Chinese smartphone vendors meld tech savvy with low prices to win home market

Amazon protects its virtual desktops with two-factor authentication 'Biochip' aims to quicken disease diagnosis, cut medical test costs IT News Daily August 12, 2014 Share this email Chinese smartphone vendors meld tech savvy with low prices to win home market In China's booming smartphone market, it are not foreign companies but domestic brands such as Lenovo and Xiaomi that are dominating, according to analysts READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Amazon protects its virtual desktops with two-factor authentication 2. 'Biochip' aims to quicken disease diagnosis, cut medical test costs 3. AMD mulls custom ARM 64-bit server chips 4. Lyft claims rival Uber placed spurious orders, hurting its business 5. Nvidia claims 64-bit Denver chip will outperform Apple's A7 6. Nvidia reveals PC-like performance for 'Denver' Tegra K1 Amazon protects its virtual desktops with two-factor authentication Amazon Web Services now lets enterprises use two-factor authentication to better protect hosted WorkSpaces virtual desktops. READ MORE 'Biochip' aims to quicken disease diagnosis, cut medical test costs A new "biochip" under development to accurately identify disease strains may reduce costs for medical testing and also reduce wait time for results. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Box Mobile First: Securing Information Sprawl Mobile device management solutions are designed to set and enforce management at the device level, but have no inherent control of applications or content on those devices. Learn how the partnership between Box and MobileIron can help you execute a "mobile first" strategy that manages and secures both mobile apps and content. Learn more! AMD mulls custom ARM 64-bit server chips Advanced Micro Devices may be willing to make custom ARM server chips for customers, much like it made custom chips for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 game consoles. READ MORE Lyft claims rival Uber placed spurious orders, hurting its business Lyft said nearly 200 employees at Uber, one of its largest rivals in mobile car hailing, have since last October ordered and cancelled thousands of Lyft rides, causing lost fares with its service. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IDG TV IDG.tv is now live! Watch all the latest videos from IDG's global network of technology experts, all teed up in searchable channels with a fun, fresh look. Click to continue Nvidia claims 64-bit Denver chip will outperform Apple's A7 Apple pioneered the use of 64-bit processors in smartphones, but Nvidia claims its 64-bit Denver chip will be even faster when it appears in devices later this year. READ MORE Nvidia reveals PC-like performance for 'Denver' Tegra K1 Nvidia hopes that the 64-bit "Denver" version of its Tegra K1 processor will offer PC-like performance in a tablet form factor. On Monday, the company released its first benchmarks backing that up. READ MORE Follow IT News Share this email You are currently subscribed to itnews_daily as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com To contact IT News, please send an e-mail to online@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2014 IT News, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **