MySpace Music will get $100 million risk investment

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September 15, according to foreign media reports, the famous technology blog TechCrunch.com founder Michael Arrington published blog article on Sunday said MySpace is currently negotiating with venture capital firms, considering to raise 100 million U.S. dollars of venture capital for the music service MySpace Music launched this month. According to the financing scale of MySpace Music, its market value has reached over 2 billion U.S. dollars.

MySpace Music by the three major music companies and MySpace co-financing the establishment of the joint venture. The three music companies are Universal Music Group (Universal Music Group), Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group (Warner Music Group), they will hold a minority stake in MySpace Music. MySpace Music will be some time this month formally launched. MySpace Music will be advertising, paid MP3 downloads, ring tones, art exhibition ticket sales and merchandise to support, to provide free broadcast audio and video streaming services. It is said that for the establishment of MySpace Music, MySpace will venture into new music all the assets and to provide 120 million U.S. dollars of funds. MySpace removed, the three major music companies will MySpace Music for the injection of millions to tens of millions of dollars.

MySpace parent company News Corp. and NBC joint venture company set up video Hulu, in 2007 from venture capital firms Providence Equity Partners hands was 100 million U.S. dollars of venture capital. At that time, Hulu for the valuation of 100 million U.S. dollars. It is reported that MySpace Music in the current round of financing them, Providence Equity Partners will remain its investment.

In a company CEO has not before, few investors would consider investing in these companies. It is said, MySpace has been in the market hunting for the MySpace Music CEO, and former chief operating officer of Facebook Owen Fan - the tower (Owen Van Natta) will likely become a MySpace this month launched a music service, chief executive of MySpace Music Officer.

Last summer, Facebook executives have been adjusted to, Natta into the post by the chief operating officer, chief revenue officer and vice president of operations. He then indicated that he has done in his Facebook can do everything, now hopes to become a consumer Internet company's chief executive officer. Natta at the beginning of this year separation. Perhaps his MySpace Music will be provided by the need of jobs. Natta Facebook is still a large number of shares, the value is very high. Microsoft spent 240 million U.S. dollars acquisition of Facebook 1.6% of the shares, in accordance with the terms, Facebook's valuation as high as 15 billion U.S. dollars. Before joining Facebook, Natta in the Amazon as the global business and corporate development vice president, is the founder of A9.com search engine. He was in September 2005 joined Facebook, is mainly responsible for operating and financial strategies.

But in the TechCrunch50 held early this week MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe said that they are willing to wait for a longer time to find suitable person for MySpace Music, but the seeking of CEO will not affect the publish of MySpace Music.

Lenovo has no plans to get the acquisition of Dell PC factory

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The world's fourth largest PC maker Lenovo Group CEO William AmelioTuesday said that the company has no current plans to acquire its rival Dell’ computer factory.

According to foreign media reports, "The Wall Street Journal" reported last week, as hopes to cut costs and increase profits, Dell intends to sell its run in the rest of the world's computer factory.

In response, Amelio in Singapore to attend the meeting, remember that the association is sufficient production capacity, it will not buy a Dell computer factory.

Amelio also said the global economic slowdown may affect the business technology spending. He said that Lenovo may be to re-evaluate its operating expenses.


The first quarter fiscal report released by Lenovo showed in the first quarter fiscal report at the end of June, as the slowdown of U.S. economic growth and the impact of the earthquake in Sichuan, Lenovo net profit rose 65 percent to be the lowest quarterly increase within this year .

Will JavaScript become the largest rival to Silverlight?

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In the Microsoft Tech-Ed technical meeting organized in Sydney, the participating experts launched a heated debate on who will become the rival of Microsoft's Silverlight, Flash or JavaScript.

Google released in JavaScript technology based on fast Chrome browser, Microsoft senior project manager Scott Hanselman local time Friday at the seminar on the audience expressed their own ideas: "I think in 18 months after we will see JavaScript To 100 - 1000 times the rate of growth doubled in Google's promotion and Mozilla's stress, JavaScript on the development of a threat to us. "

World-renowned consulting firm Capgemini (Cap Gemini), a senior consultant Jonas Folles agreed that, in his view JavaScript will continue rapid growth rate, and Chrome browser's status will soon become "critical." Jonas Folles think that if users encounter some restrictions on the use of JavaScript, some very "Cool" to prepare for the JavaScript will help users more easily achieve the operation.

"Let us now make the Silverlight and JavaScript choice is a very difficult task, but I think ultimately will exceed the Flash JavaScript Silverlight become the biggest competitors." Jonas Folles assertion that the final.

End in a public expert advice, an audience of the expert group made its own problems, ask ourselves whether we should buy some JavaScript to the books, because this language has almost been forgotten in the back.

Microsoft project manager Harry Pierson from the side of the first to answer this question, he considered that the majority of developers, JavaScript is a very ancient language, to do some senior project development procedures, if necessary to compile converted to JavaScript is a very Interesting things.

Hanselman this has a different opinion, he considered that JavaScript is a very strange uncertainty of the language, it is hard to achieve its object-oriented programming. "But in Netscape 4 has made me hate the JavaScript and has now quite different, so I think you should start with a few new books Chou Chou JavaScript first."

Jonas Folles concluded that even if the accelerated developing JavaScript become the mainstream, the growth of Silverlight will not be affected, particularly nowadays while enterprises are generally sensitive to the Web 2.0. "For intranet, if users want the experience that similar to Web 2.0, it is not easy to be achieved through the use of HTML and JavaScript, relatively speaking, Silverlight may be a more simple choice."

The total global Internet advertising cost was $65.2 billion this year

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In 2008 the total global Internet advertising costl reached 65.2 billion U.S. dollars, accounting nearly 10 percent of all media advertising expenditure. According to IDC's Internet and new media models and market forecasts, it is expected to grow 15 percent to 20 percent annually throughout the forecast period, this share will reach 13.6 percent by 2011, at the same time, the global Internet advertising spending will Increased to 106.6 billion U.S. dollars.

Per capita consumption of less than 50 U.S. dollars

IDC's John Gantz, chief research officer said, "As of the forecast period, Internet advertising will be over 300 billion dollars in spending keep up with direct mail - the third largest forms of advertising, and were spent on television and print advertising expenditure is almost online The ad twice. However, its per capita consumption of the gap between, we can see that the long-term potential of Internet advertising still exists. Advertisements residents of the global total per capita consumption in more than 105 U.S. dollars, and Internet advertising of active users per capita consumption of less than 50 U.S. dollars . "

Throughout the forecast period, keyword advertising will continue to be the dominant type of Internet advertising, accounting for annual global online advertising spending more than one-third. To 2011, the display of advertising will become the second largest type of Internet advertising, accounting for annual global expenditure of more than 20 percent, followed by classified ads, online advertising accounted for an annual total expenditure of nearly 19 percent. In 2007 to 2011 the forecast period, both types of advertising expenditure will be from rich media advertising (Media the literal translation, is expected to more than 50 percent compound annual growth rate) of pressure.

Throughout the forecast period, total U.S. ad spending and online advertising spending will lead to other countries, its 2011 expenditure will be over 265 billion U.S. dollars and 45 billion U.S. dollars.

Large share of Internet advertising in Western Europe

Over the forecast period, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Middle East and Africa (MEA) of the fastest growing Internet advertising expenditures, CEE-year compound annual growth rate of 42.1%, MEA, the compound annual growth rate of 29.8 percent. Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) online ad spending will also be rapid growth, 2007 to 2011 the compound annual growth rate of 25.4 percent.

In the total advertising expenditures of Western Europe, Internet advertising will receive the largest share, in 2011 online ad spending will account for 18.2 percent of the total ads expenditure. Comparely, Japan's online ad spending will account for 16.3% of the total advertising expenditures, and 14.6% in America.