the rise of a movement that we are, is a significant sign is that Arduino,Arduino is not the strength of the technology, it only used a 16 MHz, 2-tier Board structure, but this performance has been good enough. Hardware open source, Arduino to create an unprecedented community, and simple to use, it has been able to set off a mass movement.
Where we are? There is no doubt that intersection is at a crossroads, there are smartphones and drone of interchange and the intersection of Linux and embedded systems. This interchange, the create motion 1.0, Arduino, and fused deposition modeling (FDM), 3D printing, laser cutting, these techniques are widely used, sounded the clarion call for a new industrial revolution.
And now, we are at a new crossroads. Passenger movements in both directions. A direction is towards professional sex of direction, no machine is a is typical of example, from create guest players hands out, now has became a big industry; and another direction is is towards universal of of direction hurricane, DIY wave of rise, makes create guest movement in-depth has all different of field, just PC DIY, small to home of garden, and big to God of satellite, everyone are can since made.
Create subtle Sport 2.0 from technology breakthroughs and upgrading starts. Arduino upgrade into has embedded Linux system (Editor’s note, like General with in intelligent router Shang of is Openwrt system), 16 trillion Hertz upgrade into has more thousand trillion Hertz, and 2 layer Board is into has 6 layer Board; General 3D print, is played into stereo light curing (SLA) 3D print; laser cutting, also will from plane across to stereo, except plywood, also can using resin and powder agent; available material also from plastic, increased has metal, and ceramic of categories. These technologies will be widely used, and became a hotbed of sport 2.0.
Anderson was also specifically mentioned several times in his speech in Shenzhen, China. Also referred to ESP8266. The chip launched by the company is located in Shanghai, China, built-in WiFi, only $ 3 for sale. Incipio iPhone 6 Plus
Evolution of technology, materials innovations, the sharp drop in the cost of chips, plus DIY recovery and diversification, driving a moving Bridge 1.0 to 2.0. Similar reality capture and 3D printing technology and the physical world and the digital world are more closely linked together. The campaign is the second PC, smart phone, the most exciting revolution, creating the movement’s future is in the hands of each and every guest.
(This article by hard hit States from the Bay area San Mateo, the original link: http://ingchuang.com/group/thread/209 micro-public reports focus more on hard hit state number: ingchuang)
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Millet Note
Millet Note using the front panel 2.5D glass design, so the edges of the screen we can see a “film killers”-level arc. Using special 3D glasses behind the design, the two sides are arcs, the Visual effect is somewhat similar to the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge surface of the screen.
Although for the time being, for most Chinese families, buying a car is not a difficult thing. However, this does not mean that there are no other concerns, after all, traffic congestion has become a very serious problem in many cities. Thus, many Office workers may still prefer to ride a tram to go out – this is very popular in many places.
Although most people have the habit of not wearing a helmet riding a tram, but for security reasons, in fact, this is a necessary thing. After all, electric vehicles like cars, essentially without any protection device. And if a sense of intelligent helmet to make you wear astronaut, will make your desire to wear helmets more strong. Disney Samsung Galaxy Note 4 case
From the appearance of design in the first place, it is very distinctive, this design allows the wearer to put on or remove it more easily. Also can be used to stop cold air from entering, noise can also be blocked.
Is called a smart helmets, because its developers said: it will be equipped with a Bluetooth phone, meaning that you can connect through it and mobile phone, just like a Bluetooth headset and phone. In this way, it is very convenient in many cases. Not only that, it will be added to a variety of sensors, so that the wearer can ride when you can get a lot of data from a device to help, thereby driving more secure and timely access to lots of useful information.
Of course, wearing a helmet is in itself a very important thing, after all, this is a matter of personal safety issues, and if it’s an astronaut helmet on, it obviously is more cool.
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Editor’s Note: Unicorn, Unicorn company, are those valued at more than $ 1 billion start-up. The top of the “Unicorn Club”, is the dream of all entrepreneurs. Before the writer is a Facebook engineer, is now a Beijing Internet entrepreneur, CMU alumni.
The last few large Unicorn financing over, I’ve take the time to read about the latest Billion Dollar Evaluation Club List, simply put this list of features: the all start-up companies that are not listed above.
From a national perspective:
1. United States: 69
2. Asia: 25 (mainly from China)
3. Europe: 8 (boss: Spotify music software)
4. others: Israel: IronSource (advertising)
According to the company to look at: (the following estimates for the units of are all billion dollar, US $ 1 billion)
1、 Uber (50b)
Just last month, ending the latest round of financing, Uber $50B valuation at the top. Uber app experience has been talked about by everyone I visited in June, the company, and several engineers have talked to, they said a lot of funny stories with me, in future articles and members share in detail. Uber in the overall development of the global good, in the United States have been for profit status. But in China the situation is expected to get worse. Allowance + drivers +PR are now doing very well, but in the end the deciding factor in the final analysis is the Government. In this connection, fast is much more advantage to the last drop.
2, millet (46b)
Without tiring mentioned: everyone is familiar with the company, products, and flagship Android phone quality and experience is getting better and better. Reebs attached and Zuck’s photo:
3、Airbnb(25.5b)
Airbnb is also just completed financing in recent months, the valuation within the expected range. For Airbnb before I have a more detailed analysis: Airbnb is neither high nor required, from this point of view, whether high-frequency need not necessarily O2O conditions for success? (Subsequent updates of specific network analysis can focus on Lei Feng)
4、Palantir(20b)
Big data analysis company, very low key, because users are United States Government institutions or enterprises, such as the NSA (United States National Security Council) and other government agencies, so less known to people. Company boss Peter Thiel, which is the author of Zero to one, members of the Paypal mafia:
5、Snapchat(16b)
Social app, burn after reading, to send instant messages. 2014 is famous for refusing to Zuckerberg’s $ 3 billion acquisition price. CEO and Founder of 90 years of handsome young man, Evan Spiegel, now working with “Victoria’s secret” premiere date models.
When I was in March this year, go and visit Snapchat, and several old and FB chat.
Snapchat shape is actually very interesting, I summed up as “anti-Facebook”. On Facebook is what makes people uncomfortable, Snapchat do it and play to the extreme.
Ahead of time that Facebook has been criticized for lack of respect for people’s privacy, lots of little girls some sexy photos, even with permission from time to time be hackers, drain the entire network. So, Evan sharp probe to US teens have this little idea, developed a chat tool for burn after reading.
In addition, Facebook found two major users of active growth factors: number of friends, and integrity of personal information. Resulted in the development rate may know friends as well as information integrity. Snapchat is completely the opposite, it is recommended that users personal information into a less good and less number of friends, the better. Not only on the Snapchat there is no recommendation, even add friends feature is not easy, there is no “Add Group face to face”, nor “radar and friends”. iPhone 5 case Ted Baker
Evan’s theory is simple, as more and more friends in your social network, your greater social pressure, and you will involuntarily picture less less State, as far as possible to be decent (domestic friends see micro-circle of friends).
And Snapchat very good complementary of Facebook, has few friends on Snapchat, and burn after reading the message, news feed photos disappear after 24 hours, once the user has any photos or any thoughts or impulses of any complaints immediately, your release! A sensation: feeling are cool with it.
6、FlipKart(15b)
The company may not be familiar, describes in some detail.
Flip said “flick, tap” Kart refers to the shopping cart in the supermarket. FlipKart as “shopping carts on the Web.” Generally speaking is the India version of treasure (more precisely: India East).
Company headquartered in India’s Bangalore, claimed himself as India’s Silicon Valley. I visited a former colleague, said the airport explosion is small, out of the airport after seeing several cows walked up and down the road, thinking it was back to the primitive society. Old Indian Sachin Bansal, founder, I think we should not see pictures of them so it’s a website screenshot:
(Look also has a norm kind of ~)
The entire site is a typical e-commerce, and India is also a great market potential (more people), business (cash flow away from the money +) + potential mass valuation is also very high in the market.
7, fast drops (15B)
Combined Chinese taxi and limousine boss now seems strong, we’ll see a battle against Uber.
Personal opinion is evil, although Uber before operating in China to promote and garner. Uber is very dangerous, because you take a taxi or the car industry, and the Government is most important. They say you legitimate legal, illegal highway. I’d like to use Baidu and Google when the first world war to predict future of drops and Uber.
Of course, I very much admire the Uber boss Travis Kalanick (TK). I personally think that he have the best foreign company in China in recent years, and is himself from the character most like a foreigner in Chinese. Uber set up branches in China and Baidu and cooperative manner, and should be able to coexist for a long time to the last drop.
Drops US recently created Office, and also to Facebook,Google and other Silicon Valley companies to attract technical personnel, ready to enter the overseas market. We all have to wait.
8、Space X(12b)
Elon Musk’s rocket company. Space x in my previous column describes many of Elon Musk is also my personal Idol. Presentation on Elon Musk, Lei feng’s network gives you the next update, would like to see what can follow the author’s knowing the column.
9、 Pinterest(11b)
Photo sharing photos, look at other people’s pictures to social networking or more to find “beauty” Web site:
From their CEO Ben Silbermann’s summary:
Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann summarized the company as a “catalog of ideas,” rather than as a social network, that inspires users to “go out and do that thing.”
Pinterest recently also could say OK, not as popular as Airbnb and Uber, but rather than with the debut of the Dropbox and the Square is better than a lot of the times. Pinterest is often upset their user gender imbalance, women accounted for more than 70%, not conducive to the further expansion of the user base. We wait Pinterest improvement or restructuring.
10、Dropbox(10b)
Cloud storage platform, equivalent to the country. In recent days were not good because Microsoft,Google,Apple cloud storage service and Amazon launched its own, prices are very cheap. Dropbox users essentially viscous small, technically there is no absolute barrier, this is in contrast to it at Facebook and Google’s disadvantage. Recent rumours its 10B valuation cannot be justified (valuation is reasonable), listing not so recent. Ted Baker phone cover
We look at Dropbox brothers Box: in January this year listed, pre-IPO valuations of the last round is 2.4B, but corresponds to the share price valuations today are: 1.99B, miserable. In other words, shares in Box not only break and fall down under the last round of private financing.
11、WeWork(10b)
Provide shared Office environment for start-ups, and many subsequent startups business services company. KR domestic space, SOHO 3Q or Temple of science and technology has its shadow. In New York, not in Silicon Valley, Gulf region farmers so it is a bit strange.
12、 Lufax(9.6b)
Good financial company to–Lufax sounds upscale atmosphere on the grade. Chinese name: Lu Jin, full name: Shanghai Lujiazui international financial asset trading market co., Ltd. Behind the peace-backed, powerful financial sector on the Internet.
13、Theranos(9b)
Healthcare (medical field) start-up, founded by the founder of the famous beauty Elizabeth Holmes:
Elizabeth (Liz for short) was born in 1984, and the same age as Zuckerberg, magic Wanda is a year older than tanchao (gap). Liz dropped out of Stanford, the creation of Theranos. Her idea is actually very simple and direct. I think we had a fever or any other when you don’t feel well, to go to the hospital. Most of the diagnostic methods of doctors is: blood, routine blood tests, to see why (for example: increase in white blood cells and immune proteins, indicating inflammation; hemoglobin reduction, anemia may also be other blood diseases).
Liz’s company wants to greatly simplify this process, instrument the size of an iPhone, on the finger poke, it automatically, without pain, pick a few drops of blood, and within a short time and then analyze your health data, and infer possible causes (if you get ill).
Bottom line: so that ordinary people can do a simple blood test, allows users to view their health situations in real time.
14、Spotify(8.5b)
Similar to Pandora, shrimp or watercress FM.
Spotify for 2011 on Facebook F8 and Facebook fame depth cooperation. It sits on the Board of the company Sean Parker. He is the former CEO of Facebook, Zuck entrepreneurial mentor, he introduced Peter Thiel to Zuck to become Facebook’s Angel investors.
He is also a Playboy, girlfriend, and to get married this year, my wife is a star. Wedding held at the famous Big Sur California, scene of extravagant. Facebook’s founder, company bosses and investors in Silicon Valley celebrities, is Parker’s wedding guest, influence is extraordinary. Also reflected from another side, Parker likes to show off and show off, much like some distinctive local tyrants.
Want to see the original here. Many celebrities, IT rings, and Hollywood. But there is one thing: he didn’t come–Sean Parker’s Wedding:Tackier Than We Ever Dreamt
15, DJI frontier innovation (8B)
The pride of the Chinese people, who who said yes! Founder, Wang Tao, Hong Kong University of science and technology graduates. Quoting his own words describe this company:
I am most happy that we made a really cool product. On the world stage, China has been the lack of “stand up to sing” things, low value-added products. After years of development of the PRD region has very good hardware, but “mass”, “floor price” style continues. Nothing is brought out for praise, not really did stand tall internationally, I think the day is humbled.
Since the big frontier in science and technology environment, doing the things we are good at, like, so I hope things to impress our first-class, quality consumer products. I believe that once the product has a high added value, is equivalent to have wings and fly.
16、 Zhong an online(8b)
Not familiar with this company, called CHUNG: an insurance website, from behind Tencent, Ali’s investment. Scale looks very scary.
17, the United States Mission (7B)
Group net, Chinese buying boss, everyone heard. Wang is the founder I personally admire people; Tsinghua graduate from United States University of Delaware School of entrepreneurship, establishment whether school meals and before and after the United States. Always appreciate his reference words:
People always overestimate changes in two years and underestimate changes in five years.
——Bill Gates
18、Square(6b)
A mobile payment company serving businesses. Similar company called Lucia Lacarra. Founder Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter. Square may not be heard in the Valley, but is fame in Silicon Valley tech circles. There are many excellent open source projects, many people have used: Square · GitHub
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The company’s technical strength is enough as long as found on the direction this year, which later became subversive businesses pay no problem.
19、Stripe(5b)
A and move to a page providing more convenient payment solutions company. Similar is Ping++.
20、Zenefits(4.5b)
This focus, a lot of people don’t know, but it is one of the United States doing a bad enterprise service company (Software as a service:SaaS). It gives business the company offers a set of HR (human resources) service.
SaaS companies charge a monthly fee or annual fee, Zenefits free to let companies use their HR systems, then recommend their employee insurance plans to charge the insurance company to the Commission. Because United States medical and property insurance personnel, many Silicon Valley companies as welfare, or not to the people.
21、Cloudera (4.1b)
Hadoop company. Fire data now, so the Coudera value is high.
22、 Dianping(4b)
Public comment network. I believe we have used. Need not be detailed here.
External articles
1. Delivery Hero (3.1B): Europe’s “hungry” strength is not small. Company coordinates Berlin!
2. where the customer Eslite (3B): Although there is fading a bit, but the valuation is not small, among the list of 28.
3. Slack: Enterprise chat tool recently hit valuations, $2.8 b;
4. Lyft:Uber United States competitors. Lyft first flagship car (carpool), everything now, and Uber not pleasure. Andreessen Horowitz and Alibaba on the company’s investors, have powerful backing.
5. Magic Leap: similar to Oculus VR Facebook acquisitions, is also doing virtual reality glasses; the latest round of valuation $2B.
6. the Github: valuation of $2B.
7. the MongoDB:$1.5b my own ignorance, starts to think MongoDB is an open source project, there are a bunch of enthusiasts spare time to maintain. Now, it seems the company is not small in scale.
8. Pocket Shopping: shopping $1.5b Wang Ke Pocket didn’t look small. Get Zuckerberg Family Foundation and Reebs investment.
9. mushroom Street: $1B. Recently and just melt a round estimate will be announced. Mushroom Street pretty good!
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DJI Xinjiang Phantom3
Xinjiang DJI legends released the long awaited Phantom 3 (Genie 3) four aerial four-axis axis aircraft. Still Phantom Phantom 3 2 design, but the aerial component was upgraded, new models will be available for sale in two versions.
Since Ubisoft released the islands of fright: after the original times, everyone wants to know the original question about how it worked. TGA ceremony of the games, Ubisoft finally bring us a real video.
Judging from the video, the islands of psycho: original time can be said to be the first two hunting system is enlarged after the results. Players will use javelins, bows and arrows of these primitive weapons and those wild beasts fight. No firearms, hunting more exciting in comparison.
Game is not only a fight between man and beast, the player also would conflict with other tribes. Funny thing is, the player can also seem to domesticated animals, with me as the enemy weapon. The pet does not seem to be given by the scenario, because in a video we can see the saber-toothed Tiger, Wolf, Leopard, these different partners. If you really are free to grab the pet, it would be too much fun.
The islands far cry series has long been dominated by high openness of modern combat. May start from three generations joining hunting system great acclaim, Ubisoft have done such a rumor–believe it or not, look at the Assassin’s creed 3 and the Assassin’s creed 4: black flag. Navigation system has been well received in the former and the latter simply became dominant. Moschino Galaxy S4 CasesMoschino S4 Case
This will be available for sale soon, on February 23, 2016.
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