The official version of iOS 10 is fully rolled out and interception of harassing calls is here
In the early morning of September 14th, Beijing time, the official version of iOS 10 is finally here, and Apple launched it on time at 1 a.m. iOS 10 was unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June this year. This update is said to be the biggest innovation in the history of Apple’s iOS system. iOS 10 also covers many new features.
The biggest changes are: waking up the iPhone when you pick it up, calling a car through Siri, adding and using more machine learning technologies, and controlling smart homes through iOS10. As long as the product has Apple Home kit, it means joining Apple's smart home; in the messaging application, you can not only chat through iMessage, but also do many things; iOS10 system opens the caller identification interface, bringing the long-awaited "nuisance callion function" intercept to Chinese users.
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Ant Financial acquires biometric verification company EyeVerify for US$70 million
In the early morning of September 14, Bloomberg reported today that Ant Financial acquired biometric technology company EyeVerify for US$70 million, citing people familiar with the matter.
EyeVerify, based in Kansas City, Missouri, is developing technology to extract data points from eyeball photos to replace technologies such as passwords and fingerprint recognition. Ant Financial hopes to use EyeVerify biometric verification technology to protect the security of consumers’ online data and transactions. As its first investment in the United States, Ant Financial also hopes to use EyeVerify’s technology to upgrade its own security system and eventually apply it to future products launched for the U.S. market.
Earlier this year, Ant Financial began using EyeVerify’s EyePrint ID technology on its payment verification platform. In the future, Ant Financial also plans to integrate EyeVerify technology into more products.
U.S. carriers say iPhone 7 pre-orders far exceed those of iPhone 6 and 6s
On the evening of September 13th, Beijing time, US telecom operator Sprint said that pre-orders for iPhone 7 and 7 Plus surged 375% year-on-year in the first three days. T-Mobile said that orders for this series in the first four days were nearly four times the sales of iPhone 6 during the same period, setting a record for the highest pre-sales in the company's history. Stimulated by this, Apple's stock price rose nearly 3% during the session.
In the past two years, the number of T-Mobile users has also grown rapidly. Therefore, it is difficult to judge to what extent the increase in iPhone 7 pre-orders is due to consumer interest in the phone.
Apple said last week that it would break with past practice and would no longer provide sales figures for the first weekend of iPhone 7 sales this year. Apple said that because it is more a reflection of iPhone supply than a reflection of market demand.
NetEase plans to spin off its news business and raise US$300 million through IPO or sale
On the evening of September 13, Bloomberg quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that NetEase plans to raise approximately US$300 million by spinning off its news business, and will then focus on its core online gaming business.
The person familiar with the matter said that the financing may be carried out through an IPO (initial public offering) in the United States, but it may also be a direct sale of the news business. The spin-off is still in the planning stages and NetEase is seeking to negotiate with potential buyers.
In July this year, NetEase’s page views (PV) exceeded 10.3 billion, becoming China’s second largest online destination after Tencent. Since the beginning of the year, NetEase’s stock price has increased by 27%, including an 8% increase on Monday.
There were 355,000 telecommunications fraud cases from January to July, with a loss of 11.42 billion
Xinhua News Agency released a set of telecom fraud data on September 13: There were 355,000 telecom fraud cases in China from January to July, with a loss of 11.42 billion.
In the past 10 years, China’s telecom fraud cases have grown rapidly at a rate of 20%-30% every year. In 2015, public security agencies across the country filed 590,000 telecom fraud cases, a year-on-year increase of 32.5%, causing economic losses of 22.2 billion yuan. From January to July this year, there were 355,000 telecom fraud cases across the country, a year-on-year increase of 36.4%, causing losses of 11.42 billion yuan.
Since 2013, there have been 104 telecom fraud cases involving more than 10 million yuan, and 2,392 cases involving more than one million yuan. Many people's "pension money" and "life-saving money" were defrauded, and their families were ruined. Some companies were defrauded of their funds and went bankrupt, triggering mass incidents.
Swatch wins the lawsuit and Apple cannot register the iWatch trademark in the UK
After a hearing in April, the British Intellectual Property Office officially approved the appeal materials submitted by Swiss watch manufacturer Swatch this week. Apple will not be able to register the "iWatch" trademark in the UK.
As early as March 2014, before Apple launched a smart watch, Swatch claimed that the "iWatch" trademark was too similar to its "iSwatch" and "Swatch" trademarks and could easily cause confusion.
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