Baidu, Tencent help Chinese shopping malls take on Alibaba

Toshiba sensor to sharpen smartphone photos Google's Project Wing building drone delivery service IT News Daily August 29, 2014 Baidu, Tencent help Chinese shopping malls take on Alibaba Baidu and Tencent are teaming up with a Chinese shopping mall operator in a joint venture that could steal business away from local e-commerce giant Alibaba Group. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Toshiba sensor to sharpen smartphone photos 2. Google's Project Wing building drone delivery service 3. Poaching drivers may be the norm for ride-sharing companies 4. Hillary Clinton: 'Our technology companies are not part of our government' 5. Paging Dr. Watson, IBM's medical adviser for the future 6. Red Hat CTO abruptly resigns Toshiba sensor to sharpen smartphone photos Toshiba has developed a new image sensor for smartphones and tablets that promises better image resolution for run-of-the-mill smartphones when it goes into mass production. READ MORE Google's Project Wing building drone delivery service For two years, Google has quietly been developing autonomous flying vehicles that can be used to deliver packages for disaster relief or for commerce purposes, the company revealed Thursday. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: IBM Why Big Data Doesn't Have to Mean Big Security Challenges Big data environments create significant opportunities. However, organizations must come to terms with the security challenges they introduce. As big data environments ingest more data, organizations will face significant risks and threats to the repositories containing this data. Read Now Poaching drivers may be the norm for ride-sharing companies It seems like poaching drivers is par for the course in the ride-sharing industry. READ MORE Hillary Clinton: 'Our technology companies are not part of our government' Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for a "global compact" on surveillance and the use of collected data, saying the U.S. isn't the only country that does it and American technology companies are unfairly targeted for the government's actions. 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 Paging Dr. Watson, IBM's medical adviser for the future IBM continues to make the case for the nascent field of cognitive computing, showing off some Watson prototypes Thursday that could help speed scientific discovery in the medical field, by scanning large volumes of literature and data far more quickly then humans can, and suggesting possible leads. READ MORE Red Hat CTO abruptly resigns CTO Brian Stevens is out at Red Hat, according to a curt press release issued by the company Wednesday evening. READ MORE Follow IT News 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. **