Google will automatically convert Flash ads to HTML5 from now on

Source: cnbeta

Google today began automatically converting Adobe Flash ads to HTML5, making it easier for Google to deliver ads to devices or browsers that don't support Flash. All advertisers have to do is upload their ads through the AdWords editor or collaborate with Google's advertising platform.

As early as last September, Google began offering HTML5 versions of ad backups. Users with flash-free devices can double-click on Flash ads in Google's Casting Network Sports Manager to convert to html5 versions. This allows users to watch actual ads instead of backing up still images.

Comments:Last month YouTube completely abandoned Flash and is now one step closer.

SoftBank is selling 300 Pepper humanoid robots to developers

Source: cnbeta

SoftBank recently announced that it will officially release a limited release of 300 humanoid robot Peppers on the 27th of this month, with an expected price of $1,660. However, with subsequent costs such as cloud services, insurance, and software maintenance, the total price of a three-year installment is as high as $7,448 (about $206 per month).

Pepper officially appeared in June last year to communicate with users by judging their language through human expressions and voice tones. Since then, the Pepper series has been tested at two SoftBank stores, and now the publicly available version shows only some of the apps and encourages developers to develop more apps to expand Pepper's capabilities.

Comments:Don't know what interesting features developers will add to Pepper?

Google offers users free cloud storage of 50,000 songs

Source: NetEase Technologies

Google announced that users can upload 50,000 songs for free and store them on the cloud service through Google Play Music, an online music streaming service, up from a maximum of 20 million. This latest cap is twice the number of songs uploaded by Apple's iTunes Match music service.

Amazon Music also allows users to store 250 songs for free to the cloud service, which is also a paid service, although subscribers can upload up to 250,000 songs. By contrast, Google's free storage of 50,000 songs is a good choice for users.

Comments:Streaming music services are getting more and more attention from various manufacturers.

The quick merge will be completed in a few weeks

Source: NetEase Technologies

In an interview with foreign media on Wednesday, Quick's ride-hitting co-founder Li Zuo-yuan said the "fast" and "drip" mergers were expected to be completed in the coming weeks. In addition, the new company plans to expand its business in the future, including long-distance bus services, carpooling services and drink-driving services.

Fast and Drip will jointly own 99% of China's taxi application market, although this is only equivalent to 15% of China's total taxi market share. Express and Diddy had earlier said that the combined company would retain their respective brands and operate independently, and that the new company would adopt a co-CEO system to manage the two brands separately.

Comments:The merger of Youku Tudou makes potato video disappear from people's view for a time, what will happen when the fast merge with drops?

HP splits into two Fortune 50 companies for up to $2 billion

Source: techweb

HP has finally figured out the exact cost of the company's spin-off plan, which is $2 billion. As early as late 2014, HP officially announced its decision to split into two separate publicly traded companies, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and HP Inc.

How is the high "break-up fee" calculated? Cathie Lesjak, HP's chief financial officer, said about $1.3 billion of the pre-tax spin-off costs would be consumed in fiscal 2015 and the remaining $500 million would be phased out in fiscal 2016.

Comments:The fate of HP, a respected company, has been a source of much thugs in recent years.