* 昨天的苹果公司的全球开发人员大会（WWDC）涉及一系列新产品的发布，其中包括：OSX Lion新特性的细节、发布时间（7月）、定价（29美元）、iOS5的200个新特性展示（包括升级版的提示系统）、以及万众期待的全新云计算在线服务iCloud。iCloud是一项雄心勃勃的服务，订户每年支付24.99美元，就能每天通过基于云计算的账户将所有的数据——音乐、应用程序、书籍、视频、照片等等——自动备份并进行存取。详情请参见我们的同事亚当•拉辛斯基对大会的后续分析。[《财富》(Fortune)]

    * Lady Gaga和谷歌公司董事长埃里克•斯密特都是Backplane公司的投资人。这家创业公司尚处于秘密状态（我们还无法得知他们的业务到底是什么）。据报道，Lady Gaga拥有该公司20%的股份，因而这项投资首先要算在Gaga头上，但是你也许想不到背后其实另有文章——Backplane实际上是她的业务经理特洛伊•卡特（Troy Carter）创办的公司。（《纽约时报》经TechCrunch报道）

    * HBO聘用前微软公司Xbox共同开发人奥托•伯克斯（Otto Berkes）为高级副总裁。他将负责监管专事开发HBO和在线流服务MAX GO的技术团队。（HBO）

    * 索尼公司即将上市的掌上游戏终端已确定改名为PlayStation Vita，并将于今年晚些时候上市。到时，公司将推出两种版本：售价249美元的纯WiFi版和299美元的AT&T 3G版。（Ars Technica科技博客）

    * 雅虎公司北美分公司的主管罗斯•莱文索恩阐述雅虎的未来取决于内容和大而“美丽的”广告。[《广告时代》（Ad Age）]

    * 视频创业公司如何正在Youtube之外另辟新天地的。[《纽约时报》（New York Times）]

    * Yesterday at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple covered a number of new product announcements: details on OSX Lion's new features, July release and $29 price tag, a look at some of the 200 new features in iOS5 including an updated notification system, and finally, iCloud, an ambitious effort where subscribers who pay $24.99 a year will have all their data -- music, apps, books, videos, photos, etc. -- automatically backed up on a daily basis and accessible via cloud-based account. Check out colleague Adam Lashinsky's post-event analysis for more. (Fortune)

    * Lady Gaga and Google chairman Eric Schmidt are both investors in Backplane, a startup still in stealth mode (ie. we've no clue what they're doing yet). Thought it's an investment first for Gaga, who reportedly owns 20% of the company's shares, her involvement makes more sense than you might think -- Backplane was actually founded by her business manager, Troy Carter. (New York Times via TechCrunch)

    * HBO hired former Microsoft Xbox co-creator Otto Berkes as senior vice president, where he will oversee the technology group that focuses on products like HBO and the online streaming service MAX GO. (HBO)

    * Sony's upcoming handheld console has been renamed the PlayStation Vita and will sell in two flavors when it releases later this year: a WiFi-only version for $249 and an AT&T 3G model for $299. (Ars Technica)

    * Yahoo's Ross Levinsohn, who heads up the company's Americas division, on why Yahoo's future is content and big "beautiful" ads. (Ad Age)

    * How online video startups are carving out a place beside YouTube. (New York Times)