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1. American Gay Social application Grindr is making money.

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Grindr currently has nearly 10 million users in 192 countries around the world, and its Shang become the world's largest pure male mobile social network. Grindr to advertisers, by describing those who earn above average as "rich in technology", their users spend more on products and services than heterosexual and straight men, and there may be future travel plans, which is an ideal target for advertising.

However, advertisers will also face potential branding risks in Grindr, which are used primarily to look for a one-night stand, but users often use provocative language when talking, but Grindr's censors will try to pick up these uncivilized words. This August, Grindr a security failure, resulting in the user's location information can be easily detected by a third party. Since then, Grindr has turned off the distance display feature, which allows users to see the potential object's current distance from their own.

2. British professor invented intelligent electronic scalpel Iknife

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Nearly one-third of the surgery for breast cancer removal did not completely erase the tumor. This ratio proves one thing: how difficult it is for surgeons to remove cancer tumours when they rely heavily on medical images and other information collected before surgery.

Zoltan Takats, a professor at Imperial College in Britain, said that trying to remove cancer tissue was as hard as closing your eyes and driving. "For now, the information that surgeons can access is not direct information, but indirect information from preoperative tasks." And that means they'll never know exactly what they're cutting. ”

3. Star announces repurchase of 2 billion US dollar shares to curb share price decline

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According to foreign media reports, Samsung Electronics in Wednesday announced a scale of 2 billion U.S. dollar share repurchase plan, which is the first time since 2007, the company launched a similar plan. Before that, investors demanded a higher cash return in the face of a rapid decline in the company's profits.

According to a document submitted to regulators by Samsung in Wednesday, the company will buy back 1.65 million common shares and 250,000 preferred shares to stabilize its share price and boost shareholder value. It will be the company's second-largest share buyback.

4. GoPro plans to launch its own brand UAV next year

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According to the Wall Street Journal, several people familiar with the matter said that GoPro, a portable sports camera developer, was also developing drone technology, although its products would be mainly for the consumer market. The company hopes to further enrich its photographic equipment, which can be used to shoot extreme sports such as surfing.

According to GoPro's current plan, the company hopes to formally sell the drone products in the second half of next year. GoPro drones will be designed with a "multi-helix Helicopter" design (Multi-Rotor helicopter) with high-definition cameras priced at between $500 and $1000.

5. Google's ambitions: Android 5.0 is designed to penetrate the enterprise-level market

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As Google releases its latest Android 5.0 (Lollipop) system, Android also has to exert a firm mobile market. Google's mobile game with Apple will also shift from a consumer-level market to a corporate market.

In the new system, Google not only has a leap-forward development in system security, but also tightened the magic spell of Android's opening to counter Android fragmentation, while Lollipop shows Google's new vision for an enterprise-class mobile market: Intelligence and automation.

6. The report says Facebook users or saturated Tumblr are growing fastest

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Facebook has continued to dominate the global social-networking market with 1.35 billion months of active users, but it appears to be saturated with the speed of attracting new users, with only 2% active users in the past 6 months, according to a new report by market research firm Global Web Index. Tumblr, the lightweight blogging platform, grew 120%.

In terms of overall user growth, social image sharing services Pinterest 57%, while Facebook users grew by just 6%. In addition, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and even Google + are growing faster than Facebook.

7. Twitter will track the user's mobile phone download application information

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Twitter announced this week that it will start collecting data on what apps users ' phones download. Users can choose not to participate in Twitter's data collection program. In other words, if the user does not shut down manually, Twitter will automatically collect the user's data.

The reason for this, Twitter says, is simple: Twitter is trying to learn more about users and thus better get revenue through advertising.

8. Sony development Electronic Paper smart watch: Focus on fashion rather than technology

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Sony is developing a smart watch made from electronic paper that will focus on fashion rather than technology, according to the International Business Times (Analysys Business).

Sony then told CNBC that the company declined to comment on the content of the report, but could "confirm that Sony's new business Creation Department (Business creation Department) has a subordinate named ' Fashion Entertainments ' (Fashion Entertainment) The project team is developing prototypes using electronic paper, including a watch.

9. Tesla December to "open" to Australia

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December 9, Tesla will officially enter the Australian market. It is said that on the day of 9th, Tesla will deliver a batch of Model S electric cars to the subscribers in Australia, and the company will announce the location of the first charging stations and car showrooms in Australia.

According to media reports, Tesla is looking for the ideal location in Australia, building a charging station, and at least a large shopping centre in Sidney, where the showroom is set up.

(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)