"Silicon Valley Connection" Snapchat monthly active users exceeded 100 million valued at $10 billion

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1. Tesla upgrades the production line to introduce the robot

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Tesla recently announced that it would close its factory in Fremont, Calif., where it produced 22,000 Tesla cars in the last fiscal year. But the factory is not permanently closed, but only closed for 2 weeks to upgrade the current production line and introduce more robots. Ellon Masc, founder and CEO of Tesla Elon Musk, apparently wants to make more cars. After the production line is upgraded, the Fremont plant can produce up to 35,000 units per year. By early 2015, Musk plans to start building a new Tesla car model X. This means that, as a company, Tesla is expanding its product range. On a logistical level, they do need factories to become more efficient and more technologically advanced. This is also the original intention of Tesla to upgrade the factory.

2. Google buys video effects service start-ups Zync enhance its cloud services

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Google in Tuesday announced the acquisition of video and special effects start-up Zync to strengthen its own in the field of cloud computing power. The specific terms of the deal are not disclosed. Zync offers video and special effects rendering services, and many films, including Star Trek, have used the company's technology. The company's services are currently using Amazon's cloud computing platform. But Google says it will move Zync services to its cloud computing platform after the acquisition is complete.

3. Intel releases the world's smallest 3G modem

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According to foreign media reports, Intel has released the world's smallest stand-alone wireless modem connected to the Internet, and it can also be used for everyday items connected to the Internet, such as coffee machines that can be started with mobile applications.

The intel® XMM 6255 3G Modem is a chip that uses a cellular network to connect billions of smart devices, such as wearable equipment, sensors or industrial equipment, which is only a little bigger than a penny. Since 2001, the telecommunications operator NTT DoCoMo has opened its first 3G wireless data network in Japan and the 3G modem has been available for sale. At that time, the 3G modem size was barely equal to the current handset. Now, thanks to Moore's Law (Intel founder Moore predicts that the number of transistors on the chip will continue to grow exponentially over the years), the chips are growing smaller and have sold billions of of chips in the past decade.

4. Apple developed a new flexible screen: voice feedback

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today unveiled a new technology patent for Apple, which describes an advanced, flexible screen that will embed multiple micro components and sensors to collect external sounds and pressure, and then touch the feedback. Apple called the patent "flexible equipment with flexible screens".

5. Digital marketing company HubSpot to the IPO proposed to raise 100 million U.S. dollars

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HubSpot is an innovative company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The innovative company that develops software to help companies with marketing is known for its incredible corporate culture. The news came as a rumour that HubSpot would be making an IPO in 2014, as the company has just submitted a prospectus to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which plans to raise 100 million of billions of dollars.

HubSpot currently has 11624 customers in more than 70 countries and regions worldwide. While HubSpot's revenues are still growing, like most technology companies with IPOs, HubSpot has not made a profit because of the need to support growth with huge sales and marketing spending.

6. Snapchat monthly active users exceeded 100 million valued 10 billion USD

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According to the Wall Street Journal Online report, people familiar with the situation said the internal data showed that the Snapchat-month active user has broken 100 million after reading. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Kleiner), a well-known Silicon Valley venture, has agreed to invest in Snapchat, which is valued at close to $10 billion trillion.

About Two-thirds of the majority of users log on to Snapchat every day, according to people familiar with the matter. After the reading that burns the service has been reluctant to disclose internal data, but in fact Snapchat's monthly active users are far beyond the expectations of third party research institutions. Snapchat, a market research firm, estimated that the number of active users in June was 27 million.

7. EU will conduct antitrust investigation on Qualcomm

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Reuters reported in Tuesday that EU antitrust regulators may have launched an antitrust investigation against Qualcomm, the world's largest handset chip maker, based on a complaint filed four years ago by a subsidiary of the Nvidia company.

The nvidia 2011-year takeover of Icera, the UK handset-chip maker, complained to the European Commission in June 2010 alleging anti-competitive behaviour.

8. Time Warner layoffs: will buy out its Turner TV network 6% employees

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Beijing time, August 27 morning, Time Warner in an internal memo this week, the purchase of its own Turner television network of about 6% U.S. workers. Turner TV network affiliated television channels including CNN, TNT, TBS and HLN.

This buyout scheme applies to employees over 55 years of age who have worked at the company for at least 10 year. The Turner television network employs about 9,000 people in the United States and fewer than 600 employees apply to it, Bloomberg quoted sources as saying. Time Warner said there would be additional layoffs.

9. Amazon builds online advertising system Google ads add rivals

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According to foreign media reports, Amazon is actively preparing to expand its online advertising market strength and influence. Amazon plans to build an online advertising network called Amazon sponsored links, which will provide advertisers with a wide range of advertising services after it is built. Advertisers are relying on online advertising platforms owned by Google and Facebook, and Amazon's entry will significantly increase competition in the online advertising market.

Amazon now has 250 million of active users in the online consumption habits of data, alone it can attract a large number of advertisers attention. Google's ads are based on the accumulation of web search and phone usage data, and Facebook's data comes from the social interaction process and users ' "Awesome" pages.

(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)