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According to foreign media reports, the United States leading IT magazine online edition of eWeek wrote an article recently, wearable computer devices to be successful or become mainstream products in the market will take a fairly long period of time, and analysed the reasons. The Network Edition of eWeek article which reads as follows:

Google, Apple, and other companies are developing wearable computers technologies, it has become a major development trends in the field of mobile computing, however, this technique will take a long time to become mainstream products, why is that?

Latest reports that Apple is still considering to market a smart watch product, named “iWatch”; at the same time, Google is trying to launch new glasses “Glass”; the momentum does suggest that a wearable computer technology has big chip-unit development in the industry.

Recently, people have talked about wearable computer technology and this technology may have an impact on people’s lives, companies in this field are beginning to believe that their product markets can be developed to a considerable size.

But indeed, Apple and Google is spent has is long time zhihou, only is determined to build can wearing computer products, this also in must degree Shang reflected has this a market of some information, that is, can wearing technology market scale still is small, and may also is insignificant of, especially and Apple participation contest of mass moved market (including smart phone and flat computer, products) compared to more is nothing.

While companies are trying to develop wearable technology products, however, there is still a lot of reasons, wearable computer equipment to become a mainstream product will still be a long way off, the following 10 reasons also indicate that development of wearable technology will face serious obstacles.

1, not all large companies developing wearable technology

Is to a large extent, wearable technology is a major problem facing, there are still many big companies did not spend a lot of time and effort to compete for that market. Apple and Google is widespread concern in the industry, mainly or only because they develop these products too many rumors, and before these rumors, and there is no concern.

2, lack of ideas

Throughout the wearable technology market, there are still too many hard to find fully accredited, and is able to attract regular users of ideas. Of course, have emerged on the market products such as glasses, watches and jackets, but has not yet been fully demonstrated their appeal. Perhaps only after the appeal, which will usher in development opportunities.

3, richer attack mainstream device efficiency

Wearable technology’s primary objective is to make people more productive, and will allow these products to help users to capture more information, but the problem is that mainstream products such as Smartphones and Tablet PCs are still has a very strong effect of attack. Many consumers are wondering: why they should wore an e-mail message on a display of watches? In particular, they can easily pass Pocket Smartphone will be able to finish the task in time. So far, wearable technology market has yet to effectively address this issue.

4, design needs more improvements

Perhaps a product look and feel truly beautiful wearable technology will allow consumers to buy and use this product. The world increasingly of fashion and personality. In the current case, wearing a bulky watch on your wrist or on the face looks very strange pair of glasses on the shelves, seems to be not a elegant fashion logo.

5, need to let consumers cognitive

In addition to Google and Apple, others have enrolled for wearable technology companies are dominated by smaller companies, these small companies lack needed to convince consumers their product value enough marketing experience, which is a big problem. Wearable technology equipment manufacturers with sufficient resources to carry out prior to compelling marketing campaigns, consumer awareness will be enormous resistance of wearable product development.

6, many devices

Turning to the topic of marketing and promotion, wearable technology also appears a strange problem: these devices are also in accordance with end-to-end solution to marketing and promotion, rather than according to the customer should have the pattern. For example, the iPod Nano also can be used as a watch to wear, however, Apple just consider this to be a special feature. Chasing some well-known consumer brand, but so far, these brands still refuses to place these products as a “wearable technology”. Strange thing is, “wearable technology” appears to have become a bad word in today’s IT industry.

7, abstract

Chasing the wearable technology company seems a bit surreal, each year, these companies will showcase their ideas at the consumer electronics show, but these ideas are unrealistic. For example, do you really put on a vest or jacket of fully equipped with technology? With dazzling bright clothing will attract users? If the wearable technology equipment needs to become a mainstream product in the market, so it will need some time in order to let the idea of wearable technology down to Earth.

8, old shadows linger

In fact, the wearable technology is by no means new technology, such a concept already existed for decades. But the question is, which only appears in the TV series, in the TV series, Jet backpack capable of flying into space on the back, looks more like a robot, rather than ordinary people. And the result? Wearable technology is becoming a joke. Today, this industry still appears to be difficult to break the shadow of the past.

9, only to comply with the so-called “fanatics”

Another problem is that is still in the research and development of wearable looks only for so-called “fanatics” design, which of course is not a bad thing, but once you follow this wearable technology has become mainstream, then it will be the sellers were a major problem to be solved. At present, the obsession with technology is crowd that really care about wearable technology. While everyone else thought it was a “technical fanatics” wear and use the product, therefore, designers may want to consider this issue.

10, also does not have the appropriate ecological system

If you like smart cell phones and game machines recent successes have brought us some inspiration, this inspiration is about wearable technology product’s ecological systems have been established, or whether consumers will be more likely to buy these products. So far, wearable technology is still dependent on this product’s own way to share information with other products, therefore, this situation needs to change. Enrolled for wearable technology companies needed to be more clearly considered the question, that is, how can their wearable products and other services the company has put together, so as to provide users with the best experience.

According to foreign media reports, since the digital special effects since the rapid rise in the 1980 of the 20th century, already have science fiction themes of the film aliens invade Earth using and to make it out of the story, a huge alien mother ship flew over the Earth, such as the independence day 1996, in 2011 and 2012 in the battle of Los Angeles Super battleship. Such science-fiction blockbusters were suggested after arrival of extraterrestrial intelligent beings of the Earth began to attack humans, as astrophysicist Stephen Hawking warned: we should not attempt to contact the aliens, because they may be found after the Earth civilization invaded us.

Given the huge space and the speed limit, of interstellar civilization conflict are considered to be rare, but there may be

More recently, from Finland’s top elite Alto University researchers believe that extraterrestrial intelligence race is unlikely to attack humans, because we have star level of “weapons of mass destruction”, aliens will destroy each other is that other civilizations might be threats to their survival in the future, advanced alien civilizations might not take unnecessary intrusion, or not worth the intrusion of human civilization. We may have under the extraterrestrial biological monitoring, if our technology can make a Star Trek-like “space cruisers”, then such a super weapon is the ship itself.

When you select attack humans alien, then we will be very passive, they ship infrared signals only when entering the 3.2 billion km will be we found, we only 12-24 hours of warning time. From the cold war led to the survival of two rival civilization, requires a pre-emptive first strike to reason to live for themselves, United States and the former Soviet Union built a huge nuclear arsenal, both to ensure that the other’s nuclear forces at the time of the first nuclear strike was destroyed.

But, interstellar war distinct, after all outside star civilization of stronghold at least apart number light-years away, was speed of limit, militant civilization is a very adventure of gambling, dang alien fleet arrived in a needs eradication of civilization planet Shi, needs after for decades years even Shang century of time, this paragraph period another civilization has accelerated technology of development, therefore attack party arrived in Shi on will found themselves has is disadvantage, this on like commanding of Spain sailing fleet finally arrived in has Pearl Hong Kong, Found themselves in the face of tens of thousands of tons of heavy cruisers.

Therefore, when you are most likely, large universe of space Wing Commander, to provide space and time for the development of civilization, unless an alien civilization has reached the top level status of science and technology, and a diabolical appetite for attack. Researchers concluded that the conflict was a rare interstellar civilization, but it is not unlikely, if the constant key to interstellar navigation technology is a breakthrough so that space and time are no longer constraints, then emerging wisdom of civilization may face the risk of being attacked. Of course, we are currently unable to “listen” to signal the war between alien races, the universe itself is very confusing, any strange radiation signal may be a super weapon, scientists will be explained as natural phenomena.

“Apple watch” patent exposures, “Google goggles” open individual reservation in the United States, which raised prospects of the wearable device of hot. Many manufacturers have joined the wearable device in this new field of research and development. In the area of smart watch, iWatch just exposure soon, Apple’s rival Samsung started to make a move, Galaxy Altius smart watch to light. Up to now, including Apple, Samsung, tech giants Google, Microsoft and Sony, have been killed in the area. Smart Watches will most likely become flat and smart phone, another hot spot.

IWatch coming out, and a product adhering to the will of Steve jobs will come out

Apple launched the iPhone, touch-screen Smartphone begin to smash; Apple launched the iPad, tablet computers as the world’s most popular consumer electronics products. Today, Apple iWatch, a copy of iPhone and iPad storm was brewing.

This week, a regular disclosure Appleinsider Apple Insider Web site revealed that Apple had submitted “class iWatch” flexible touch screen device (flexible touchscreen display) patents, this example from a side Apple did in developing smart watch.

Need was particularly pointed out that, while jobs has left Apple, but iWatch with Steve Jobs certainly above the will of inheritance. Due to Apple products from the project development to market, often for a long time. For example, Apple Samsung patent litigation lawsuits during the century, disclosed in court the original iPad prototypes, photos on iPad prototype appeared in 2002-2004, as we all know, iPad was released only in 2010, Apple iPad was set up as early as 8 years ago.

According to the apples to the United States Patent and Trademark Office time for submission of the patent in August 2011, and named “touch screen flexible, bi-directional stability”, can be wrapped around the wrist or other part of the body. Noteworthy is that Steve Jobs passed away during the year.

Filed under Apple’s patent, the device can be used with other mobile device (such as iPhone) to connect via Bluetooth or WiFi. This device can also adjust the playlist on a flexible touch screen, view recently missed calls and reply to text messages, and so on. In addition to news that Apple has more than 100 employees are engaged in the development of smart watch.

However, concern about wearable devices, especially Smart Watch giant manufacturers has been a minority. Now the pattern is, Apple not only attention to the smart watch, there are a bunch of lists, such as Microsoft, Sony, Google.

That has smart watch stories

As a company that can compete and Apple in the world, Samsung has recently joined the smart watch war mission. From the United Kingdom, the Daily Telegraph recently exposed photos, smart watch new machine activation interface and GALAXY S4 product activation interface is very similar to its name as “GALAXY Altius”.

Google has also to be outdone, in October 2012, Google received the smart watch patents. The smart watch is equipped with a micro-processor with wireless transmission function, you can send and receive information. Comes with camera, you can shoot video, features similar to the Google goggles. Exposure of this patent, had to let people on Google Watch has one thought.

In addition to such giants as Samsung Apple, smart watches gives innovative companies the opportunity. The most famous is the Pebble Smart Watch, the products in 2013 on the CES show, the smart watch can receive text messaging, e-mail and other notifications alert (such as iMessage reminder, Google Talk and social networking). Compared with Apple, Samsung and Google, the company launched a product, rather than remain at the conceptual level.

Dates back further, Sony is a smart watch participants. In early 2012, Sony launched a new named “SmartWatch” smart watch, can tie in with the Android smart phone use and control, the market is priced at 149 dollars. The watch can receive any data sent from the Android cell phone, including Facebook and Twitter updates in the information flow. Take remote control of mobile audio player software, as well as applications that can run a variety of features, such as controlling the phone’s camera software.

Similar to flat-panel counterparts did, on Microsoft’s smart watch is also a loser plays a pioneer role. In 2004, Microsoft joint manufacturer Swatch announced that launched a new wireless data watch retail price of $ 150, named for the Paparazzi. The new table using Microsoft’s MSN Direct wireless data services, providing summary information such as news, sports, weather, and stock prices.

Who on Earth? Behind the fog of intelligent prospect watch

In fact, despite the concept of hot, but for smart watches question has never stopped. Especially Apple Samsung concept watch products, remain hidden after heavy fog, even compared to the people discussing it and the smart glasses, what is the next wave of technology hot mainstream.

Google CEO Larry Page smart glasses streets have found the network more than once, this at least proves that smart glasses than Apple Samsung Google smart watch even more convinced that it existed. But there are still a large number of well-known experts and authoritative media stations in the smart watch, they believe that proliferation of smart watches will be faster than the smart glasses to the user.

Analysis of the New York Times article states that consumers may not be able to accept the smart glasses, perhaps they would think it was a terrible thing (radiation or heat so close to the brain makes people frightened). While the wrist is considered more acceptable is a user experience where people have, after all, has a history of very long wearing similar electronic devices.

Investors are also optimistic about the Smart Watch project. For example, due to lack of funding, Pebble Smart Watch has to obtain financing on the Kickstarter site, it went on to become a classic case of fund-raising, in just a few weeks was able to raise $ 10 million in funding.

Furthermore believes that smart watches will bring about a revolution, similar to the smart phone out feature phones tablets impact PC. For example, the United States well-known analysts Piper Jaffray said Piper Jaffray, iWatch is the first step in attempting to wearable computing, in more than a decade of medium and long term, wearable computing will gradually replace the iPhone and other smart phones. ”

In addition, analysts believe that iWatch could not be eliminated development of intelligent mobile phones or forced to retreat, iWatch could be the iPhone of additional equipment. BusinessInsider is holding this view, think of high-end users and the world’s largest user of the iPhone, then Smart Watches also can be seen.

Yesterday afternoon, Zhongguancun electronic market, Liu Qiang station constantly greeted in front of customers at the counter: “mobile phones to film? IPhone 5 to ‘ escape ‘? ” Zhongguancun electronic stores sales business after apparent decline, some smart phone vendors eyeing a new business: Apple iPhone 5 mobile” prison break “.

Earlier this month, Apple iPhone 5 iOS6 operating system included with the phone is cracked, the “prison break” techniques were passed on quietly in the Zhongguancun electronic market. Liu Qiang told Xinhua that business the most booming when after new year’s day before the Spring Festival, the recent decline in handset sales clearly, “estimates that it would wait until after the year, business will return to normal levels. ”

Mobile phone sales fell, Liu Qiang now finds a new business: give iPhone 5 mobile “prison break”: customers do not separate charges, charges 50 Yuan for the new user. Took with two days Qian just success “escapes” of a Taiwan white Apple iPhone 5 phone, he to journalists shows off, “escapes” Hou of phone has several large benefits: free installed various pirate software; for phone photos and SMS separate encryption; calls can displayed phone belonging to; installed domestic user most familiar of sogou, and Baidu, and Google, “nine block box” style of phonetic input method. He disclosed that the Group and now sells to Apple iPhone 5 phone in “prison break” more and more people, on average a day for five or six cell phones “prison break”.

However, Apple’s official phone “prison break” strong opposition: on February 7, Apple’s website published an article strongly warned against any incursions into the iOS software to be installed, said Apple’s iOS design was to ensure the reliability of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch operation. Liu Qiang also found a “prison break” cell phones after a question: “until yesterday, my friend over the phone were able to correlate and contacts, and prior to this mobile phone number is displayed on the screen. ”

Hundreds of lucky money give out first, and then told his family of WiFi (wireless Internet) password. In just the last Spring Festival holiday, this has some new year’s “00″ Junior after important ways. Is line up on one side of “lucky money” is slowly fading in the virtual world of affection, love and affection. Holiday, on the next new year ‘s, should have a good reflection.

New year’s money is an important carrier of traditional culture, pass meant for the younger lived evil things, blessing, and now, emotion is hosted new year’s money was quietly changed the amount it has become a tool to compare each other. Thick envelopes sent strapped in the capsule, can ‘ t say, debit due to the young age, their money, values are beginning to change, distort. When most people start advocating stuffing, operating with a substance to a family when this beautiful emotion began to disseminate the “stench”.

Network is an important means to increase interpersonal, meant compressed length of time, breaking space obstacles, but now networks that feature is also beginning to alienation, on the “net” people, “God good basking better than WiFi good, MOM and dad than the iPad.” Staring at the screen, wearing headphones, only concerned with their own anger and sorrow, but turning a blind eye to relatives eager to Exchange looks forward to look around. As everyone knows, family is the most precious of “Networking” experience is the real reunion, talk to their loved ones, China Unicom you inside me. When older friends before section specially for “actively adapt to the next generation” when replacing high power router, the network also began to become a family exchange of diaphragm.

Recently, the people of Hong Kong new year only HK $ 10 bonus acts recognized by the majority of Internet users, while “down the home WiFi, with my mom and Dad” campaign has also been hot offering of Internet users. “The devastation caused by the WiFi and the lucky money call” will produce “apathy” in the context of, seem to have seen this spring festival atmosphere to the blessed hope of return, true to the original meaning.

In fact, the size of the new year’s money measure the depth of no feelings, Tablet PC and the manufacture of noise does not mean a real reunion and happy. Everyone can actively Act to stop content “spared”; each family to act, allowing students in Chinese new year bid farewell to the network virtual, nourish and nurture by the affection, love. Only in this way new year’s money will not become the obligation, affection is not than WiFi.

“Desktops, laptops, smart phones, smart watches … … Chips is growing close, sooner or later, it will be injected into the human body, we become half robot. “Communication observer Li has just said, a smart watch has let chip close to the body, but just think of it as a computer, that’s a lack of imagination.

The next disruptive products

IT product the next revolution in the wrist, is not a smart phone, but a smart watch. On February 11, the New York Times reported, Apple is focusing on developing a mystery based on iOS system Smart Watch: iWatch. It put together a team of 100 engineers, including product designers, marketers, such as hardware and software engineers.

A week later, according to United States technology blog reported BusinessInsider, a Korea Forum out of several sheets of Samsung Smart Watch analog, which is equipped with a AltiusOS Samsung’s own operating system, and is equipped with a 235MB memory.

May not take a year, appear on the market a product like this: looks like watches, integration with most of the functionality of the PC, mobile phone, Siri voice, sense of control, snap it automatically turn on twice, then play it off twice.

If you have two pockets hold “screen”-giant-screen mobile phones, flat-panel, needs a shoulder bags a day to walk around carrying them, text messaging, telephone, bell rang would have to open the package and see the message, this action makes people tired of repeating. More science and technology enthusiasts, the more easy to feel smart watch. It is a digital product (mobile phone, Tablet) “Bulletin Board”, message, SMS, on the information feedback in the first table. With it, users will be able to complete simple messages, SMS to send and receive, answer the phone with Bluetooth headset.

Computing power button control

At present, the smart watch prototype more popular feature is a mobile phone peripheral products. Canada Pebble Alerta launched last year by the manufacturer, the table participates in January of this year the United States CES Consumer Electronics Show.

The table to receive text messaging, e-mail and other notifications alert, Pebble and Smartphones via Bluetooth connection. At present, Sweden architect Anders Kjellberg, Japan Electrical Manufacturers Sony, sharp also has a similar product.

These product keys control-dominated. Dial right three buttons: up, selection, down, and is equipped with the back key on the left side. Through buttons, users can use their time, music, maps, video calling, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi data transmission.

Their shape and common watch more or less composed of a screen with a sheet to form. Screen size may be less than 1.5 inches, the weight is less than 50g, with some calculated storage capacity, with communications features such as text messaging, phone, supports iOS, Android and other third party applications, and data synchronization, such as mobile phones, flat-screen, PC transfer.

“But Apple product of subversive affirmation than that. “Li Yi believes that Apple has no reason that the smart watch, is that it is creating a disruptive product, now rushing into the field of smart watch enterprise, future will die miserably.

Voice controlled monitoring of human health

6 years ago to reinvent the phone Apple’s innovation malaise in recent years, there is reason to believe, it is the most innovative energy, try redefining the watch. Real smart watch standards who established? Cooperation in research and development of Apple patents technology, gave the outside world a clue.

According to the New York Times said Apple’s formed a team of 100 engineers, focused research and development of low cost sensors and voice recognition software. This means that iWatch may be in a sense, Siri voice manipulation, can sense the human body, such as heart rate, respiratory rate, with human health management capability.

Earlier this year, there have been media reports, on curved glass technology, Apple is interested in cooperation with the manufacturer Dow Corning. If applied on the iWatch, its screen may be the use of flexible material.

In February, the Wall Street Journal says Apple and Foxconn to discuss developing smart watch technology, focused on reducing power consumption in chips, and chips are thinner. This shows that iWatch weights, dimensions, degree of light, life will be even stronger than on the edge.

Author Dan Nosowitz wrote of foreign science and technology forum, iWatch is best “quickly inform screen” feature should be streamlined, “as long as you can display time, there are two sliding up and down button to see the notice on the line, to avoid text manipulation. ”

Semiconductor industry analyst Li wenjuan forecast, Siri-like voice is a smart watch’s biggest selling points. “Intelligent watches is portable and portable, voice-saving touch, portability to maximize. ”

Universal health management platform

As early as 2010, Apple introduced the iPod nano 6 (MP3 player) had cooperated with Nike sports brand, users can place a sensor in Nike shoes, by means of a wireless sensors can be connected to the iPod nano 6. So the latter can record user exercise time, distance, calorie consumption and total number of movements.

There are also wearable products with mobile phone APP, and users who will be able to record in the outdoor running track and estimate the energy consumption. “Smart Watches have been similar products will disappear. “Li Yi said.

“Merely understood as smart watch a smaller mobile phones, PC, that is clearly no imagination. “Xiang Ligang believes that smart watch now integrated phone capability was initially only the first step,” intelligent health management is the most revolutionary about it. ”

Xiang Ligang believes that smart watches through its own computing, storage, communications, sensors, data collection on human health, and then transfer your data to the cloud platform, the platform behind a large amount of data experts, to analyze the data, make conclusions, followed by professional medical personnel make decisions for users.

“Smart watch with the skin fitting together, internal temperature, humidity, infrared sensors, testing blood glucose, blood pressure and other parameters and physical exhaustion will remind you to rest, have signs of illness will issue a warning. “Li has just said.

Related links Samsung clues left by the spy photos

On February 18, according to United States technology blog reported BusinessInsider, one identity for people in your Samsung fans or netizens, a Korea Forum exposure on several suspected Samsung Smart Watch interface photos. From the text to infer, Samsung smart watch may have a certain calculation of storage performance, music player, email or short message transceiver and map features.

Figure a maximum font size of “GALAXY Altius” should be the name of the product, GALAXY is Samsung products in the product line, and Altius interpretation for “higher” in the industry speculated that, intelligent watches belonging to the GALAXY S4 GALAXY Altius product line.

Photo on the upper left corner letters SKT of signaling diagram, SKT should refer to the Korea SK Telecom one of the three carriers, this indicates that the watch support data network, is likely to have communication features such as text messaging, call.

See figure a right corner, Altius Beta 2 is a beta operating system, may be customized based on the Android system, but from the interface point of view, it is very similar to Microsoft’s Windows Phone.

Figure a second line of text indicating the memory table will have a 235MB of the fuselage, 1.5% has been used, is being used by the system. “Samsung-GA7″ is a code that could refer to the table of display materials. Code Altios perhaps Altius code.

Figure b is a system interface, this accumulation of dense chart interface and is similar to Windows Phone, first row in the picture means in Korean “11:50″, notes icon text means “music player”, icon text meaning “alarm clock”, remaining two presumably to Notepad, mail.

Forbes magazine online edition published today, Google and Samsung are increasingly strained relations. The industry believes that Samsung in a situation of dominance in the Android camp should concern to Google. Following is the full text of the article: the Wall Street Journal reported this week the tension between Google and Samsung, it may be this month’s most closely watched technology industry news.

Reports that Google executives are increasingly worried about Samsung’s leading position in Android market. Obviously, there are 40% of Android devices from Samsung. Thus, in dialogue with Google, Samsung can be stronger.

Samsung treat apples the same worries Google. First of all, Samsung the component suppliers for Apple devices. Soon, Samsung began production of all various components for Apple. Ultimately, Samsung launched its Galaxy series, Apple blows.

Google wants to avoid the same fate, but there is a delicate balance. If Google too harsh about Samsung, Samsung may be faster down this road. And if Google is too weak, so different from Tiger-infested.

Reflecting the past neglected one important issue: ultimately, the hardware will beat software. Of course there are some exceptions, as embodied by the cooperation between Microsoft and IBM in the early years, a software company has a strong management team can beat badly managed hardware company. But in the long run, in the leading position in the hardware market will be an advantage. Reason is obvious: any teenage technology enthusiasts can develop Android or iOS, but teens young people cannot produce semiconductor-class hardware, or ceramic capacitor and the LCD. Manufacturing jobs have a higher technical barriers.

Of course, the Samsung cannot manufacture on its own all hardware. In such cases, Samsung chose to Japan manufacturers purchase. It is clear that Samsung and key Japan suppliers have a good relationship. These companies are the basis for rapid development of science and technology industry, including Shin-ETSU chemical, Murata seisakusho, and Kyocera. Their fame is unlikely, but if there is no such companies, the information technology revolution of the past 20 years will not happen, while Japan and Korea also affected trade between. According to Korea from Japan imports more goods than Japan from Korea imports more than 70%. With the Japan trade, Korea imported commodities that cannot be manufactured in his country, mainly Korea technology companies the means required.

Samsung needs Japan manufacturers, Japan manufacturers also need to Samsung. Samsung did in fact is Japan member of the electronics industry, which can be obvious in Tokyo’s Roppongi Street, with Samsung’s Japan headquarters. Such initiatives show that Samsung and Japan are closely related. The other hand, this also means that the Samsung devices can get the latest, most powerful, highest-quality raw materials, as well as the fastest components.

Samsung is really dangerous enemies, and Google should pay close attention to Samsung. (Qiu Yue)

Amoy network after all, Alibaba launched aliyun low-key search, fueled the flames of the search market in China. Login aliyun search page you can see, it uses an independent domain name s.aliyun.com, launch a search including Web pages, information, pictures and maps, map data source for gold. Aliyun Search launched, does that mean the company will be strong into the search market?

Yesterday (February 20), Alibaba insiders on the daily economic news reporters, is the company’s core business of e-commerce, search, shopping search still with one out and Taobao internal search as the primary station. Moreover, aliyun search is not a recently launched last year has been on the line.

Is Yahoo’s alternatives

After scouring the net positioning in the shopping search, aliyun search is a search-oriented Internet content throughout the entire network.

As early as a scouring the Internet lines, the industry believes it is Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma into the search signal. Ma has publicly said that Alibaba search, Baidu, is to make sleep sleep. Therefore, aliyun Search launched, was considered Ma again eject submunitions in search.

But the insider, Ali said: “we don’t have much energy to grab search company jobs, this product also has a very low profile. Our energy is e-commerce, said Ali trot this market is also inappropriate. ”

“Cloud search is an old product, 2011 has been on the line. Only search is not our core business, we have no external promotion, search and Yahoo search using the same search service in China, it can be said that are no more than a substitute for Yahoo. “The company insiders said.

It is learnt that aliyun search and cloud computing are part of Ali Ali Group Research Institute, the two projects started almost simultaneously. Because the search need to be established on the basis of cloud computing, so progress has been slower, never been to promote. In early 2012, aliyun search was launched, its official microblog as early as May 29, 2012.

Internet watchers Liu Xingliang told the business daily journalist, aliyun search can release Ali’s own capacity, can also bring income, on the eve of its IPO raising relevant valuations.

Markets hard

Earlier this year, the whole search industry quite quiet. Following its acquisition last year, Baidu sogou denied the message after it has been confirmed, have recently emerged that, search dogs and search business owned by Tencent Soso negotiating mergers and acquisitions.

A series of data prove that Baidu, sogou is becoming a strong opponent. 2012 Sohu group reported last year revenue $ 1.067 billion, sogou business revenues exceeding 100 million dollars, up by 108%. IResearch the latest statistics, sogou users has claimed third, behind Tencent QQ and 360.

Liu Xingliang believes that in traffic led to the search market, and 360 has become the strongest rival Baidu sogou, which mainly reflected both on the PC and on mobile Web client massive user and traffic.

But many analysts believe that even with Google, 360 and the rival sogou, and Alibaba, are hard to shake Baidu’s market position. Analysys data shows that four quarters of last year, not counting revenue, domestic search engine Baidu accounted for 78.6%, only 3.4% of the dog.

“If aliyun search 360 search determination and resources, still have a chance, after all, the entire company of huge traffic there. But Ali should not have done, promising e-commerce, search just as big companies only one standard, does not become mainstream. “Said Liu Xingliang.

A meteorite 15th in Russia go across and exploded over the Ural mountains regions of central to produce energy comparable to the atomic bomb. According to Russia media reports 16th, meteorite fall events have caused 1 billion rubles (about US $ 30 million) in economic losses. Current casualty treatment and restoration work has been carried out.

Qiebaerkuli Lake was hit by meteorite with a diameter of about 8 meters of ice holes

Most injured by broken glass

Russia Interior Ministry said, a lot of people arising from meteorite falls before the glare of curious and went to the window, was scratched by blast shattered glass fragments later.

Residents of malate·luobukefusiji said, “I went to see what road high in the sky just … … Then the window glass fragments, bounced back to me. Where I long beard was opened, however, it is not deep. They stitched the wound to me. ”

Car ya bin Basque schools were in session. Some officials said wounded 258 students.

A video display, a teacher is student teaching hours, a powerful shock wave hit the classroom, resulting in more of the students was injured by glass.

It was reported that the meteorite crash caused more than 1200 people were injured, has yet to receive reports of Chinese citizens were injured.

In addition, over more than 50 of them have been hospitalized in the local treatment of these injured persons can be discharged a few days later. Russia Ministry of emergency situations, 16th one victim sent a special plane to Moscow for treatment, the 52 years old woman with spinal fractures. On machines equipped with medical special tanks, medical unit and the Panel of psychological experts arrived on the same plane.

Divers salvage meteorite fragments

Russia’s Chelyabinsk region Governor Yurevich, meteorite fall caused more than US $ 30 million loss. The States because meteorites fall damaged the glass will only have 200,000 square meters, current professional staff is to monitor and repair the buildings in the area.

Russian Ministry of emergency situations said, divers will go down in the near future the 6 to meteorite debris falling into the qiebaerkuli Lake, had not yet been found meteorite fragments. Sources said earlier, Lake qiebaerkuli in Chelyabinsk region is hit by meteorite with a diameter of about 8 meters of ice holes.

Had sped to the meteorite crashed the scene directing rescue work Puchkov, Minister of Russian Ministry of emergency situations said local emergency department repeatedly buildings damaged in the meteorite fall events to troubleshoot, paying special attention to social institutions, schools and kindergartens, and eliminate potential safety problems in a timely manner. Meteorite fall resulting in Chelyabinsk region over more than 300 schools and kindergartens will be closed due to damage, Puchkov said that relevant departments must ensure that the normal starting Chelyabinsk region schools and kindergartens next Monday.

Meteorites the size of buses

Russia Academy of Sciences, said that the meteorite estimated body weight of 10 tons, supersonic at least 54,000 km per hour entering the Earth’s atmosphere, apart from the ground into fragments when 30 per cent. Explosive power equivalent to a small nuclear bomb.

However, today United States newspaper Web sites based on United States NASA speculated that reported that the meteorite the size of a bus, and weighs 7,000 tons of explosive power is the United States investing during the second world war in Japan more than 20 times the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

The meteorite’s fall may lead to some more serious issues.

According to the associated press, the car ya bin around the Basque region of some dealing with nuclear and chemical weapons facilities. Meteorite fall from the Mayak nuclear waste storage and disposal facilities only 100 km/h. Mayak nuclear facility there ten tons of weapons grade plutonium.

Ministry of emergency situations urged people to stay calm, “fireball, meteorite rain” described this meteorite fall, said local radiation levels remain normal after the meteorite fall. Has sent a team of more than 20,000 people to the Ural mountains, participating in rescue and cleanup operations.

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Meteorite fall caused “scouring the rock fever”

United States expert said that fragments of the meteorite crashed on the ground could fast out “washing stones” brings a wealth of. Some locals have found this “opportunity”, on the Internet auction meteorite fragments.

Online sellers hawking Russian meteorite

Yuesefu·gutehaiyinci is a meteorite expert and the former United States National Aeronautics expert. He accepted the Russia news agency interview, said “a relatively small piece of meteorite could be worth hundreds of dollars, a large meteorite could be worth as much as $ 100,000 or more. ”

Gutehaiyinci expects 15th meteorites fall all over with metal detectors, and some even from Russia’s capital Moscow, rushed to the area, “washing stones”.

Gutehaiyinci said, most meteorites were found in reclaimed land or abandoned in the environment. Many meteorites found in death Valley, where the dry, there is no decay factor, loom large in the background.

When a reporter asked about how to tell the difference between a piece of found in outdoor looks strange when the stones are valuable, Pennsylvania State University Professor of astronomy and Astrophysics kelisi·paerma said, there is a rapid, simple testing method, is to test whether this stone is magnetic, this approach does not guarantee the accuracy, though most meteorites are magnetic.

However, some business-minded people would like to use this opportunity to make money. A claim to sellers of Vladimir in Russia on an auction Web site message: “sale of meteorite falls in the car ya bin g! “He attached a photo under the message the subject is 15th fall ya bin Basque in the car of a black stone, list price $ 49.5.

Some people in Russia classifieds website “Avito” jewellery category information, sale of meteorite fragments, “prices are negotiable”.

Mars meteorite price ultra gold

Gutehaiyinci said that the meteorite value consists of multiple factors, including meteorites, rare degree, places of origin, and form.

He said those people should get an expert evaluation of the meteorite meteorites. If they are going to sell meteorites, you must get a certificate of proof of authenticity of meteorites.

Gutehaiyinci said that, in most cases, the “e-Bell” website is a good place to sell meteorites. However, if you have a large meteorites, should go to an auction house. Auction houses need to know the source of meteorites, will ask the independent analysis of meteorites.

Palma told the RIA news agency Xinhua: “one of the most common to kill stone, a small kill stone may sell for $ 20. ”

He said that through the meteorite constitute infer its source. Therefore, if the composition of a piece of meteorite material are inferred from Mars, the meteorite’s value will soar, can sell up to 670 dollars per gram.

The RIA news agency reported, a piece of Moon rock called Daer·jiani 1058 last year in the United States sold on an auction price of $ 330,000. Daer·jiani 1058 weighing 1.9 kg, in 1998 in Libya was discovered, recorded meteorite transactions is “King”.

A meteorite from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter in 2006 on the auction website “e-Bell” (eBay) sold for $ 93,000 on price. The meteorite weighs 161 kg, Argentina found.

Profitable prices because meteorites, meteorite trades on the black market in the world “business is booming”.

Gutehaiyinci in 1998, as NASA experts to participate in an operation codenamed “Eclipse” operations aimed at catching people who sell fake rock. He found during the operation one person really rock and asking price of $ 5 million.

On investigation, “Apollo 17th” in Moon rock collected this month, by United States President Richard Nixon before grant Honduras Government. This Rock eventually returned to Honduras Government.

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Planet security “wiping” the Earth

Approximately 50 meters in diameter asteroid 2012DA14 Beijing time on 16th security “wipe” the Earth from a meteorite fall Russia central Urals region less than 24 hours.

Asteroid 2012DA14 Beijing at 16th on the fly to 27,700 km from Earth, below the geostationary orbit altitude, be regarded as similar in recent years of the distance between the Earth and the volume objects “passing through”.

United States National Aeronautics Space Administration estimated that asteroid 143,000 tons, than fall Russia large number of meteorites in the territory. Suppose that an asteroid to “wipe” Earth 2.8 km per hour hit the ground, it would release hundreds of the energies of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, enough to erase nearly 2000 square kilometres of land.

Astronomers said that the meteorite flight direction is from northeast to Southwest, and planets 2012DA14 and almost the opposite of the former, therefore running two celestial bodies are not associated. United States NASA planetary science department head Jim Green said that asteroids and meteorites are almost on the same day so close “contacts” Earth “very rare, historical”.

Reported in Central Cuba meteorite fall

15th Cuban national television reported that the residents of a small town in Central Cuba local 14th meteorite fall occurred.

Rhoda, the small town in Cuba’s central Cienfuegos province witnessed on television said that around 14th, local time, they see a place as large as buses in the sky very bright, and then to a “greater than the Sun” flames, heard huge explosions after three or four minutes. One resident said that minor shaking in the explosion on the roof of his family.

A team of astronomers have been despatched to Rodas town for possible fall of meteorites on the ground or siderite.

Many people will inevitably worry: this “stroke” how big is the probability? The face of “external stone” threat to Earth is ready? Head of Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAs science haiming Tang believes that this is a small probability event, similar to a “Lottery”. In General, all kinds of small celestial bodies falling into the Earth’s atmosphere, mostly in the fall, with burned out by atmospheric friction, a small number of “wreckage” would in general fall into the ocean of the Earth’s surface. Like the hands of human residential areas and caused some damages to, at the international level it is rare, people don’t have to worry too much.

However, human known at least has two times small celestial bodies impact Earth event caused has great effect: once is 1908 of Tunguska large explosion, caused over 2,150 square kilometers within of 60 million tree trees burned fell, great change has local of ecological environment; more early of once more famous, a units diameter 10 km around of small celestial bodies, caused has then of Earth Overlord dinosaur of extinction, total change life evolution process. At the recently held “heaven ‘s” popular forum, Li Chen of Shanghai Observatory researchers said, told from probability, probability of occurrence similar to the Tungus event for 5,000 years, “dinosaurs” level of small celestial bodies impacting event probabilities for 60 million years time.

In order to ensure human security, no amount of small celestial bodies impacting probability is small, the necessary monitoring and early-warning measures were still necessary. According to the analysis of Li Chen, near-Earth objects of serious threats to the Earth, its diameter is between 0.5-5 km, impact released energy in between 100,000 tons-10 trillion tons of TNT equivalent. About around 10,000 of the total of such asteroids. To remove the threat, first to do an accurate detection, orbit, according to results issued early warning. By sky survey projects around the world, the tracks of more than more than 100 of them have been identified, and confirm that they will not pose a threat to Earth.

However, there are still 99% the potential threat objects have not been precise orbit determination. To address this issue, a 35-year Sky Survey of global cooperation has been launched. In addition, the United States are building comprehensive Sky Survey Telescope of diameter 8.4 m large LSST is expected to become operational in 2016. United States Government for its high hopes, you want it to by 2020, can be found all over 140 meters in diameter near-Earth objects.

If asteroids really come straight to Earth, do we have to resolve it? Li Chen explained that in accordance with the current technological capabilities, to the small bodies in the hundreds of millions of kilometres away in the launch of space shuttle, “forcing” its steering. In addition, there are various abstract ideas, such as launching hydrogen bombs, blowing up asteroids; use of solar energy, the asteroid warming, biomass gasification, thereby turning … … At least one thing is certain, in the face of “external stone”, we are not as powerless as the dinosaur of the year.