"Silicon Valley Connection" Musk plans to launch 700 satellites: providing Internet access worldwide

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1. LG G3 smartphone will first get lollipop upgrades

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LG announced today that its G3 will be the world's first smartphone to be upgraded to Android 5.0 Lollipop (Lollipop), according to foreign media reports. This week, the Korean company's flagship G3 phone, the Polish version, will be upgraded to Google's latest operating system version.

Lollipop's core change is the adoption of the material design user interface. LG said it would not make too many changes to the design, retaining Google's original Android user interface design style. Most of the improvements are minor modifications based on LG's features, such as the new notification system and the ability to unlock handsets using nearby devices such as Android smart watches.

2. Ericsson completely into the IT market to complete the cloud computing layout

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"Ericsson is well prepared. "On November 6, at the 2014 Ericsson Business Innovation Forum in Stockholm," Jason Hoffman, head of Ericsson Cloud software product line, said in an interview with the 21st Century Economics report that Ericsson had completed its cloud computing layout and was now in full implementation.

Since the second half of this year, Ericsson has bought four innovative cloud technology companies in the United States and reached a strategic partnership with a leading cloud security firm. In the first quarter of this year, Ericsson pushed its own cloud system. Back in 2012, Ericsson had signed a seven-year cooperation agreement with Swedish carmaker Volvo to develop a technology based on car networking, and the luxury cars that Volvo now sells in the US and China have been installed in the networked cloud platform they have teamed up to develop.

3. Apple Publish Web tool can unregister imessage mobile phone number to prevent message loss

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Beijing Time November 10 News, according to Science and technology blog Theverge reported that Apple quietly released a new tool to enable users to switch between iOS and other smart machines easier. This new Web tool allows users to immediately unregister their phone numbers from the imessage system and should be able to solve the problem of message loss.

Many former iphone users have been reflecting the inability to receive messages from their friends. The problem is that Apple is still sending messages through imessage even after users use other devices. Since imessage is only available on the Apple platform, users who switch to other devices will not be able to receive messages from their friends using the Apple device without first disabling imessage. Most users who encounter this problem have only one solution: the old device must be completely unregistered from their Apple account.

4. Prototype equipment for rapid diagnosis of prostate cancer

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The European Research Institute, Lloyd Hoffman, will present a rapid diagnostic device for prostate cancer at the Dusseldorf compamed Trade fair next week. Its developers claim that it has a visual analysis function to determine whether a sample of prostate tissue is benign or malignant in 1.5 minutes. The doctor simply puts the tissue sample on the backplane, slides it into the machine, presses a button, waits for the results to be released. The device eliminates lengthy or laborious preparation and expert eye scrutiny under a microscope. The patient does not have to wait several days to know the result.

5. Microsoft announces completion of 2.5 billion USD acquisition of "Minecraft"

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November 9 Morning News, Microsoft Xbox Business Director Fille Spencer (Phil Spencer) announced in Saturday on Twitter, has completed a 2.5 billion-dollar acquisition of the "Minecraft" developers Mojang deal.

Mojang will join Microsoft's in-house studio team. These studios include "Halo" developer 343 team, "Forza" developer Turn UBM, and "War Machine" developer Black Tusk UBM. After the acquisition, Microsoft will have two gaming studios wholly owned in Europe, and the other is the developer of the "Max: Brothers spell" in Denmark.

6. Symantec global layoffs around 2000 employees accounted for 10%

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Symantec, a foreign security software manufacturer, has announced a cut of about 2000 employees, accounting for 10% of the total number of employees. It is understood that the layoff is a major part of Symantec's plan to split the company.

The layoff was announced by Symantec in its second quarter of fiscal year 2015, with Symantec revenue of 1.617 billion US dollars, down 1% from a year earlier, to $244 million trillion, or 1% per cent year-on-year. Symantec expects third-quarter revenues to be between 1.65 billion and 1.69 billion dollars, slightly below analysts ' expectations.

7. Musk plans to launch 700 satellites: providing Internet access worldwide

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Billionaire entrepreneur Ilon Masc Elon Musk has revolutionized the car and aerospace industry with electric cars and cheap launch vehicles. Sources say he is now focusing on satellites, trying to provide Internet access to remote parts of the world through small, low-cost satellites.

In discussions with insiders, Musk and willow plan to launch about 700 satellites, each weighing about 250 pounds (about 113.4 kg), according to sources. The satellite size is half the current smallest commercial communication satellite. The size of this group of satellites reached the current largest group of satellites, that is, "Iridium star" system 10 times times.

(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)