????谷歌（Google）新任首席執行官拉里?佩奇增加年終獎考核標準。上周五，他在一份面向全體員工的備忘錄中表示，今年，所有人年終獎的25%都將與谷歌在社交網絡領域的業績掛鉤，無論他們是否從事這方面的工作。佩奇在名為《2011年終獎計劃》（"2011 Bonus Multiplier"）的備忘錄里寫道，“這需要所有人的共同努力，所以我們務必要同舟共濟。”（那些沒有直接參與社交產品的員工仍未給出反饋。）（Business Insider）

????? 據報道，英特爾（Intel）旗下的風險投資部門準備向電子教材與平板電腦制造商Kno投資3000萬美元。[彭博社（Bloomberg）]

????? 有報道稱，美國政府有意考慮利用Twitter和Facebook，作為發布來自美國國土安全局（Department of Homeland Security）的恐怖襲擊警報的新渠道。不過假如要做到這一點，Twitter和Facebook的用戶必須“跟隨”政府部門建立的賬號，或是將其“加為好友”。（PC Mag）

????? Facebook日前舉辦新聞發布會，公開了服務器和數據中心信息，Facebook很可能想借此表明自己在透明度方面有所提高。（這反正沒壞處，對吧？）Facebook使用了AMD、英特爾和x86體系架構。“通過將特定的計算機工作流分解成各式任務，以盡可能地節約能源和降低成本。”（Neowin 和 Facebook）

????? 近日，天使投資人戴夫?麥克盧爾旗下的新創企業孵化器及初期投資基金500 Startups宣布建立“設計師基金”（The Designer Fund），以面向設計師建立的新創公司。“設計師基金”的設計者兼創始人恩里克?艾倫表示：“只有極少數設計師會真的出來開創自己的一番事業。”該基金希望招募到50位投資者以投資50家新創公司。（VentureBeat）

????? SocialFlow是一家媒體平臺，利用數據分析手段幫助各大品牌了解發布Twitter消息的最佳方式和時段，以達到最好的宣傳效果。它在首輪融資中募集到700萬美元。（TechCrunch）

????? 蘋果（Apple）最近提交了多份與“智能邊框”有關的專利申請。這項專利能將iPhone和iPad邊緣的非活動黑色（或白色）區域轉變成具有交互能力的副屏幕。9 to 5 Mac猜測，這種潛在的新功能將使音頻回放和游戲控制成為可能。雖然誰也不知道這些專利能否被用到未來的產品中，不過在我們看來，這種把屏幕周圍不活動區域變成有用區域的想法確實十分高明。（9 to 5 Mac）

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????New Google CEO Larry Page just upped the ante as far as workflow goes. Last Friday, he sent out a company memo explaining to all employees that 25% of their annual bonuses will be tied to the success of Google's social strategy this year, regardless of whether they're working on the related products. "This is a joint effort, so it's important that we all get behind it," he wrote in the memo, entitled "2011 Bonus Multiplier." (Employees not directly working on social products are still expected to offer feedback.) (Business Insider)

????? Intel's venture capital arm is reportedly planning to invest $30 million in digital textbook and tablet maker Kno. (Bloomberg)

????? The U.S. government is reportedly considering Twitter and Facebook as new channels for disseminating terror-alert information from the Department of Homeland Security. Though for that to happen (if it happens), users of both social networks would have to "follow" or "friend" which ever accounts the government establishes. (PC Mag)

????? At a press event yesterday, Facebook revealed information about their server and data centers, most likely as a goodwill sign of increased transparency. (Hey, can't hurt, right?) The infrastructure, which utilizes AMD, Intel, and the x86 architecture, "minimizes power consumption and cost while delivering the right computer workload for a variety of tasks." (Neowin and Facebook)

????? Angel investor Dave McClure's start-up incubator and early-stage investment fund 500 Startups announced The Designer Fund, aimed at startups founded by designers. "Too few are actually venturing out and starting their own thing," said firm designer and founder Enrique Allen. The hope is to recruit 50 investors for the fund to back 50 startups. (VentureBeat)

????? SocialFlow, a media platform that uses data analytics to show brands the best ways and times to Tweet to achieve maximum exposure, raised $7 million during its Series A round of funding. (TechCrunch)

????? Apple's recent patent applications shed light on a "smart bezel," which turns the typical non-active black (or white) areas on the edges of iPhone and iPad into sort of a interactive second screen. 9 to 5 Mac speculates this potential new feature opens up scenarios for media playback and game controls, for instance. Who knows whether these patents will lead to inclusion in future products, but the idea of turning all that inactive space around the screen into something useful sounds pretty smart to us. (9 to 5 Mac)