????·“專利本意旨在鼓勵創新，但最近有人用它當作阻撓創新的武器。”

????——大衛?德拉蒙德，谷歌（Google Blog）高級副總裁兼首席法務官【谷歌官方博客（Google Blog）】

????·谷歌高級副總裁大衛?德拉蒙德在官方博客上痛批蘋果、微軟和黑莓手機生產商RIM，因為這幾家公司組團收購了Novell和北電網絡（Nortel）的專利，并要求谷歌向他們支付高額的專利使用費。“他們企圖增加廠商銷售安卓設備的難度。他們不是通過打造新功能、新設備來與我們競爭，而是通過法律訴訟來與我們競爭。除非我們行動起來，否則消費者可能面臨安卓設備成本上漲的情形——等他們下次再買手機的時候，可選的安卓設備也越來越少。” 【科技博客Ars Technica、谷歌官方博客（Google Blog）】

????·網絡安全公司McAfee最近發布一份報告，自稱查清了一個網絡黑客組織——它很可能是個“國家級黑客”，代表政府進行網絡攻擊行為。該組織應對70多個組織機構的被黑負責。這些黑客行為導致一些致府機密、電子郵件檔案和法律合同被盜。這一系列行動后被貫以“暗鼠行動”（Operation Shady rat）之名。【《名利場》（Vanity Fair）】

????"Patents were meant to encourage innovation, but lately they are being used as a weapon to stop it." -- David Drummond, Google Senior VP and Chief Legal Officer (Google Blog)

????* David Drummond, Google Senior VP, aired his grievances against companies like Apple, Microsoft, and RIM, which are buying up patents from Novell and Nortel and reportedly asking Google to pay high licensing fees. "They want to make it harder for manufacturers to sell Android devices. Instead of competing by building new features or devices, they are fighting through litigation. Unless we act, consumers could face rising costs for Android devices -- and fewer choices for their next phone." (Ars Technica and the Official Google Blog)

????* Cybersecurity company McAfee issued a report identifying a single perpetrator -- possibly a "state actor," one party acting on behalf of a government -- as being responsible for cyberattacks on more than 70 organizations that resulted in the theft of government secrets, email archives and legal contracts. The series of attacks have since been dubbed "Operation Shady rat." (Vanity Fair)

????·在Facebook工作6年后，Facebook的營銷總監、馬克?扎克伯格的姐姐蘭迪?扎克伯格即將離開公司，創辦一家名叫RtoZ Media的公司，這家媒體公司旨在增強企業的社交化。蘭迪?扎克伯格最近由于她創辦的實時新聞節目Facebook Live而獲得了艾美獎提名。（互聯網資訊網站All Things D）

????·公寓對租公司Airbnb的共同創始人布萊恩?切斯基推出了一系列新的核實功能，以進一步加強Airbnb的誠信和安全性。這個名叫“Airbnb擔保”的功能會提供最高為50，000美元的家庭保險。此外Airbnb還將整合職業社交網站LinkedIn、Twitter和Facebook的社交網絡個人資料的認證功能，并要求租客提供個人照片和電話號碼。（Airbnb官方博客）

????·(Reuters)谷歌社交工具Google+現已擁有2，500萬名用戶，且其用戶數還在以每天100萬人的速度遞增。【路透社（Reuters）】

????·最近有研究稱使用微軟Internet Explorer瀏覽器的用戶與使用其它瀏覽器的用戶相比，往往智商較低。BBC新聞對此進行了辟謠，證明這是一則假消息。【BBC新聞（BBC News）】

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????* Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook's marketing director and Mark Zuckerberg's sister, is leaving the social network after six years to start RtoZ Media, a media firm geared towards making companies more social. Zuckerberg was recently nominated for an Emmy for her news show "Facebook Live." (All Things D)

????* Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky introduced new verification features to the apartment-swapping startup to further encourage trust and security. In addition to the recently-introduced "Airbnb Guarantee" which will offer up to $50,000 in home coverage, Airbnb will also integrate profile verification features like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook integration, as well as request profile photos and phone numbers. (Airbnb blog)

????* Google + now has 25 million users, and it's gaining another million users each and every day.

????* Remember that recent study indicating that Internet Explorer users have lower IQs than other browser users? Bogus. (BBC News)