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VOA慢速英语|Elon Musk Suggests Plan to Create an ‘Everything App’

发布者: 风中麦田 | 发布时间: 2025-1-21 23:07| 查看数: 41| 评论数: 0|


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[00:00.04]Billionaire businessman Elon Musk

[00:03.48]recently confirmed he is still interested

[00:07.84]in buying the social media service Twitter.

[00:12.12]The move came after Musk withdrew an earlier offer

[00:17.48]to buy Twitter for $44 billion.

[00:22.60]In a recent tweet on the subject, Musk wrote:

[00:27.36]"Buying Twitter is an accelerant

[00:30.68]to creating X, the everything app."

[00:35.00]Musk did not provide details on his brief statement.

[00:40.24]The tweet has led many people to question

[00:44.52]what he meant by "the everything app."

[00:48.52]Reuters reporter Sheila Dang

[00:52.20]sought to explain what kind of app this might be.

[00:56.72]She noted that everything apps,

[01:00.40]often called "super apps,"

[01:03.36]have become very popular in Asia.

[01:06.96]Because of this success,

[01:09.84]technology companies across the world

[01:13.24]have tried to copy the idea.

[01:16.52]A super app, or what Musk calls an "everything app,"

[01:22.64]has been described as one that offers

[01:26.04]a series of services for users.

[01:29.72]This could include messaging, social networking,

[01:34.64]direct payment services and online shopping.

[01:39.68]Scott Galloway is a New York University professor of marketing

[01:45.28]and co-presenter of the technology podcast Pivot.

[01:51.00]He said last year that so-called mega apps

[01:55.80]are widely used in Asia

[01:58.40]because mobile devices are the main way

[02:02.16]people get on the internet.

[02:04.88]One industry estimate shows

[02:08.36]that Chinese super app WeChat

[02:12.12]has more than 1 billion monthly users

[02:15.64]and is a huge part of daily life in China.

[02:20.20]People can use the app to call up a ride-share or taxi,

[02:25.60]send money to friends and family

[02:28.32]or make payments at stores.

[02:31.44]In 2018, some Chinese cities began testing WeChat

[02:37.96]for an electronic identification system

[02:41.68]that would be linked to users' accounts,

[02:45.20]the South China Morning Post reported.

[02:48.88]Another leading super app across Southeast Asia is called Grab.

[02:56.00]It offers food delivery, ride-sharing,

[03:00.28]on-demand package delivery,

[03:02.68]financial services and investing.

[03:06.40]During a question-and-answer event with Twitter employees in June,

[03:13.08]Musk noted that there is nothing like a super app

[03:17.48]like WeChat outside of Asia.

[03:20.28]"You basically live on WeChat in China," he said,

[03:25.84]adding that he saw a chance to create such an app.

[03:31.28]Adding more tools and services to Twitter

[03:34.96]could also help Musk reach his high growth goals for the company.

[03:41.08]During his meeting with employees,

[03:43.84]Musk said he wanted Twitter to grow

[03:47.72]from its 237 million users to "at least a billion."

[03:54.04]Some of Musk's phone records were released

[03:58.24]during his legal disputes with Twitter over buying the company.

[04:03.92]The records showed that people close to the billionaire

[04:08.28]had repeatedly texted

[04:10.84]about the idea of adding digital payments to Twitter.

[04:16.40]The parent of messaging app Snapchat, Snap Inc.,

[04:21.56]introduced in the past a direct payment system called Snapcash.

[04:27.88]But the company ended the service in 2018.

[04:32.64]Snap also expanded into mobile gaming,

[04:36.80]but recently ended that offering as part of a cost-cutting plan.

[04:42.88]Meta's Facebook and Instagram services

[04:46.88]have also tried to expand beyond social networking

[04:51.44]and messaging into online selling activities.

[04:56.56]I'm Bryan Lynn.

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Words in This Story

accelerant – n. something that makes something move faster

app – n. a computer program that performs a special function, usually found on mobile phones

deliver – v. to transport goods from one place to another

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