"Silicon Valley Line" Atomic transistor advent of the CPU operation bottleneck is expected to break through

In the daily link to the Silicon Valley, the most fresh information! The "Silicon Valley" here refers to the typical and innovative business representatives abroad.

1. Sequoia Capital for image editing application PicsArt 10 million USD

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PicsArt is a picture-editing application and social networking application company, similar to Instagram. Currently, PicsArt has just completed its first round of financing, raising 10 million of billions of dollars. PicsArt's first round of financing is Sequoia Capital (Sequoia).

PicsArt chief Executive Uhanais Avoyan (Hovhannes Avoyan) announced to Re/code that the $10 million trillion was still the company's first round of funding. As part of the financing deal, Omar Hammowi, a partner of Sequoia Capital, will become a director of the PicsArt company.

2. BT 19 billion US dollar acquisition of British mobile operator EE

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BT, the British telecoms group, has confirmed that it today bought the UK's largest mobile operator, EE, at a price of 19 billion dollars (about 12.5 billion pounds). BT also claimed that the group had negotiated the deal last December and that it had implemented the deal today.

BT will pay for the deal in cash and grant new common stock to BT. EE currently has 31 million paying subscribers in the UK market and the largest 4G user base in the European market.

3.Swatch to push smart watch to compete with Apple within three months

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According to foreign media reports, the Swatch Group (Swatch) is planning to open a smart watch in the next three months to compete with Apple Watch, which is about to be sold.

In an interview, the chief executive said the company's products could be connected to other devices via the near-field Communication Protocol (NFC) and not forced to charge. Swatch Smart watch also supports mobile payments for users and can be compatible with Windows and Android software.

4. The advent of atomic-level transistor CPU operation bottleneck is expected to break through

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Scientists at the University of Texas in Thursday created the world's first silicon transistor with a thickness of only one atom, according to foreign media reports. With this transistor, scientists may one day produce chips with less energy and faster power.

With the great heat of graphene, another similar nano-new material has aroused great interest in the material field, that is, the silicon (silicene). This material is likely to become a new cornerstone of it technology in the future. This transistor has great potential, and for computer scientists, silicon is a more interesting material than graphene.

5. Mac system launches first "photo" application: iphoto is replaced

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Apple today pushed the OS X 10.10.3 firmware update to developers, a week after OS X 10.10.2 was released to the public, and the 10.10.3 was a major update because it added a "photo" application for the first time to Mac computers.

In fact, last year there was rumors, Mac OS will be canceled iphoto and aperture two image applications, and last June stopped the development of two software, replaced by a similar "photo" application in iOS.

6. Surgeon Smart Glasses Project Vitalmedicals financing 920,000 USD

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Providing real-time clinical information and communication to surgeons through smart glasses is one of the hottest entrepreneurial directions at the moment. Vitalmedicals is one of the star projects in the StartX incubator. The company announced in Thursday that it had successfully obtained 925,000 of dollars of seed money from angel investors and Stanford StartX Fund. The company will use this fund to expand its team to further develop its smart glasses technology.

7. Google will be released next week with toy manufacturers Mattel to launch a mysterious new

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Google and toy maker Mattel are scheduled to hold a conference in New York on February 13, when the two sides will release a "product." The invitation to the Conference has a picture of the film disc, but so far not aware of the specific content of the release. Some media speculated that Google or is considering the introduction of a simple virtual reality device for young users cardboard.

8. The second largest electrical chain in the United States filed for bankruptcy

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February 5, the United States established electronic products retail chain brand RadioShack announced the application for bankruptcy. It's another bankrupt electronics retailer in America.

The same day, RadioShack to the court bankruptcy Law 11 bankruptcy, that is, through debt restructuring, to achieve a new operation. It is reported that 11 consecutive quarters of losses, the company has been unable to continue to operate.

RadioShack company was born in 1921, headquartered in Texas State Woerth Fort, is a well-known electronic retail brand in the United States, some technology media pointed out that RadioShack even promoted the development of Silicon Valley and technology industry, many pioneering technology heroes, Often in the small town of RadioShack's physical store to buy electronic components, hardware products assembly.

(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)