电视机价格降至史上最低

????* 由于供给过度，价格竞争激烈，电视机的价格降到了史上最低点。这种情况无疑对零售商和制造商影响重大，其中一条就是利润大幅降低。索尼公司（Sony）甚至开始对电视机部门进行全面整顿。【《纽约时报》（The New York Times）】

????* 谷歌社交网络Google+ 本月又新增了1,200万个用户，这一新生社交网络的总用户数从而达到了6,200万。如果按这种速度增长下去的话，到2012年年底，Google+用户数有望达到2.93亿。（科技博客AllThingsD）

????* 如果数字能说明问题的话，今年眉开眼笑的消费者人数还真不少。圣诞节当天，搭载Apple iOS和谷歌安卓（Google Android）系统的设备达到史上最高销量。平日，上述设备的销量只有130万~180万部，但今年12月25日，这一数字猛增到了680万部。（分析公司Flurry Analytics）

????* 尽管今年早些时候在线DVD租赁公司Netflix曾经“马失前蹄”，但人们花在该网站上的时间仍然是电视流媒体服务Hulu的两倍还多。（科技博客TechCrunch）

????* 试试YouTube Slam吧，这是YouTube的一项新尝试，类似于其推出的Hot or Not频道。最新的病毒视频在这个新的频道同场竞技，并由用户投票选出最终的赢家。（科技资讯网站VentureBeat）

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????* Thanks to oversupply and competitive pricing, TVs are the cheapest they've ever been. It's a situation that's causing major problems for retailers and manufacturers, including significantly lower profits, and in Sony's case, forcing the Japanese company to overhaul its TV operations. (The New York Times)

????* Google+ gained 12 million users this month, bringing the nascent social network's total tally to 62 million. At this rate, Google+ could have 293 million users by the end of 2012. (AllThingsD)

????* If the numbers are any indication, there are a lot of happy consumers out there... Christmas Day proved to be the best day ever for activation of Apple iOS and Google Androiddevices. On a typical day, activations range between 1.3 million and 1.8 million, but this past Dec. 25, that number soared to 6.8 million. (Flurry Analytics)

????* Despite the company's missteps earlier this year, people still spend more than twice as much time on Netflix (NFLX) than they do on TV streaming service Hulu. (TechCrunch)

????* Meet YouTube Slam, a new "Hot or Not"-type experiment where emerging viral videos go up against one another and users vote for a winner. (VentureBeat)