The New York Times: Mobile, United States "reference" China technology-travel to the last drop, step, Silicon Valley-IT information
The New York Times said on Tuesday, China has been following Silicon Valley's footsteps, but after in smart phones gaining popularity, mobile technology has been at the forefront of the world. In the mobile space, it is precisely the United States often copying China's technology. Following is a summary of the article content:
Instant Messaging service Kik and Snapchat, by letting users take pictures using a Smartphone's camera, like a drunken bar code to connect and share information; Facebook is implanted around the car and payment functions in the Messenger application; Facebook and Twitter has launched a video-streaming service. All these developments have one thing in common: these technologies has become the first popular in the Chinese market.
Micro-and pay two application already uses QR code, allows users to buy goods and transfer. These applications can also do not need to switch to the other application cases, let users about car, or ordering a pizza. Video streaming service YY years ago has launched a service, network video camera in red are sitting at home playing with before pose, talking and singing.
For a long time, Silicon Valley has been a global technology source: it was the birthplace of social networks and the iPhone, and let these technology products all over the world. China has been following Silicon Valley's footsteps, because the Chinese Government's support for the localization of Google, YouTube and Twitter to start rising.
But China's technology industry--especially mobile services – in some ways has begun ahead of the United States. Western technology companies, even tech giant, began to learn from Chinese companies. Kik founder Taide·liwensidun (Ted Livingston) says, "we see that China has made further ahead. ”
This shift means that the prospects for China in the global technology industry will have more of a say in the direction. Use mobile devices to pay bills, order services, watch videos or query as China has more subscribers than any country in the world. Mobile payments in China last year, surpassing the United States. It is estimated that from the informal network of P2P lending bank also managed to do that.
China's large Internet company, is the world's only with United States competitors compete in terms of size of the company. Drops on Monday announced the acquisition of China, shows that at least in China, local companies can beat from the United States the world's largest and most complex start-up Uber.
Liu Zheng (Liu Zheng, transliteration) is located in the downtown of noodle shops, you can find online payments as well as participation in the future. Now 60 years old, Liu Xiu (Liu Xiu, transliteration) and 55 year old neighbor Zhang Lixin (Zhang Lixin, transliteration), through letters found this noodle shop. Them through letters and pay a lunch, and took a picture outside the restaurant. All of this is done through the app.
Noodle shop boss Liu Zheng said, orders and payments automatically, meaning that he was able to reduce the wages of waiters. "Our future needs only two attendants, helping arrange the seats, one to the restaurant for help," said Liu Zheng.
Industry noted that China opened up many new areas. On a date before applying the Tinder, Chinese users has from Mo Mo chat with singles around. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (Jeff Bezos) discussion with drones before the transport of the goods, Chinese media have reported that Chinese Shun Feng express courier company has been testing the idea. App in Facebook applications provides fast before news articles before WhatsApp developed the walkie-talkie feature; and before Snapchat started using QR codes.
Venmo became United States prior to the millennial generation, transfer, and neither China's young and old, digital wallets has been adopted based on Smartphone transfers, pay bills, or buying goods from the shop. Market research firm Ben·tangpusen, founder Stratechery (Ben Thompson) says, "frankly speaking, plagiarism, China United States technology is not true. In the mobile world this situation is just the opposite: is the United States often copied in China. Facebook Messenger application, want to know the wiring diagram of the best way is to look at the app. " Up to now, both Facebook and Tencent spokesman declined to comment on the report.
Like Facebook and smaller competitors such as Kik company executives are now trying to replicate China's situation: the dominant online platform will take up more time. Most of these efforts have focused on chat.
"Chat is becoming the user operating system of daily life, this is very cool," Livingston said. "Go to the vending machine, ordering food, about: chat to support these interactions, this is the scene we see in the app. ”
In the important areas of China are still behind the United States. China's most powerful, high-end servers and supercomputers are often still partially dependent on United States technologies. Virtual reality of startups, China is following in the footsteps of their foreign counterparts, and Google also in driverless car projects well ahead of China. Many Chinese products are lack of United States products, like its peers highlights.
Many analysts believe that China's biggest advantage is that many industries are starting from scratch after the 1976 cultural revolution. With United States banks and retailers have long controlled the consumer, low efficiency of China's State-owned banks, retailers expansion ability, unable to serve the fast-growing middle class.
Many consumers don't even have to buy a PC, it also means that for more than 600 million Chinese smart phone users, smart phones could be their main, and perhaps it is also the first Internet-enabled devices. Thompson said,"the United States is the world's first countries to launch a credit card, every American has a PC. But in China, everyone has been using mobile phones. This was across PC and age of credit cards in China, leading directly on the mobile commerce and mobile payments. ”
Chinese companies have different approaches in dealing with Internet business. United States technology companies emphasize simplicity of application. But in China, the BAT three Internet companies scrambling to implant more features in a single application.
Alibaba Group's Taobao shopping application, users can buy articles of daily use, network gaming card, scan the coupon and special offers find nearby retail stores. Map applications by letting users do Uber about cars, restaurant or hotel, ordering food, buying movie tickets or search for a nearby store.
Tencent has opened the app to other companies, allowing their application in the app. The door cut into the automotive aftermarket e maintenance maintenance business, started operations at the beginning of almost completely on app to attract business. Says peak, one of the founders of the company, e-maintenance is still dependent on micro-and 50% pay and 20% in the company's new customers are still coming from the app. He said, "we began in the app, so the app is still our main, the original channels for customer acquisition. ”
Nomura Securities expects by charging a service fee and revenue from online gaming, tiny letters have been able to pass $ 7 revenue per user per year. App now has approximately 700 million users, than the sum of smart-phone users in China, which originated from parts of micro-credit in the Chinese market, or has multiple micro-accounts.
United States different mobile application revenue mainly from advertising, the app's revenue comes mainly from the games, and selling products and services in the application. Venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates partner card Chang (Carmen Chang) that they may not transfer directly from one market to another market, but the market could learn from each other. "China has the ability to develop a large number of innovative business models. Admit it or not in Silicon Valley, which has affected us and our ideas. ”
《纽约时报》：移动领域，美国“借鉴”中国技术 - 滴滴出行,优步,硅谷 - IT资讯
《纽约时报》周二撰文指出，中国此前一直追随着硅谷的足迹，但是在智能手机逐渐普及之后，中国移动技术已处在全球的最前沿。在移动领域，恰恰是美国经常在抄袭中国的技术。以下为文章内容摘要：
即时通讯服务Snapchat和Kik，通过让用户使用智能手机的摄像头拍照，使用像喝醉的条码来连接用户和分享信息；Facebook正在Messenger应用中植入约车和支付功能；Facebook与Twitter都已推出了视频直播服务。所有的上述发展有一个共性：这些技术已率先在中国市场获得流行。
微信和支付宝两款应用早已在使用二维码，让用户购买商品和转账。这两款应用也能够在不需要转换到其他应用的情况下，让用户约车或是订购披萨。视频流媒体服务YY多年前早已推出了服务，让网红们坐在家中的视频摄像头前摆弄姿势、聊天和唱歌。
长期以来，硅谷一直是全球的技术源头：它曾是社交网络和iPhone的诞生之地，并让这些科技产品遍及全球。中国此前一直追随着硅谷的足迹，因为中国政府的支持，让本土化的谷歌、YouTube和Twitter开始崛起。
不过中国的科技产业——尤其是移动业务——在某些方面已经开始领先于美国。一些西方科技公司，甚至是科技巨头，也开始向中国公司取经。Kik创始人泰德·利文斯顿（Ted Livingston）表示，“我们看到中国已取得进一步的领先。”
这一转变意味着中国在全球科技产业的前景方向上将拥有更大的话语权。使用移动设备来支付账单、订购服务、收看视频或是查询日期的中国用户数量比全球任何一个国家都多。中国的移动支付在去年超越了美国。据估计，来自非正式网络银行的P2P贷款业务同样也做到了这一点。
中国的大型互联网公司，是全球目前唯一能同美国竞争对手在规模上匹敌的公司。滴滴出行在本周一宣布收购优步中国，表明至少在中国国内，中国本土公司能够击败来自美国的全球最大、最复杂的初创公司Uber。
在刘征（Liu Zheng，音译）位于北京市区的面馆里，就能够发现未来的在线支付以及参与情况。现年60岁的刘秀（Liu Xiu，音译）和55岁的邻居张立新（Zhang Lixin，音译），通过微信发现了这家面馆。他们通过微信并支付了午餐，并在餐厅外照了一张自拍照。所有的这一切均通过微信应用完成。
面馆老板刘征说，自动下单和支付，意味着他能够减少服务员的工资支出。“我们未来只需要两名服务员，一名帮助客人安排座位，一名给餐厅帮忙，”刘征说。
产业龙头们指出，中国开创了许多新领域。在约会应用Tinder之前，中国用户早已使用陌陌与周围的单身进行聊天。在亚马逊首席执行官杰夫·贝索斯（Jeff Bezos）讨论用无人机运输货物之前，中国媒体就已报道称，中国快递公司顺丰快递就已在试验这一构想。微信在Facebook之前就已提供快速的应用内新闻文章；在WhatsApp之前开发出对讲机功能；并在Snapchat之前开始使用二维码。
在Venmo成为美国千禧一代的转账应用之前，无论是中国的年轻人还是老年人，都已通过基于智能手机的数字钱包转账、支付账单、或是从商店里购买商品。市场调研公司Stratechery创始人本·汤普森（Ben Thompson）说，“坦白的讲，中国抄袭美国的技术早已不是事实。在移动领域这种情况刚好相反：是美国经常在抄袭中国。就拿Facebook Messenger应用来说，想要了解这款应用线路图的最佳方式就是看看微信。”截止目前，Facebook及腾讯发言人均对此报道未予置评。
像Facebook和规模更小的竞争对手Kik等公司的高管们目前都在尝试着复制中国市场出现的局面：占统治地位的在线平台将占据用户更多的时间。这些努力的大多数都集中在聊天上。
“聊天正成为用户日常生活的操作系统，这一点非常酷，”利文斯顿说。“走到自动售货机前，订购食品，约车：聊天能够支持这些互动，这就是我们在微信上看到的景象。”
中国在重要领域依然落后于美国。中国最强大、高端的服务器和超级计算机通常仍部分的依赖于美国的技术。中国的虚拟现实初创公司仍在追随着外国同行们的脚步，而且谷歌在无人驾驶汽车项目上也遥遥领先于中国企业。许多的中中国国产品也缺乏像美国同行产品一样的光泽。
许多分析师认为，中国的最大优势在于，许多的行业都是在1976年文化大革命之后才从零开始。与美国银行和零售商早已控制了消费者不同，中国的国有银行效率不高，零售商向外扩张能力不够，无法服务于快速成长的中产阶级。
许多中国消费者甚至还没有购买过PC，这也意味着对于超6亿中国智能手机用户而言，智能手机可能是他们主要、或许也是第一部上网设备。汤普森说，“美国是全球最先推出信用卡的国家，每一位美国人都拥有PC。但是在中国，每个人都在一直使用手机。这等于是中国跨越了PC和信用卡时代，直接在移动商务和移动支付上处于领先。”
中国企业在对待互联网业务也有着不同的做法。美国科技公司强调的是应用的简洁。但是在中国，三大互联网公司BAT争相在单一应用中植入更多的功能。
在阿里巴巴集团的淘宝购物应用中，用户可以购买日用品，网络游戏的点卡，扫描优惠券并寻找附近零售店的特惠活动。地图应用让用户能够通过Uber约车，预订餐厅或酒店，订购食品，购买电影票或是寻找附近的商店。
腾讯已向其他公司开放了微信，准许他们在微信内开发应用。以上门保养业务切入汽车后市场的e保养，创办业务之初几乎完全依靠着微信来吸引业务。该公司创始人之一高峰说，e保养目前仍依赖于微信，公司50%的支付和20%的新客户仍来自微信。他说，“我们始于微信，因此微信仍然是我们获取客户的主要、原始渠道。”
野村证券预计，通过向服务收取费用以及网络游戏收入，微微信已能够通过每名用户每年获得7美元收入。微信目前拥有大约7亿用户，数量超出中国智能手机用户的总和，这部分的源自于部分微信用户身处中国市场之外，或者是拥有多个微信账号。
与美国移动应用的营收主要来自于广告业务不同，微信的营收主要来自于游戏、以及应用中售出的产品和服务。风险投资公司New Enterprise Associates合伙人卡门·常（Carmen Chang）表示，这些模式可能不能从一个市场直接转移到另一个市场，但市场间可以相互借鉴。“中国有能力开发出大量的创新业务模式。无论硅谷承认与否，这些已经影响到了我们和我们的想法。”