According to foreign media reports, the following is the foreign media's evaluation of the 2012 high-tech industry:
Windows 8 debut
This year's biggest IT news is the release of Microsoft Win 8 system, it gives The PC ecosystem brings new energy. Microsoft has high-profilely announced that the company has sold 40 million Win 8 licensing systems to date, including corporate and OEM manufacturer customers, but it did not disclose sales data in the consumer market.
Apple and Samsung's patent disputes
2012 is the second year of Apple's and Samsung's patent disputes. Both sides have their own gains and losses. However, the most attention is that Samsung imposed a fine of 1.05 billion US dollars in September this year. judgment. Apple then asked the court to impose a lock-up order on several Samsung products, but the judge denied it, which is considered a small victory for Samsung.
Fileshare website MegaUpload is closed by the government
As early as January, MegaUpload has disappeared from the Internet, its domain name has been blocked, assets have been confiscated, and several founders have been arrested by authorized New Zealand police. The closure of this popular file-sharing website has caused an uproar in the Internet, and many similar websites have announced their closure.
Facebook's public listing and privacy concerns
Facebook has always been a concern, and 2012 is also the company's listing year. Its multi-billion dollar IPO has been greatly affected by the technical failure of the exchange, and its share price has fallen nearly half of the listed price of $38 in the three months after listing.
Apple's online map suffers from criticism
As smartphones become a new high-tech battlefield, Apple's previous ally relationship with Google has also broken down, and some Google services have gradually disappeared from Apple devices, such as map services. Apple replaced Google's map app with a map of its own design. But the map application lacks several major features, such as traffic orientation, street view, and even takes people in the wrong direction.
Kickstarter rises in creative project financing platform
Kickstarter was officially launched in 2009, but it was only in February of this year that it became “Events”, which caused public concern. With Kickstarter, anyone can donate a specified amount of money to a project, and Kickstarter charges a very low commission.
US Department of Justice sues e-book publishers for e-book price manipulation
For e-book publishers, 2012 is undoubtedly a bad year. In the e-book market dominated by Amazon, publishers are worried about it. Lowering the price of e-books, they will unite, negotiate the price of books together, and give some of the profits to retailers. However, the Ministry of Justice does not agree with this approach.
2012: Twitter Success Year
2012 was a particularly successful year for Twitter, and its number of Twitters broke records, the first time during the London Olympics, and then during the US presidential election, during which time the highest reached The release speed of 320,000 tweets per minute.
Yahoo's high-level changes
If a company needs a strong person to take the helm, it will be Yahoo. It is one of the most visited sites in the world, but its future strategy is not clear, but Yahoo wants to hire Scott? Thompson came to solve these problems, but it turned out to be counterproductive. After a short time, he was dismissed because of his “educational fraud”.
Google builds tablets
Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 are not the first Android tablets, but they are considered to be the first tablet that can really pose a threat to Apple iPad. Looking back at the Nexus 10, the device configuration can compete with the iPad, but the price is only $400.