Today, the party secretaries of 160 colleges and universities in Guangdong took to the stage one by one to report on their duties. This is what the party building work has done in the past year!

On January 15, the Education Working Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee held an expanded meeting to listen to the party secretaries of 160 colleges and universities in the province’s 2023 work on grass-roots party building and make comments. The meeting was divided into three groups: public undergraduate colleges and universities, public higher vocational colleges and universities, cooperative education and private colleges and universities. The party secretaries of each college focused on studying and implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in-depth theme education, implementing the specific deployment of the Provincial Party Committee "1310" and the spirit of the national and provincial organization work conferences, implementing the responsibility system for grass-roots party building work, and promoting the high-quality development of party building leading the cause.

At the meeting, the party secretaries or relevant responsible persons of 40 public undergraduate colleges and universities made a specific report on the main work, existing problems, understanding and next steps in the process of promoting grass-roots party building in 2023 by promoting high-quality development with high-quality party building, implementing the specific deployment of the provincial party committee "1310".

In 2023, the party secretaries of various colleges and universities will perform the duties of the "first responsible person", implement the grass-roots party building work, and promote the high-quality development of colleges and universities.

Sun Yat-sen University adheres to the party’s political construction as the guide, and has successively organized activities such as micro-party class selection and broadcasting, "Best Party Day Activities" to enrich the form of party member education, and optimize the setting of party organizations in off-site school campuses (parks). Chen Chunsheng, secretary of the school’s party committee, introduced: "The school held the 14th party congress, leading the high-quality connotation development of the school’s cause with high-quality party building."

Peng Yonghong, Secretary of the Party Committee of Huizhou University, said that the school adheres to the implementation of the three-year action plan for grass-roots party building, improves the "1 + 2 + 10" "big ideological and political" work system, strengthens the construction of cadres, and closely adheres to the words "strict", "real", "break through" and "reform" to strengthen the party’s overall leadership over the school’s work and lead the school’s high-quality development.

The "Hundred Counties, Thousand Towns and Thousand Villages High-Quality Development Project" initiative is an important measure for Guangdong Province to promote the coordinated development of urban and rural areas. In 2023, Guangdong universities will work together to promote the "Double Hundred Action" innovation bureau.

Chen Wenhai, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and president of Jiaying College, introduced that the school took the "Double Hundred Action" as a breakthrough point, organized the teachers and students of the School of Computer Science to overcome difficulties around the needs of Fengshun electroacoustic technology, empowered the construction of green and beautiful ancient trees and red villages with professional advantages in tourism planning and architectural design, mobilized the expert team of affiliated hospitals to help the Second People’s Hospital of Fengshun County, and interpreted the principle of "what the county needs, what the university can" with practice, injecting strong impetus into the high-quality development of the county.

Lin Lan, Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, said that the school uses its professional expertise as the engine, gives full play to the demonstration and organizational role of the "Double Hundred Action" Rural Construction Planning University Alliance, and hosts the 2023 "Yuemei Village" style design competition. It has solidly promoted the pairing assistance work with 12 villages in 3 towns of Yangchun, and creatively formed the "Art Design + N" working mode.

In 2023, Guangdong is one of the provinces with the fastest progress in higher education in the country. Zhu Kongjun, Secretary of the Provincial Education Work Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Department of Education, and Director of the Provincial Department of Education, stressed that there are currently more than 2.6 million college students in Guangdong, but there is still room for progress in higher education as a whole. College party secretaries should think about how to insist on doing something and not, focus on national strategic needs, focus on local economic development, focus on improving the ability to serve high-quality development, and "build a peak on the plateau".

Zhang Xichun, Secretary of the Party Committee of South China University of Technology, introduced that the school will further implement the "Double Hundred Action", deepen research and exchange, improve the cooperation mechanism, and accelerate the practical transformation of the scientific and technological achievements and governance advantages of Chinese workers into visible productivity in Heshan and Huilai. By 2027, through summary and condensation, a typical experience that can be replicated and promoted will be formed.

Lu Jinghui, party secretary and president of Guangdong Medical University, said that in 2024, Guangdong Medical University will further "strengthen the foundation, strengthen its advantages, and strengthen its characteristics", gather its resource advantages, consolidate the development of its core competitiveness foundation, and accelerate the creation of "marine and tropical medicine", "health big data and intelligent medicine" and other fields. It will continuously enhance its ability to serve national strategies and social development.

This time, a total of 56 party secretaries of cooperative schools and private universities will report their duties. Cooperative schools are the forefront of education opening up to the outside world. Multivariate subjects, different cultures and different systems intersect here, and the school’s party organization work needs to explore new methods and new paths.

As a cooperative university between the mainland and Hong Kong, Qu Sentinel, party secretary of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), mentioned that the school implements the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the council, and establishes and improves the daily communication and consultation mechanism between the party committee and the school’s administrative management and the joint meeting system under the premise of abiding by this system. The system of "two-way entry and cross-appointment" between party committee members and school administrative management is implemented.

"The goal of the party committee is to create a supportive environment for the successful operation of the partner university." Li Xueshi, party secretary of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), mentioned that the school has made concerted efforts to implement the specific deployment of the "1310" of the provincial party committee by promoting exchanges and cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong in an all-round way, vigorously introducing high-level talents, and improving the quality of international cooperation and exchanges. Strictly implement the main responsibility of party building.

Mao Yaqing, party secretary of the Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University Joint International College, said that the school has continuously strengthened the party’s system construction and ideological work, strengthened the construction of talent teams, deepened the sharing of party building, and strengthened the construction of group organizations.

In 2023, the cooperative universities will place great emphasis on promoting educational and cultural exchanges. Zhu Dijian, party secretary of Beili Moscow University in Shenzhen, mentioned that in April 2023, the school approved the establishment of a Marxist college under the promotion of the party committee. Offer 6 compulsory ideological and political courses, "Four History" compulsory courses and 1 elective course, and go LIVE university’s first Sino-Russian bilingual blog "Talking about" Russia "to carry out basic education counterpart assistance and Guangdong young college students" Million Project "commando action.

Lin Danming, Secretary of the General Party Branch of Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, introduced that in order to coordinate superior resources for the "Million Project", the school jointly carried out the "High-quality Development Project of Thousand Towns and Thousand Villages in Hundred Counties" with the People’s Government of Jinping District, Shantou City and the Fujiang Sub-district Office, and provided support and services for regional development through cooperation forms such as "building platforms, building bases, educating talents, cultivating leaders, and strengthening industries".

What to do next? Li Jinping, secretary of the Party Committee of Zhuhai College of Beijing Institute of Technology, mentioned that 2024 is a critical year for Zhuhai College to integrate into the Zhuhai campus. Next, it will adhere to the concept of people-centered, accelerate the all-round development of faculty and staff, and implement the fundamental task of building people through morality and further promote "three-complete education".

"In politics, we need to raise our standing, pay great attention to ideology, be practical in measures, focus on practical results in work, satisfy teachers and students in results, and promote development in goals," said Li Jianchao, party secretary of Guangzhou Southern University. Li Jianchao, the party secretary of Guangzhou Southern University, mentioned that the next step will be to further strengthen the theoretical study of party members and cadres, especially leading cadres. Continuously strengthen the self-construction of leading groups at all levels, further implement the responsibility system of grass-roots party building, consolidate and expand the effectiveness of thematic education.

Feng Xiaoning, Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangzhou Vocational and Technical University of Science and Technology, said that in the next step, the school will continue to enhance the political and organizational functions of grass-roots party organizations, gather strong forces to promote school reform and development, and strive to build a party work team that matches the construction of vocational undergraduate universities.

Shao Yunzhen, a member of the Education Working Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, a member of the party group of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education, and a deputy director, affirmed the party building of various cooperative schools and private universities in his summary comments. He believes that there are characteristics of paying more attention to improving the position, paying more attention to playing a role, paying more attention to strengthening the foundation and solidifying the foundation, paying more attention to serving the overall situation, and paying more attention to optimization and innovation. For the next work, Shao Yunzhen emphasized five requirements, namely, adhering to the correct political direction, consolidating the foundation on the fundamental task of building morality and cultivating people, improving quality and efficiency in strengthening the construction of grass-roots party organizations, uniting forces on high-quality party building leading high-quality development, and highlighting the advantages in serving the Chinese path to modernization Guangdong practice.

A total of 64 public higher vocational colleges were debriefed this time. The "top leaders" of many higher vocational colleges said that in the past year, the school party committees have given full play to the role of party branches as fighting fortresses, and have taken the lead in major projects such as "double high" construction, innovation and strengthening schools, and undergraduate application of vocational education. Carry the beam, deeply empower reform and development.

Du Anguo, Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangdong Vocational College of Light Industry, introduced that Guangdong Light Industry led the establishment of Foshan’s "two highs and four new" industry-education consortium, was selected as the first batch of municipal industry-education consortia by the Ministry of Education, and led the establishment of three industry-education integration communities such as the National Industrial Internet. To build a university industry-education park, the school and the enterprise jointly built 43 productive training platforms for substantive operation, and improved the mechanism of industry-education collaboration and unveiling. There are 4 provincial-level exemplary modern industry colleges and 9 off-campus practice teaching bases. Scientific research has exceeded 35 million yuan, social services have reached nearly 40 million yuan, and technical services and training have reached more than 200 million yuan in 5 years.

Lin Qiasheng, party secretary of Guangzhou Panyu Vocational TechAcademy, said that in recent years, the school’s party committee has taken the initiative to plan and act proactively, closely following the industrial development planning and policy trends of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou City, and the Greater Bay Area, and facing high-end industries and high-end industries. Through professional dynamic adjustment, professional construction is more adaptable to the strategic emerging industry layout. Next, the school’s party committee will take the undergraduate major setting as an opportunity to focus on the development of regional strategic emerging industries to set up new engineering majors. The number of engineering majors and enrollment accounts for about 60%, making professional construction more adaptable to the strategic emerging industry layout.

Zhang Xiaoyan, president of Guangdong Vocational College of Finance and Trade, believes that high-quality party building leads the high-quality development of the school, and the level of school running is accelerated. At present, there are more than 16,000 students in the school, and the scale has increased by nearly 12 times in 4 years. The registration rate ranks among the top in the province, and the implementation rate of graduates ranks first in the province. The total number of Ministry of Education supply and demand docking employment education projects ranks third in the country’s higher vocational colleges.

Party building leads education assistance, and colleges and universities give full play to their professional, disciplinary, and talent advantages, and demonstrate the responsibility of Guangdong colleges and universities in the "Million Project" action of Lianbai County, a hundred schools in Guangdong Province.

"The school invested 1 million yuan to comprehensively promote the’Double Hundred Action ‘and rural revitalization." Zhao Weimin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangdong Food and Drug Vocational College, introduced that the school has partnered with Guangyao and Chinese workers to help Huilai and Huaiji counties, and the school has in-depth cooperation, selected deputy high-ranking cadres to be stationed in the county, and promoted 22 "Double Hundred Action" projects such as traditional Chinese medicine cultivation, food medicine and diet, and characteristic agricultural products.

Guangdong Vocational College of Foreign Languages and Arts has established four teams of innovative and entrepreneurial teachers and students to explore the local characteristic culture and advantageous industries in Lianjiang, accurately connect the school resources with the development of villages and towns, and enhance the "soft power" of villages and towns.

"The leadership of the superiors is very powerful, the guidance of Guangdong Light Industry is awesome, and the drive to promote the construction of’double highs’ is very strong." Wang Xiaohui, the party secretary of Shantou Vocational TechAcademy, lamented that under the help and guidance of higher vocational party committees such as Guangdong Light Industry Vocational TechAcademy and Guangdong Industry and Trade Vocational TechAcademy, the party building work of his school has made great progress. "We must increase the pressure and strive to meet the standards of Guangdong Provincial Model Colleges for Party Building Work. Although the current gap is very large, we must also increase the pressure to comprehensively improve the level of party building and better serve Shantou’s modernization."

The grass-roots party building in colleges and universities should be guided by students’ needs, using Marxist theory to quench students’ thirst, relieve students’ confusion, and break the dilemma of the curriculum, so that the "ideological and political vitality" of students’ education is stimulated. Pan Jianyong, Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangdong Administrative Vocational College (Guangdong Youth Vocational College), introduced that the school’s 2023 graduates’ employment destination implementation rate was 95.77%, professional matching rate was 92.45%, and the freshman registration rate was 90.61%, which was 13.58%, 23.76%, and 10.33% higher than that of the integration three years ago.

In the comment session, Feng Wei, deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education, summarized the effectiveness of party building in higher vocational colleges in 2023, clarified the problems that need to be solved to promote reform, and put forward new requirements for party building in higher vocational colleges. Evaluated the achievements and weaknesses of each college, and clarified the key to "party building leads vocational education reform".

Text and pictures | Reporter, Sun Wei, Cui Wencan, Wang Moyi, Intern, Huang Xiaohan, Hu Yuxiao, Liang Manxin

The sudden launch of the 16-inch MacBook Pro is a major setback for Apple in the cold winter of the laptop

Suddenly, the 16-inch MacBook Pro replaced its 15-inch predecessor and made it onto Apple’s official website.

Beijing time on the evening of November 13, Apple in the absence of advance maintenance of the official website, the same as AirPods Pro, suddenly launched a 16-inch MacBook Pro, the previous rumors will only be late, not absent.

Coincidentally, in May this year, Apple just updated the 15-inch MacBook Pro, and after a lapse of six months, Apple once again significantly updated this product line, more frequently than in previous years.

To say who can experience this frequency more, it is better to buy a 15-inch MacBook Pro two days ago. Because compared to 15-inch, 16-inch MacBook Pro is more worthy of professional users.

Although the starting price of the 16-inch MacBook Pro is as high as 18,999 yuan, this does not stop its target users.

Looking at the body from the outside, like the 15-inch, the 16-inch MacBook Pro is available in silver and space gray. Not much has changed in appearance, the biggest change is in its screen.

Open the computer, the 16-inch display screen has a resolution of 3072×1920, ppi is 226, and the maximum brightness is 500 nits. The P3 wide color gamut and original color display are retained. As a comparison, the previous 15-inch resolution was 2880×1800 and ppi was 220.

Although the display size has become larger, the display effect of the screen is more delicate, and the supported colors have also been upgraded from "million colors" to "million colors". This display is the best in the current MacBook series, and it is obviously more desired by Pro users.

The display screen has become larger, but Apple has not changed the fuselage much. The length, width and height of the 16-inch are 35.79cm, 26.59cm, and 1.62cm respectively, and the weight is 2kg, while the 15-inch is 34.93cm, 24.07cm, 1.55cm, and the weight is 1.83kg. Almost a 16-inch screen is stuffed into the 15-inch fuselage.

For Pro users, this increase in size and weight is negligible.

By the way, the 16-inch MacBook Pro should have a higher screen ratio. This is also the high screen ratio and narrow bezels we pursue on mobile phones.

The camera in the center of the screen has been upgraded to a Face ID camera as rumored, and it is also a FaceTime camera that supports 720p.

In 2015, Apple, which pursued lightness, added a butterfly keyboard to the MacBook at that time. But this upgrade has been criticized by consumers for its high failure rate and frequent after-sales service. Most importantly, the butterfly keyboard has a short keystroke and a hard typing feel, which is not conducive to long-term coding.

Although Apple later improved it, the effect was still unsatisfactory.

The 16-inch MacBook Pro finally replaced the butterfly keyboard with a scissor keyboard. This is a signal that future MacBook products may be replaced by scissor keyboards, and we officially say goodbye to butterfly keyboards.

However, this scissor keyboard has been optimized by Apple, and its key travel is 1mm. Apple calls it a "second-controlled keyboard". This may also be one of the reasons for its slightly thicker body. As for its typing experience and mute effect, it needs to be actually known. But one thing is for sure, it must be better than the butterfly keyboard.

Key positions have also changed. From top to bottom, the first is that the function area of the Touch Bar is more distinct. The exit key (esc) and the power key (also the fingerprint key) are isolated from the touch area. At the same time, the former is changed from the touch key to the physical key.

This change will solve the "accidental touch" problem that Touch Bar has been criticized by users before, and improve the efficiency of blind typing. For example, pressing the power button but pressing Siri, pressing exit but not easy to find the position.

Further down is the optimization of the arrow keys. The size of the left and right arrow keys is finally no longer the same height as the up and down keys, but has become the same size button. Now you won’t be so awkward to press.

The speakers on either side of the keyboard have been increased to six, still three microphones. Compared with the old model, it will have stronger stereo effect. Apple claims that it offers dual vibration low-efficiency subwoofers for better bass effect.

After talking about external changes, let’s talk about internal improvement.

In fact, this is the last point to mention. As a representative of the top MacBook products, the 16-inch MacBook Pro was born for professional users.

The processor of the 16-inch MacBook Pro starts from the Intel 9th generation Core 6-core i7 processor, and the maximum optional 8-core i9 processor can reach 5.0GHz. Its performance is 2.1 times that of the 4-core MacBook Pro.

At the same time, Apple upgraded the heat dissipation system for this hot processor, officially claiming that its heat sink has increased by 35%, and the maximum continuous power of the MacBook Pro can therefore be increased by up to 12W.

The biggest change comes from the graphics processing unit. The standard and high-end versions of the 16-inch MacBook Pro are equipped with an AMD Radeon Pro 5300M graphics processing unit and a 5500 graphics processing unit, respectively. The standard 4GB video memory is available, and the maximum option is 8GB. This upgrade allows professionals to handle better image work.

Take the common Final Cut Pro X as an example, its rendering speed can be improved by an astonishing 90% compared to the 15-inch MacBook Pro. Therefore, Apple claims that this change can improve the performance of the previous Radeon Pro 560X by 2.1 times.

On the other hand, Apple has also raised the upper limit of options. The storage of the 16-inch MacBook Pro starts from 512 GB solid state drive, and the high-end version is 1TB, with a maximum optional 8TB solid state drive. The memory also starts with 16GB DDR4, but the maximum optional 64GB.

With such powerful performance and storage, there must be a better battery life. The 16-inch MacBook Pro boosts the battery to 100 watt-hours, and comes standard with a 96W charger. As a comparison, the 15-inch MacBook Pro is 83.6 watt-hours and the charger is 87W. Therefore, its battery life has also been increased from 10 hours to 11 hours (calculated by Apple’s wireless network browsing standard).

Other than that, there are no more changes to the 16-inch MacBook Pro. Therefore, it is a bit of a pity in terms of network connection. The 16-inch MacBook Pro does not yet support Wi-Fi 6.

Oh, no, and the price. The 16-inch MacBook Pro starts at 18,999 yuan, with a 2.6GHz i7 processor, 8GB + 512GB. The specific launch date has yet to be announced.

There is no doubt that with the development of the web, video content has become more and more popular. Apple is catering to more and more professional creative workers with products, especially those who have a high demand for images.

Although this group of people is so small, Apple’s product power is enough to make the notebook industry enter its twilight years, which is very rare in the industry.

"Buy or not?"

In Apple’s promotion, the 16-inch MacBook Pro is called "a studio that runs with you." The above problem is naturally solved.

This starting price may be able to buy two laptops for ordinary people, but it is a professional tool suitable for photographers, video workers, game developers and other practitioners who are used to macOS. Whether it is suitable for you depends on your needs and budget.

The title image is from TheVerge.

The opening is imminent! 2023 Industrial Internet platform empowers in-depth line highlights to see in advance

The 2022 Industrial Internet Platform Development Index released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows that the development level of our country’s industrial Internet platform has been comprehensively improved, and the industrial Internet has empowered the manufacturing industry to continuously transform and upgrade. With the gradual development of the industrial Internet, a large number of industrial Internet industry events and industrial clusters that have kept pace with the times have emerged in various places, helping the industrial Internet industry to iterate and upgrade.

As the highest-level industrial Internet event in China, the China Industrial Internet Competition has a profound impact on the development of China’s industrial Internet. In 2022, the 4th China Industrial Internet Competition established the Beijing Competition for the first time. As one of the four national demonstration bases for new industrialization in Beijing, it successfully hosted the Beijing Competition in Shijingshan.

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On April 18, the industrial Internet industry is about to usher in another heavyweight event. The People’s Government of Shijingshan District will organize the 2023 Industrial Internet Platform Empowering Deep Tour and the 4th China Industrial Internet Competition Beijing Station Award Ceremony with the National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center, Zhongguancun Development Group, North University of Technology and other units. There is only one day left before the opening, what will be the highlights of the event? Now let’s reveal the secrets in advance.

Highlight 1: The 4th China Industrial Internet Competition Beijing Station Award Ceremony

In the finals of the 4th China Industrial Internet Competition in Beijing, more than 20 high-level works won the final honor. The winning works closely follow the direction of "Solutions to promote innovative applications in industrial parks", focusing on the management side and enterprise application side of industrial parks, helping enterprises in the park digital transformation, accelerating the green, safe and intensive development of the park, covering a series of industry applications such as smart logistics, smart energy, and smart mining areas, as well as scene-based applications such as intelligent scheduling and intelligent control, and strive to realize the comprehensive connection of the industrial Internet to people, machines, things and systems.

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The 4th China Industrial Internet Competition Beijing Station Final Site

In tomorrow’s event, the winning teams of the 4th China Industrial Internet Competition Beijing Station will step onto the podium from behind the scenes to receive awards from heavyweight guests. Shijingshan District and Zhongguancun Industrial Internet Industrial Park will also provide all-round support for the winning teams to help the excellent solutions to be implemented quickly.

Highlight 2: Academicians and experts share cutting-edge insights, and exchange activities build consensus

As an important part of the main forum of the 2023 Industrial Internet Platform Empower in-depth activity, Ni Guangnan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a researcher at the Institute of Computing of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, will bring a wonderful keynote speech to the guests on the topic of industrial Internet empowering industrial digital transformation, sharing forward-looking and leading industry insights.

In order to further promote the popularization of industrial Internet technology and build broad consensus, a series of cutting-edge exchange activities will be held at the scene to bring together cutting-edge thinking from all walks of life in "production, education and research". Representatives of academia will share the practice of "integration of production and education" on the spot, and representatives of well-known enterprises will share their experience based on the practice of empowering enterprises with digital transformation on the industrial Internet platform, so as to help more enterprises in urgent need of digital transformation to avoid detours. 

Highlight 3: Building a government-enterprise exchange platform to improve the industrial ecosystem

Zhongguancun Industrial Internet Industrial Park, as an industrial Internet industry cluster in Shijingshan District, has increased its efforts to attract investment and talents in recent years. It has brought together a group of excellent industrial Internet enterprises and become a new business card for Shijingshan District to deepen the construction of the national new industrialization industry demonstration base. The site of this event will provide a detailed interpretation of the development plan of the park, conduct in-depth negotiations with enterprises, solve problems point-to-point, and accurately match the needs of enterprises. Relying on the profound industrial foundation of Shijingshan District, it will attract more leading enterprises and growth enterprises to settle in the park.

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The pilot area of Zhongguancun Industrial Internet Industrial Park has attracted a large number of "Product R & D" forces from all walks of life, such as industrial software, industrial Internet platform enterprises, industrial control security technology research and development enterprises, industrial Internet industry alliances, and scientific research institutes, etc., and has initially formed an industrial agglomeration advantage. The construction of the second phase of the park was also officially launched in March. In the future, it will further integrate the upstream and downstream resources of the industrial chain, promote the strengthening and expansion of industrial clusters, and build the industrial Internet industry into an important base for the development of the capital’s "high-precision" industries.

The 2023 Industrial Internet Platform Empowers Deepin and the 4th China Industrial Internet Competition Beijing Station Award Ceremony is about to open. People from all walks of life are welcome to seize the opportunity and sign up for the conference.

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The light of domestic products is coming? Meizu 18 series is all Flyme 9, eight songs designed!

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Recently, my friend asked me to recommend a 5G mobile phone to him, and I did not hesitate to recommend the Meizu 18 series. This series of products is outstanding in strength and comes standard with the Flyme 9 system. Only high-quality mobile phones like this are probably worth pursuing.

New shape, small screen full of blood

In terms of appearance design, the Meizu 18 series has obvious differences from previous versions, such as the return of the rear camera group to the popular vertical layout, but the small screen design that Meizu 18 boldly adopts is also expected by everyone. The screen is only 6.2 inches, which is very suitable for small-handed female users. I believe that small screen enthusiasts can’t hold back their inner love. At the same time, the punching design of the front-facing camera of the screen is in the middle position, and the symmetrical design brings better visual effect. Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder don’t have to worry.

From the side, the front of the Meizu 18 series is designed with a four-curved surface, and the arc of the border transition is also more soft. Coupled with the AG matte back cover, the design of the details is more perfect, making the Meizu 18 series feel even better. Even the Meizu 18 Pro with a 6.7-inch screen is comfortable to hold.

Top chip, excellent performance

In terms of core configuration, the Meizu 18 series is equipped with a 5nm Snapdragon 888 processor, and the Adreno 660 GPU core is integrated on the nail-sized chip. In the current market, it can be called the most powerful flagship processor, plus the full blood version of LPDDR5 and UFS 3.1 flash memory, the performance has been upgraded again. Another domestic performance flagship was born, and the performance surpassed many peers, which was widely recognized by everyone.

As for the battery configuration, the Meizu 18 Pro is equipped with a 4500mAh battery, which supports 40W wireless overcharging. The battery life is still good, and the charging speed is also very fast. As for the battery capacity of the Meizu 18:4000mAh, which is OK. In addition, the mSmart 5G solution that performed well last year has also been upgraded to 2.0, adding innovative Wi-Fi 6E technology to make the 5G network faster and more stable. I think these configurations are very outstanding in flagship mobile phones.

Personally, Meizu 18 Pro is the most powerful thing is to take pictures. This phone is equipped with a 44 million pixel front-facing camera, which is beyond everyone’s expectations. The configuration is too high to be comparable to the flagship rear camera, and the rear camera is equipped with a more pure night shooting effect. Samsung GN1, Sony IMX616 ultra-wide-angle macro, OV08A10 telephoto combination, and added functions such as extreme night scene, night scene can also easily shoot a professional feeling. Looking at Meizu 18, it also has high-quality camera hardware, 6400W super anti-shake full-scene imaging system, which is worthy of recognition.

Three zero system Flyme 9, safe and worry-free

In terms of security, Meizu 18 series has achieved the most in the industry. In terms of privacy and security protection, Flyme 9 has added four new security protection magic weapons. It completely refuses to shoot, eavesdrop, and track. Flyme 9 is no weaker than Apple iOS in terms of security. The system experience of mobile phones is not ignored. From 0 advertisements, 0 pushes, 0 pre-installed three zero experience, we have also seen the improvement of Meizu, which is also the biggest highlight of Flyme 9.

From the overall performance, the Meizu 18 series can be called the most powerful flagship in China, especially with the support of Flyme 9, this title is even more worthy of the name and is worth recommending to friends and family.

The delivery staff received "safe delivery".

Recently, the traffic police detachment of Fuxin Public Security Bureau, the Fuxin Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League, and the Fuxin Branch of China Mobile brought "traffic safety takeout" to the takeaways. The police combined the work characteristics of the takeaways and common traffic violations to remind the takeaways not to run red lights, retrograde or speed in order to grab time during the delivery process, and always keep in mind safety first.

Leng Jifeng, our correspondent in Fuxin, photo by Sun Chengchao

The 10 most optimistic stocks among institutions on Monday

  Changan Automobile

  UNI-K sales continue to climb, and "Avita" is gradually approaching

  Event Overview

  The company released June 2021 sales: June sales totaled 173,000 vehicles, year-on-year -11.0%, January-June cumulative sales 1.2008 million vehicles, cumulative year-on-year + 44.5%; June production totaled 165,000 vehicles, year-on-year -15.1%, January-June cumulative production 1.127 million vehicles, cumulative year-on-year 37.5%.

  Analysis and judgment:

  Independent growth slows down, Ford improves month-on-month

  The company’s sales volume in June was 173,040 units, + 22.2%/-11.0% year-on-year and -6.2% month-on-month. We judge that the quarter-on-month decline was mainly affected by the lack of cores. It is expected that with the impact of the lack of cores beginning to ease in the third quarter, the company’s sales growth rate is expected to pick up; the cumulative sales volume from January to June was 12.08 million units, + 45.5%/+ 44.5% year-on-year in 19/20. The data of the Passenger Federation shows that the year-on-year growth rate of wholesale sales of narrow passenger cars in June was -5.1%, and the company’s sales growth rate was weaker than the market average. By brand:

  1) Self-owned brands (Chongqing + Hebei + Hefei, the same below): June sales of 91,871 units, + 33.5%/+ 0.4% year-on-year in 19/20, -11.2% month-on-month; January-June cumulative sales of 701,926 units, + 79.1%/+ 67.0% year-on-year in 19/20.

  2) Ford: Sales of 21,752 vehicles in June, + 34.7%/-1.7% year-on-year in 19/20 and + 11.7% month-on-month. We judge that the improvement in the month-on-month was mainly due to the increase in the contribution of the re-listing of the Ferrez model. From January to June, the cumulative sales volume was 120,994 vehicles, + 61.0%/+ 24.2% year-on-year in 19/20.

  3) Mazda: June sales were 10,068 units, + 4.4%/-20.2% year-on-year and + 4.4% month-on-month; January-June cumulative sales were 60,330 units, -1.4%/+ 7.7% year-on-year.

  The proportion of independent sales in June was 53.1%, -3.0pct month-on-month, mainly due to the monthly decline in sales of independent brands; Ford’s June sales proportion was 12.6%, + 2.0pct month-on-month. It is expected that with the improvement of product structure and high gross profit brought by the launch of new cars, it will contribute important increments in the future.

  Investment advice

  The bottom of the passenger car industry cycle drives demand to pick up, and the company’s strategic focus on two core assets of autonomy + joint venture is expected to fully benefit. Among them, 1) Changan independence, the product cycle will rise in volume and price; 2) Changan Ford bottom will rise, and the margin will improve. At the same time, the CHN architecture and high-end electric intelligent new brand jointly built by the company with Huawei and () are expected to achieve rapid progress for the company in the development of intelligence and electrification. We maintain the profit forecast unchanged: it is expected that the company’s revenue in 2021-2023 will be 928.14/1022/113.506 billion yuan, the net profit attributable to the parent will be 53.92/60 25/65.94 million yuan, and the EPS will be 0.71/0 79/0.87 yuan. The PE corresponding to the current stock price is 29/26/23 times, maintaining the buy rating.

  Risk warning

  Downside risks in the auto market; sales of old models are declining, and sales of new models are not up to expectations; cost reduction and control fees are not up to expectations; Changan Ford’s strategic adjustment effect is not up to expectations; Avita brand development is lower than expected.

  ZTE

  2021 H1 performance forecast Comments: Performance exceeds expectations, endogenous changes are born into the sun

  Upgrade the performance forecast and maintain the overweight rating. Based on the consideration of gross profit margin and share, we slightly raise the company’s net profit forecast for 2021-2023 to 6.513 billion yuan (+ 7.5%), 8.181 billion yuan (+ 2.1%) and 10.261 billion yuan (+ 4.7%), corresponding to EPS of 1.41 yuan, 1.77 yuan and 2.22 yuan respectively. Considering the compounded growth rate of the company’s net profit in the next three years, give the PE of 30x in 2021, and lower the target price to 42.3 yuan (-7.7%), maintaining the overweight rating unchanged.

  The company announced that the net profit of H1 in 2021 is expected to be 3.80 billion yuan – 4.30 billion yuan, an increase of 104.6% -131.5%. According to the median, the net profit in the single quarter of 2021Q2 is nearly 2 billion yuan, which is expected to hit a new high in operating profit. The main reasons for the high net profit growth are: 1) the company optimizes the market structure, and it is expected that the three business lines will have good revenue growth; 2) its own management and R & D capacity enhancement brings about continuous recovery and improvement of gross profit margin; 3) the transfer of up to 90% of ZTE’s equity, confirming the pre-tax profit of about 800 million yuan; the overall performance exceeds market expectations.

  5G scale procurement via bidding started, and the company’s various businesses were born into the sun. Recently, domestic operators’ 5G scale procurement via bidding started, and the investment in 2021 showed the characteristics of low before and high after, which better supported the high growth of the annual performance. At the same time, based on the core competitiveness of the company’s chips, algorithms, architectures, databases, etc., it has laid the foundation for business expansion in 5G industry applications, enterprise digitalization, automotive electronics and other fields. The three business lines of operators, government and enterprises and consumers will be further expanded.

  Endogenous changes are obvious, moving towards high-quality development. The company has strong competitive product advantages under continuous R & D investment, superimposed supply chain, operation and management improvement, gross profit margin and net profit margin will increase, profitability will continue to increase, and it has been on the track of high-quality growth.

  Risk warning: The epidemic has led to unclear investment by overseas operators and the risk of Sino-US trade friction.

  Fuman Electronics

  Rising platform IC star

  The main business is growing rapidly, and the new product categories are constantly expanding: the company currently has more than 1,000 kinds of various IC products, and continues to enrich the product line. The company takes the lead in card position small pitch & MiniLED driver chip high-quality track, fast charging chip layout is leading, power management chip product line is rich, and actively layout in the field of radio frequency IC, with power management chip design, packaging and testing integrated supply capabilities. The company conducts strategic layout in the two aspects of core product depth development and industrial chain breadth extension, and gradually transforms from a single chip provider to a platform-based analog IC solution service provider. The future growth space is broad. Quarter 1, 2021, thanks to the company’s new product superposition and production, the sales volume and price of mature market products have risen simultaneously, the company’s performance has achieved rapid growth, and its profitability has been greatly improved.

  LED driver chips are booming, and the company’s products are accelerating in volume: small-pitch LED displays have reached the sweet spot of price, which has significantly stimulated the application demand in related scenarios, and the product has penetrated rapidly. At the same time, under the trend of small-pitch LED displays, with the narrowing of the lamp bead spacing, the number of display driver chips used per unit area has increased exponentially. In the current semiconductor price surge, LED lighting driver chips are not sensitive to price at the end point app store due to their low price base, so there is a large room for price increase. Superimposed with a large amount of chips, it is expected to contribute considerable revenue growth to relevant LED lighting driver chip manufacturers. The company’s LED driver chip layout is perfect, and the technical competitiveness is strong, which can meet the diverse application needs of downstream. The company is the first to break through in the field of small pitch LED display driver chips with a pitch of 1~ 0.3mm, and relies on the comprehensive competitive advantages of technological innovation, product quality, cost performance and the ** to quickly occupy the relevant market, accumulating (), Chau Ming, () and other high-quality customer resources, is expected to continue to increase market share.

  The fast charging market is accelerating its expansion, and the company continues to expand its high-end customers & applications: The fast charging market is in the stage of accelerated expansion, the industry’s prosperity continues to improve, and the potential app store volume is very considerable. The company has a complete fast charging IC solution, and the PD protocol chip has strong competitiveness. The company vigorously promotes the update of fast charging technology, strengthens its technological leadership and product competitiveness, and the fast charging chip continues to expand to high-end customers such as Aoji and Aohai and high-end applications such as standard power supplies, highlighting its market dominance.

  The RF domestic replacement space is vast, and the company actively plans to open up a new growth space: the RF front-end chip market is booming, and the domestic replacement space is vast. The company vigorously deploys the RF IC field, and the RF switch and RF PA have been successfully mass-produced. By increasing the production capacity of 5G RF chips, promoting the R & D and upgrading of RF chips, and expanding to the 5G RF chip fields such as SAW filters, LTCC products, and WiFiFEM through endogenous epitaxy acceleration, it is expected to open up a new growth space.

  Profit forecast and investment rating: We maintain the company’s 2021-2023 operating income forecast of 24.11/35 billion yuan, yoy + 188.4%/45.8%/35.1%, maintain the company’s 2021-2023 net profit forecast of 10.11/14 billion yuan, yoy + 906.3%/39.4%/29.3%, and achieve EPS of 4.93/6 88/8.89 yuan, corresponding to 30/22/17 times PE. Considering that the company’s product categories and app stores in the LED driver IC/power management IC/RF IC market are expected to continue to expand, referring to the average PE (62 times) of comparable companies in 2021, give the company 62 times the target PE in 2021, the target price is 305.66 yuan, and the target market value is 62.682 billion yuan, and maintain the "buy" rating.

  Risk warning: market demand is not as expected; new product launches are not as expected; customer development is not as expected.

Steam Summer Sale Officially Begins: Recommended Games Worth Buying

  Steam has officially launched its summer sale, which ends on July 5th (Pacific Time). So what’s worth buying for this special offer? Let’s take a look…

  Note:We only talk about the newly discounted games in this special offer. It does not count if the discount has not been restored to the original price before.

Main special recommendations (1):

The price of "GTA5" is reduced by 67% to only 62 yuan:(Record low)

Nomad Starry Sky

  "GTA5" is a crime-themed open-ended action adventure game produced and published by Rockstar. The game background is based on Los Angeles and Southern California in the real world. The game has almost the same world view as the real world. Players can play as three protagonists and switch at any time. Each protagonist has his own unique personality and story background, as well as intertwined plots.

  In addition to the main body, the game also has a platinum OL version, which is currently priced 66% off for only 117 yuan.

  In addition, the game also has a "Platinum OL + Whale Shark Card" collection version and a "Platinum OL + Great White Shark Card" collection version, which are currently sold for only 243 yuan at 25% and 181 yuan at a 58% price reduction.

  The game only has one "Crime Group Beginner Pack" DLC, and the price is currently reduced by 50% for only 79 yuan.

  "GTA5" Steam Mall promotional address:

"Dark Souls 3" Deluxe Edition has a 70% price reduction of only 119 yuan:(Record low)

Nomad Starry Sky

  "Dark Souls 3" is the orthodox work of the hardcore action role-playing game series Dark Souls. Miyazaki Hideko himself serves as the production director of the game. This game still implements its trademark high difficulty. Players will explore a wider world in this game, and fight the bosses named "Salary Kings". In addition, the game also enhances the overall atmosphere performance, so that the picture is not just dark, but will use weather effects such as dusk or fog to strengthen the "doomsday" theme set by the game.

  The main body of the game is 67% off for only 75 yuan. (flat record low)

  The deluxe version of the game includes the game itself and "Season Pass" DLC.

  The game has three DLCs, all of which are currently on sale at their original price.

  Dark Souls 3 Deluxe Edition Steam Mall Promotion Address:

The price of Final Fantasy XV for Windows has been reduced by 50% to only 164 yuan.(Record low)

Nomad Starry Sky

  "Final Fantasy XV" is the latest installment of Square Enix’s world-renowned RPG "Final Fantasy" series to land on the next generation PS4 and Xbox One platforms. The game is remade from the long-delayed work "Final Fantasy V13", and the genre is also changed from the original turn-based to real-time combat, but it is finally confirmed that the SE change is correct.

  The graphics of the game have reached an amazing level with the performance of the next-generation console, and the combat is exciting and refreshing. Players can drive cars to adventure in the world, and they can also fight against huge bosses and monsters. The overall level of the game is worthy of the players’ ten-year wait. It is an absolute masterpiece, with a vast environment and a seamless customizable combat system, providing players with a lot of freedom.

  The game has only one "4K high definition" DLC, which is currently free.

  "Final Fantasy XV" Steam Store for Windows Promotion Address:

"Far Cry 5" has a 25% price reduction of only 186 yuan:(Record low)

Nomad Starry Sky

  Far Cry 5 is a first-person shooter game developed by Ubisoft. Players will enter a chaotic, unknown and incredibly dangerous world. The game is set in Montana, USA for the first time, and players can explore this seemingly peaceful but deeply distorted world with complete freedom in single-player or double-player cooperation.

  The game takes place in the fictional "Town of Hope" in Montana, and players will take on the role of a newly arrived young sheriff. Soon players will find that their arrival accelerates a year-long silent change, and the mastermind behind it is a fanatical ****. The violence sparked by their "Eden’s Gate" plan takes over the entire town. Players caught off guard in a power struggle must stop this carefully laid plan, and the flames of rebellion will rise to liberate "Town of Hope" and rekindle hope.

  In addition to the main body, the game also has a deluxe version and a gold version, which are currently sold at a 25% price reduction of only 216 yuan and a 25% price reduction of only 276 yuan.

  The game has three DLCs, all of which are currently on sale at their original price, with the "Season Pass" DLC priced at 118 yuan.

  "Far Cry 5" Steam Mall promotional address:


Schools should also be concerned about eating takeout? Why is there such a "ban"?

  Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 12 Question: Schools also need to regulate eating takeout? Why is there such a "ban"?

  Xinhua News Agency "China Network" reporters Li Xiongying, Cao Yiming, Tang Yang

  In the Internet age, takeout has become a dining choice for many groups due to its time-saving and labor-saving characteristics. However, Guangxi University of Foreign Languages has issued a regulation banning takeout into dormitories, which has sparked discussion among netizens. Recently, Chinese online reporters conducted an investigation and interview on this.

  What is the purpose of banning takeout?

  A few days ago, Guangxi University of Foreign Languages issued the "Notice on Not Allowing Disposable Tableware and Lunch Boxes to Enter the Campus". The notice requires that in order to strengthen the management of food safety and hygiene on campus, starting from November 1, the school will prohibit takeaway, disposable lunch boxes and plastic bags from entering the dormitory.

  Convenient and flexible takeaway fast food, why are schools shut out?

  Su Junlu, director of the Student Affairs Office of Guangxi University of Foreign Languages, told reporters that the school’s introduction of this regulation is mainly based on considerations such as safety and environmental protection.

  Su Junlu said that at present, the food delivery merchants are mixed with fish, the food production environment is uneven, and there are certain hidden dangers in food hygiene and safety. At the same time, some plastic bags and disposable tableware used for catering may release toxins under high temperature and other conditions, which may cause damage to the health of students. In addition, the delivery vehicles have also disrupted the daily management of the school while increasing the hidden dangers of campus safety.

  Su Junlu said that the purpose of the school’s introduction of this regulation is to let students develop good living habits. "During the daily management work of the school, some students were found to stay in the dormitory for a long time, eating takeaway while surfing the Internet and playing games." Su Junlu said, "The takeaway makes life easier, but also makes some students develop lazy habits."

  In addition, Su Junlu introduced that the increase in plastic waste has put tremendous pressure on environmental protection, and students in school should also start with small things around them, try not to use disposable plastics and carton packaging, and contribute to green environmental protection.

  Are safety and hygiene grounds for the ban?

  In fact, the ban on takeout at Guangxi University of Foreign Languages is nothing new. In recent years, some domestic universities have successively introduced bans on takeout and packaged food entering the campus, basically on the grounds that foreign food has safety issues and is not conducive to environmental protection.

  The reporter combed through the opinions of netizens and found that some netizens questioned whether there was some kind of unwritten agreement between Guangxi University of Foreign Languages and the school cafeteria. The regulations were issued to protect the operators of on-campus restaurants.

  Su Junlu told reporters that the school’s introduction of this regulation only prohibits the use of plastic products to pack hot food into the dormitory, does not prohibit students from eating outside the school, and does not require students to go to the school cafeteria to eat.

  What did the students think about the school’s ban? The reporter interviewed several students at random on campus.

  Liu, a freshman student, told reporters that during the peak dining hours, the school cafeteria has a long queue time, and eating in the school cafeteria often takes up lunch breaks, while takeout provides great convenience.

  Regarding safety and hygiene issues, many students said that since they choose takeout, they must take responsibility for their actions.

  "For the sake of environmental protection, all the teachers in the school are prohibited from driving to work, okay?"

  Liu Junhai, a law professor at Renmin University of China, said that strictly speaking, the university’s ban does limit students’ right to choose: the relationship between students and food delivery companies is a civil contractual relationship, which is in principle free of contract, and the school does not control when, what and how students buy.

  In addition, Liu Junhai said that there is an educational contract between the school and the students, and the students living in the school should accept the management of the school dormitory. As a property manager, the school has basic property management rights, such as not bringing firecrackers and other items that endanger public safety into the dormitory. But takeaway itself is not a dangerous product and does not hinder the public safety of the school. Although the school is under great pressure to clean up, the school also has the obligation to clean up after the students pay the tuition fee.

  Takeaway should be sparse rather than blocked

  Many students and netizens have expressed that the reason for choosing takeout is on the one hand because of the convenience and flexibility of takeout; on the other hand, it is also because the school cafeteria itself has objective problems such as serious queues and single food tastes.

  Zhang Xiang, a professor at Fudan University, said that although lunch boxes may not be safe and cause environmental burden, school administrations should also consider the other side of the problem: why do students choose takeout, and should schools use more thought in cafeteria management?

  A smart plate system recently unveiled in the third cafeteria of the Emerald Lake Campus of Hefei University of Technology has allowed students to bid farewell to the state of running to the cafeteria after class.

  At noon, the reporter saw in the dining area of the cafeteria that the students took the dishes on different plates into the tray according to their own taste. As long as they put them on the checkout table, the number of dishes in the tray and the total price will be displayed immediately at the end point. Take out the campus card and swipe it lightly, and the whole settlement process is completed in an instant with a "beep".

  "This is really good, and it reduces the waiting time in line. In winter, you don’t have to worry about the food being cold, and the efficiency is improved." Li Meng, a dining classmate, said.

  Mei Rui, manager of the third canteen at the Emerald Lake Campus of Hefei University of Technology, said that they hope to provide more convenient logistics services for students through the application of new technologies.

  Su Junlu also said that the cafeteria of Guangxi University of Foreign Languages has started to increase the number of dining tables, chairs and sales windows, and plans to open 24-hour dining windows to do its best to meet the needs of students.

  Students’ choice of takeout may bring some problems, but the solution should not be a one-size-fits-all ban. "First, let takeout operators strengthen their environmental awareness and provide degradable and safe environmentally friendly materials; second, school cafeterias strengthen innovation and provide diverse exploration in terms of time, queuing methods, dish selection, etc.; third, encourage students to eat in cafeterias and strengthen education for students in environmental awareness and good habit formation." Liu Junhai suggested.

Read behind Google’s "cheap sale" of satellite imagery company: the advantages outweigh the disadvantages

  For Google, there are too many assets under its command, and it is in the order of "100 million" at random. However, the satellite image company that was acquired for 500 million dollars was recently reported to have been sold for 300 million dollars. Although we can’t guarantee the true accuracy of the figures, industry rumors say that Google sold it at a low price. That is to say, this business is sold at a loss by Google, which may also indicate that Google has diluted the satellite image market, or has restarted planning for future development, and even needs to divest these assets. Of course, maybe Google is gradually transforming into a "lightweight" company and needs to divest some less important businesses. It’s just that Google Maps was such a beautiful product line for a while. Won’t divesting satellite image business like this affect map products? What is Google’s ambition behind the scenes, or is it helpless?

  Has the industry reached a consensus on "selling at a low price"?

  Google and mapping start-up company Planet Labs announced on Friday that the latter will acquire Google’s satellite imagery company Terra Bella, which Google bought for $500 million about two years ago. Under the agreement reached between the two parties, Planet Labs will acquire the Terra Bella business and satellites, while Google will continue to provide satellite imagery for its map products through licensing. Obviously, Google still needs maps urgently. Although it is sold, it still needs the business product line.

  According to insiders, Planet Labs’ acquisition price is lower than Google’s $500 million when it acquired Terra Bella at the time, but the price of this transaction is still more than $300 million. The source also revealed that Google will become the majority shareholder of Planet Labs and continue to invest in Terra Bella based on the expectation of long-term success. This also shows that Google cannot give up the map business, and it cannot give up. Too many product lines still need the support and support of Google Maps, and the divestiture may be just the divestiture of assets.

  The market interpreted the deal as the latest effort by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, to manage expenses, which it is currently taking company-wide. The subconscious is that Google has gone to great lengths to manage expenses, and it may have to divest everything that can be divested. This may also be to "streamline" and help Google have a better financial forecast, right?

  In fact, over the past year, Alphabet has scrapped plans to offer internet services through solar-powered drones, stopped expanding its Google Fiber internet service, and slowed down the development of drone delivery services. In addition, several company executives have also left. It is reported that several map executives have been poached by Uber. For a ride-hailing platform, maps are also life infra.

  In addition, Alphabet’s earnings report last month showed that the company’s "Other Bets" business suffered a loss of $1.088 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016, with revenue of $262 million. Perhaps this is the internal factor that forced Google to keep shrinking, and it is also a loss of $1 billion. If it cannot be transferred and adjusted in time, the burden in the future may become more and more large. Even if Google is rich, it cannot withstand such tossing. It may be the best way to shake hands earlier.

  Poor Terra Bella?

  For Terra Bella, formerly known as "Skybox Imaging," which Google bought in 2014 for $500 million, it has seven data collection satellites and provides services to third parties in addition to Google Maps.

  Google spun off this business because "it is more cost-effective to buy image data directly from a third party than to launch and operate its own satellites." Google, which used to be not short of money, now needs to be careful, just like Apple wants to sue Qualcomm. The original patent fee is just a drop in the bucket, but when the performance declines, and the share and profit both decline, Apple has to cut back on revenue and needs to "wipe oil" from Qualcomm. For Google, is it also a bit of "sympathy for the same disease"?

  In fact, no matter who the owner is, it has little impact on Terra Bella. Its business is still within its familiar range. For Planet Labs, this acquisition will make it more competitive. Of course, for some experts at Google itself, it may be necessary to "invest in another owner". In fact, some executives have chosen to leave.

  Planet Labs has been struggling to find customers, according to people familiar with the matter. It operates dozens of satellites, each weighing around 10 pounds (4.5 kg), but can only provide low-resolution images. Terra Bella’s satellites, by contrast, are more powerful and capture higher quality images. The acquisition will undoubtedly help Planet Labs expand its business.

  There is also a saying in the market that with the third-party industrialization of the map business, it is also a good thing for other application users, such as Apple and many mobile phone manufacturers, online car-hailing platforms, etc. After all, after not being under Google’s control, the competition may be more fair. Of course, for Google, there are other secrets.

  The glorious decade of Google Maps

  The mapping business was once an unusually prosperous and glorious business for Google. For a time, the application of time was also overwhelming. Google Maps began as a living atlas, with MapQuest, the leader in the online mapping industry at the time, providing a printable list of directions. But Google took a different path: superimposing navigation paths on the map.

  Moreover, Google Maps can also load maps directly on the web browser, making it convenient for users to explore the whole world anytime and anywhere. There is no need to install special software. At that time, the experience was super strong, and many people quickly fell in love with it. In 2005, no one could really understand the potential of web maps, and no one knew that it would play a crucial role in the future of online life. But it turned out that this business is too powerful. It is reported that the users of Google Maps have already broken through the 1 billion. It has become Google’s second largest asset after the search engine.

  Google Maps has promoted the concept of "location" on the Internet from the very beginning. In fact, we are now one of the most commonly used in map applications about "location". The reason why modern maps have developed to this day may also be due to the appearance of Google Maps, of course, including the emergence of various LBS applications. Of course, Google is not the first to make maps. As early as 2003, Google had a product called "Search byLocation" (search by location). The service was launched in September 2003 as an experimental project in Google Labs, which was probably Google’s first map-related project.

  In 2004, Google made three modest acquisitions of Keyhole, Where2 and Zipdash. Keyhole was the largest of the three deals, but the exact price has not been disclosed. At the time, the three-year-old company, which had 30 employees, was selling an enterprise-grade satellite mapping software for $69.95. The key technology was to stitch together satellite imagery into large maps of the world and then cut them into millions of pieces, allowing users to get a bird’s-eye view of the earth and then locate specific locations. In 2004, Zipdash, a start-up company with only three employees, was developing a mobile transportation app. Interestingly, because they were not registered, it was not even a "company". At the time, Zipdash only supported Nextel phones. Zipdash only sold for 2 million dollars. Google picked up a big bargain. Where2 developed a web version of Google Maps, Keyhole developed a desktop version of Google Earth, and the mobile version of Google Maps developed by the smallest Zipdash became the most important product.

  It is reported that Google Maps’ traffic has been rising due to two things: Google Maps has added satellite data from Keyhole, allowing people to overlook their homes from the sky; Google has optimized the code to make Google Maps run faster. Since then, Google Maps’ growth has been uncontrollable. Selling the satellite imagery business now does not mean that Google does not make maps. On the contrary, it is one of the important pivots of Google. Especially in the era of mobile Internet, this business is indispensable.

  Uber’s Small Ambitions

  It is reported that Uber plans to invest $500 million to start drawing its own maps, and the plan also includes launching map viewing vehicles in the United States and Mexico to collect data and images. Uber’s ride-hailing service has always relied on Google Maps, and Google has no plans to enter the ride-hailing service field, so there is no conflict of interest between the two companies, and the two companies are also happy to cooperate on maps.

  However, as both companies move towards autonomous driving that relies heavily on maps, the former partners have become competitors, and neither company expects further cooperation on maps. It makes sense for Uber to create its own maps to replace Google Maps.

  Moreover, Uber’s mapping needs are focused on the accuracy of roads and locations, and Google Maps currently includes too much content, some of which is not relevant to Uber’s business. As Uber points out, "Google is great, but information like ocean terrain has nothing to do with Uber."

  So Uber wanted to start from scratch and create its own maps. They hired Brian McClendon, the head of Google Maps, as a vice president and in charge of the map business. Then, a multi-year partnership agreement was reached with DigitalGlobe, a satellite imaging company, whose satellites would provide Uber with high-definition images.

  Then, after Brian McClendon, Uber hired a second Google Maps executive, Manik Gupta, director of product management for Google Maps, who has been with Google Maps for seven years, to become director of mapping products.

  Uber hopes to get rid of its dependence on Google Maps by strengthening its mapping business, so as to better control its own assets. In the future, more products or physically connected applications may come from third-party providers, so as to better participate in the competition. Of course, making maps is also a lot of pressure for Uber, and both technology and investment are key.

  Google’s sale of its satellite imagery business is undoubtedly beneficial for divesting assets and reducing expenses. Coupled with the fact that its own product space will not be greatly affected, it may also be a better choice for Google Maps to divest its "hardware" business and focus on its own content. With the rapid development of the mobile Internet, mobile applications will become more diverse, and the demand for maps will also give rise to more development opportunities. This is not just a mobile application, including unmanned cars, unmanned aircraft, etc., will rely on the simultaneous follow-up of maps, and the extension of technology will also be more diversified. We also believe that more technologies and products will emerge, truly allowing users to have a better application experience.

Only then did Xiao Ai regret buying it, like a dragon.

  Author: Buy your own flowers and wear them yourself

  618 spent 99 yuan to buy a small love speaker. He thought it was cheap, but in fact, the performance of this speaker is not that good.

  Let me introduce this little love first, just that box, it is a little love smart speaker play.

  It is very small, the color is black, and the color is quite textured. It looks good at home. Its internal thermal infrared control system can be used to control traditional home appliances, such as non-smart ceiling lights, non-smart TVs, and non-smart air conditioners. As long as there is an infrared transmitter and receiver unit, it can be used to control it.

  When you go home, connect it and use it directly. It is really good to use, and it comes with a clock display function. It is quite convenient to place it near the bed and open your eyes to see the time.

  The sound of this router is also quite good, very balanced, I can’t say that he is particularly good when listening to music, at least I can’t pick out any big problems, the price is 99 yuan, after all, I can’t use too good materials, so I am already very satisfied, the disadvantage is that he is relatively dragon…

  Sometimes he couldn’t hear when he was called, but when he wasn’t called, he kept talking, which was very annoying.

  When signing a contract, you are also frequently asked to bind the APP, and you must also open a membership to listen to some more popular music.

  The rest is not a big problem. There are four more buttons on the top of the receiver speaker, the play pause button, the plus or minus volume button and the mute button.

  If you have a smart home at home, you can let him control it, such as controlling it, asking him to turn on the lights, start the sweeping robot, start the air purifier, start the air conditioner or electric fan, etc. He can do it very well for you.

  You can also use it to check the weather forecast and recent fortune, which is very convenient. It would be great if his reception sensitivity was improved a little more, and don’t talk like crazy when I don’t want him to appear, and don’t pretend to be deaf when I need him