Apple, Google and others look to goose mobile payments

Computerworld Wrap-Up June 05, 2015 Apple, Google and others look to goose mobile payments Because of slack buyer interest and other obstacles facing mobile payments in the U.S., Apple and other companies are looking to inject new features and inducements to boost adoption. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Battle of the bots: Teams compete in DARPA challenge 2. Don't expect Congress to make major changes to NSA surveillance 3. NOW ON CIO: Midsize U.S. cities offer attractive alternative to offshoring IT 4. Five new things we know about Skylake 5. Silk Road mastermind appeals his case 6. NOW ON CSO: $154 or 58 cents -- what's the real cost of a breached data record? 7. CA acquires Grid-Tools for agile development 8. IDG Contributor Network: You're hiring the wrong data scientists 9. IT Blogwatch: Rumor roundup for WWDC 2015 -- iOS 9 release, music streaming, and more White Paper: XO Communications Clearing the Network Hurdle to Cloud Deployment Although enthusiasm is high among IT pros for cloud services, an IDG Research Quick Poll survey found that, in fact, the cloud is at a crossroads. Learn More Battle of the bots: Teams compete in DARPA challenge People cheered and clapped, yelled support and literally held their breath as the two-legged, humanoid robot from Team IHMC drove a car, drilled a hole in a wall and turned a valve. Then, nearly at the finish line, it fell down. READ MORE Don't expect Congress to make major changes to NSA surveillance After the U.S. Congress approved what critics see as modest limits on the NSA's collection of domestic telephone records, many lawmakers may be reluctant to further change surveillance programs. READ MORE NOW ON CIO: Midsize U.S. cities offer attractive alternative to offshoring IT Companies take a second look at domestic outsourcing options as Syracuse, Jacksonville, Tampa and Lansing top the list of American hot spots for IT and business process services. READ MORE Five new things we know about Skylake Intel's Skylake chips will be released after Windows 10, and tablets, laptops and desktops will follow in quick succession. READ MORE Silk Road mastermind appeals his case Facing life in prison, Ross Ulbricht is appealing his seven convictions for operating Silk Road, the illegal drugs online marketplace. READ MORE Resource compliments of: MacIT Conference Manage Deployment of iOS Effectively in the Enterprise Apple devices continue to permeate the enterprise. Deploying 10 or 10,000 devices can be daunting. Discover how you can manage this process for smooth, reliable, secure results. Learn more, visit www.macitconf.com. NOW ON CSO: $154 or 58 cents -- what's the real cost of a breached data record? Does a data breach cost an average of 58 cents a record -- or $154? That's a significant difference for companies preparing incident response plans, as well as for insurance companies, regulators, auditors and others looking to ensure that companies are prepared or covered for such an event. READ MORE CA acquires Grid-Tools for agile development Adding to a growing portfolio of software development applications, CA Technologies has acquired Grid-Tools, whose software automates the process of testing newly-built applications. READ MORE IDG Contributor Network: You're hiring the wrong data scientists Companies are building data scientist teams which is great. But they are not giving them the support they need and they're incurring a ton of unnecessary overhead. 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