10 things in tech you need to know today
2. Uber trip information appears in Google search results if riders share their ETA on social media.A search of the site "trip.uber.com" returns dozens of maps of trips on the ride-hailing app, as well as the passenger's name and the driver's information.
3. Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma and Vice Chairman Joseph Tsai plan to take out a more than $2 billion loan using company stock as collateral. The funds could be used to fund Blue Pool Capital Ltd., a Hong Kong-based family office set up to manage the wealth of Alibaba executives.
4. German fashion startup Zalando has called off a big event planned for Berlin Fashion week in January 2016 because the city is considering using the venue to house refugees. Zalando had planned to host Bread & Butter, a trade show it saved from insolvency in June, at the site of the now-defunct Tempelhof Airport.
5.Microsoft has acquired a startup called VoloMetrix to help make Microsoft Office app Delve better. VoloMetrix is supposed to analyze your data (with privacy controls intact, Microsoft assures) and help you answer questions like how to better manage your time, and if you know the right people to help you complete a task.
6. Apple may reveal a brand new iMac with an incredibly sharp screen in October.The new model will be a new version of its 21.5-inch iMac with a stunning 4K display, and would start shipping in November.
7. IBM has signed a partnership deal with ARM, the company best known for designing the chips that power our smartphones and tablets. The deal will let IBM's cloud watch and analyze data from billions of devices on the internet.
8. Lingerie startup Zivame just raised $40 million. The company says it sells one bra per minute online.
9. The deputy CEO of Swedish payments firm Klarna is leaving the company. Niklas Adalberth, who is also one of the company's original founders, will remain on the board but cease his operational responsibilities to focus on non-profit work.
10. Google is upgrading its database of health conditions in Google search, and more than doubling the actual number of conditions to more than 900. One of the reasons Google cites for the update is an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease early in August in New York City, when many people started searching for the condition.