"Silicon Valley Connection" SpaceX will push micro-satellite devices to access the Internet without restrictions

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1. Groupon changes to Amazon and seeks to expand to Asia

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Groupon, America's largest online Groupon, said in Tuesday that its profits and revenues would grow over the next three years as the company's business model moved from an e-mail message bombing to a sophisticated E-commerce site.

Groupon expects the company's revenues to exceed 15% next year, at least 3.6 billion dollars, in line with current market analyst expectations. Groupon's adjusted net profit next year will grow faster and expect growth to reach 25%.

2. Facebook to provide free mobile Internet service to Kenya

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Telecom operator Airtel has announced a partnership with Facebook that will start offering Internet.org mobile apps to its prepaid and Pay-as-you-go Kenyan users later this week.

Internet.org applications can provide a full set of local-related basic internet services, making it easier for users to access the Internet.

3. Yahoo buys video advertising service with $640 million BrightRoll

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Beijing time November 12 Morning news, Yahoo will be 640 million U.S. dollars to buy automated advertising services BrightRoll, to enhance the marketing of real-time sales of video advertising capabilities.

Yahoo CEO Marissa, Marissa Mayer, continues to make big acquisitions and further focus on video advertising, making up for the impact of declining internet advertising prices and slowing growth.

4.10-quarter revenue drop for IBM to give up its 5-year profit target

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IBM is reluctant to talk about the future of accurate earnings forecasts, following the recent cancellation of the long-awaited 2015-year profit forecast, which the firm now does not want to hold on to.

Martin Schroeter, IBM's chief financial officer, Martin Schlott that it is impossible for the company to set itself an "absolute" profit-per-share target. Martin also said that for investors, the development of a comprehensive corporate strategy remains valuable. "We will remain transparent in terms of business and profitability," Martin said today at RBC Capital Markets Investor conference. ”

5. SpaceX will push micro-satellite devices to access the Internet without restrictions

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Ellon Masc (Elon Musk) 's new venture SpaceX is currently working on a project to bring more tourists to space travel. Today, Musk also confirms on Twitter that SpaceX is still in some "advanced micro-satellites", which are expected to be officially launched in months time. These microsatellites will be able to help users access the device to the Internet without restrictions, and the cost is "very low".

6. Samsung plans to join SAP into mobile business services against Apple's IBM Alliance

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According to technology blog TechCrunch, Samsung and the enterprise software giant SAP recently announced that two companies will build a broad partnership in the future to join the mobile business services, to the previous alliance between Apple and IBM to launch a challenge. In a joint statement, two companies said the partnership will "be based on Samsung's innovation and brand influence in the mobile arena, as well as mature solutions for SAP mobile platform business." ”

7. Microsoft wants to tap unused TV spectrum to make the entire country accessible to the Internet

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Now the world's big IT companies are scrambling to bring internet connections to people around the world who are not online. For example, Facebook is connecting African people to the Internet through Internet.org, and Mozilla has been connected to the Internet by GSM associations in Bangladesh and Brazil. and Microsoft is planning to use the free TV spectrum to connect the entire country to the Internet.

8. MIT invented the magical material: May let the furniture assemble itself

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One of the wonders of the MIT Lab is the future of the furniture that can be assembled by itself. In many people's eyes, what Skella Tubitz (Skylar tibbits) does at MIT's self-assembly lab looks like a pile of waste. But for other people's eyes of wood and fabric, Tubitz see robots, a lot of robots. They do not have microprocessors, no bright-eyed titanium skeletons. But the boards and carbon fibers made by Tubitz's team can be said to incorporate sensors, logic and output technology, promising to change all sorts of things, from airplanes to clothes to paperback furniture.

(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)