"Morning News" gong ladder net layoffs: online education bubbles

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1. Tencent Technology

Gong ladder nets big layoffs: online education bubble worries

Http://tech.qq.com/original/tmtdecode/t733.html

The day before yesterday (September 13), there is news that Gong founded the K12 (basic education Stage) education platform ladder nets and just launched 2 months of the good network was a massive layoffs, technical personnel annihilated, and gong will be the development of the center of gravity and then relocated to the 91 foreign Education network. In this respect, Gong admits that it is indeed cutting the ladder net part of the staff, and will turn the company Development Center to 91 foreign network.

It is reported that online education in China is ushering in a new wave of virtual heat. According to Tencent Science and technology statistics found that in July this year, only the public online education investment cases reached 6. Since 2013, there have been more than 50 investment cases in China's online education sector, with a total disclosure of more than 300 million dollars.

Users ' acceptance of online education is less than ideal compared to the mania of the capital side. Because of the homogeneity of the serious, lack of interaction, the effect is not obvious, online education does not impress a large number of educational objects. An education and training researcher said the online education market this year was "not as big as tens of billions of," and that non-academic education was only billions of yuan.

2. Sina Science and Technology

Multi-faceted Zhang Microsoft 16

http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/special/people/zyq/

September 3, the annual Baidu World Congress opened, Microsoft Asia-Pacific Research and Development Group chairman Zhang as a guest sitting in the audience to listen to the lecture, this time, he just sit quietly under the stage, did not take the stage speech, also did not accept any media interview.

Baidu Vice President Wang Jin in the keynote speech to the Zhang said, Baidu to with Microsoft in the field of cloud computing benign competition, and then directed Zhang smiled. At that time, the smile was interpreted as "provocation", "declaration of War", and its true meaning, but in a few days after the world-"hand".

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, an explosive news shocked the industry, the service of Microsoft's 16-Year-old Zhang announced the departure, the new owner is intended to challenge Microsoft Baidu. Needless to say, Zhang participated in the Baidu World Congress, this matter has been finalized, only waiting for an appropriate time to release.

3. NetEase Technology

The characteristics and strategies of four big technology giants viewed from mobile products

Http://tech.163.com/14/0915/00/A652VP4G000915BD.html

The past week has been a big week for the smartphone industry. Apple has released two new iphones and a smart watch that can be seen as a mobile phone on the wrist. Amazon slashed prices for its two-month-old handset. Microsoft is still struggling to find new apps and content for its beleaguered mobile platform, which it reportedly wants to invest heavily in acquiring "My World" (Minecraft) developer Mojang. Through these three companies and Samsung's smartphone products, we can see what these companies have the characteristics and strategy?

4. Sohu it

Micro-letter Wallet Increased "card function" to compete for offline payment market

Http://it.sohu.com/20140915/n404312237.shtml

According to 36 Krypton report, yesterday evening, the micro-letter wallet adjusted the page and announced the announcement, increase the "swipe" function. Starting today, in 9 line designated shops, micro-letter users can show the bar code to pay, without the password and SMS verification.

According to the micro-letter user Agreement, "credit card" refers to the user authorized Tenpay to provide 10 times a day, the limit of 300 yuan password, SMS dynamic code and any other information verification of payment services. After the merchant scans your phone's two-dimensional code (or barcode), Tenpay the transaction from the micro-credit change account or bank card to the merchant account. Tencent also stipulated in the agreement that "any card service initiated by your mobile phone or SIM card is considered to be your own behavior".

5. Phoenix Technology

Venture capital bubble Crisis and machine: The new wave has been to who in the nude swimming?

http://tech.ifeng.com/special/i-view/chuangtou/

Entrepreneurs ushered in the best of times, corporate valuations are high, access to finance has never been easier, at the same time, the new generation of entrepreneurs is becoming the darling of capital. In this wave of waves, investors scramble to bet, but also fear bubbles. Opportunity and risk are the same, how do investors choose?

1. Venture capital is stopping at the apex of the equity feast, and investors are not seeing entrepreneurs, they are on their way to the founders.

2. In addition to high valuations and quick decision making, the preference for the younger entrepreneur has also become a hot topic in the investment circle recently.

3. In Xu's view, BAT's layout in the big area of mobile internet has been largely completed, and it is not easy for start-ups to try to get a slice of it.

(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)