今日科技：科技新股上市窗口關閉

????* 拜極端波動的市場所賜，科技IPO（首次公開募股）窗口是否業已關閉？（前沿科技博客VentureBeat）

????*歐洲流媒體音樂服務提供商Spotify公司放出豪言，要在登陸美國的頭一年就贏得5千萬美國用戶，這個雄心勃勃的目標能否實現還有待觀察，但最起碼，它看起來開局良好。據報道，這家流媒體音樂服務公司自幾周前在美國啟動以來的簽約用戶已經達到了140萬，其中175，000人為付費服務用戶。（科技與創業公司新聞網站All Things D）

????* 為什么說威瑞森通訊公司（Verizon）罷工中雙方都會蒙受損失。【《財富》（Fortune）】

????* 21歲的微軟公司（Microsoft）技術高手查理?肯特辭去工作，致力于一家業務不明的創業公司。最近，肯特帶領公司致力于促使開發人員為微軟手機平臺（Windows Phone platform）進行開發。（科技與創業公司新聞網站All Things D）

????* Twitter收購了Bagcheck公司，后者是一家讓用戶創建自己感興趣的用品的各種清單的創業公司。目前而言，Twitter公司計劃如何運用Bagcheck的技術還完全不得而知，但科技新聞網站The Next Web推測，它可能會讓用戶與品牌之間的互動更進一步。（科技新聞網站The Next Web）

????* Google+將會大行其道，原因何在。（科技新聞網站The Next Web）

????* 假如你想了解的話，“真實世界”里速度最快的網絡瀏覽器還是谷歌公司（Google）的Chrome。（科技博客TechCrunch）

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????* Has the tech IPO (initial public offering) window closed thanks to the extremely volatile market? (VentureBeat)

????* Whether or not Spotify can achieve its ambitious goal of nabbing 50 million U.S. users during its first year of domestic operations remains to be seen, but at the very least, it looks to be off to a good start. The music streaming service has reportedly signed up 1.4 million U.S. users since coming stateside a few weeks ago with 175,000 of those paying for some form of premium plan. (All Things D)

????* Why both sides could lose in the Verizon strike. (Fortune)

????* Charlie Kindel, a 21-year-old Microsoft veteran is leaving the company to focus on an unspecified startup. Most recently, Kindel directed the company's efforts to get developers to develop for the Windows Phone platform. (All Things D)

????* Twitter acquired Bagcheck, a startup that allows its users to create lists of things that interest you. At this point, it's a complete unknown how the social network plans to utilize Bagcheck's technology, but The Next Web speculates it may allow users to interact with brands even further. (The Next Web)

????* Why Google+ is very much here to stay. (The Next Web)

????* In case you were wondering, the fastest Web browser in the "real world" remains Google Chrome. (TechCrunch)