IBM’s Watson supercomputer is now open to the public. Well, sort of. The manufacturer this week announced that its cognitive computing system will very soon serve as a cloud-based development platform, helping programmers create software with its ‘cognitive computing intelligence.’
Today the device known as Coin has come to light, fully prepared to take the place of all of the credit cards, gift cards, membership cards, and whatever other kind of cards you’ve got in your wallet or purse consist of. What you’re working with here is a single (black, for the time being) card […]
Intel is about ready to roll out temporary “experience” stores, which it calls pop-ups, that will provide local areas with access to various Intel technologies and devices. The temporary stores will begin showing up starting on November 23, and will continue to pop up in different regions until January 25, 2014, at which point they’ll […]
Netflix has recently been toying with the idea of streaming a big theatrical movie the same day it is released in theaters, and according to Business Insider, that might not be the only industry shake up it could participate in. A proposal has been made to the video streaming service that would add a dose […]
In June, word surfaced that Twitter was working on location-based advertisements, something that would accompany keyword targeting and give advertisers more overall options. Today the microblogging website announced more good news for those advertising on the service — increased mobile targeting options based on devices, mobile operating system, and Wi-Fi connectivity. There’s also granular reporting […]
Word this week on the ever-growing messaging service known as Snapchat is that they’ve rebuffed Facebook‘s advances not once, but twice over the past year. While you’ll want to take this whole collection of points with a grain of salt due to their entirely anonymous nature, the Wall Street Journal suggests that “people briefed on […]
Microsoft has reportedly made a significant change to its internal operations that won’t affect customers, but will affect employees. Microsoft has been using a controversial system for ranking its employees to encourage competition among workers. Microsoft used a stack-ranking system that it has now terminated. The ending of the employee ranking system is said to […]
Blackberry, despite some noble efforts, has found itself unable to pull out of its tailspin, and has been undergoing a long process of deciding what to do with the company, reportedly rejecting offers to sell its assets last month and recently the expected Fairfax buyout falling through. In light of all this, the Department of […]
Last month, Yahoo lost one of its latest legal efforts to delay a search transition with its long-term partner, Microsoft, in both Hong Kong and Taiwan. The given reason was that Yahoo wanted to wait until Microsoft selected a CEO, with the going reason being that Yahoo CEO Mayer wants to back out of the […]
Apple has seen a large boost in adoption in Japan over the last couple years, and as the trend holds, it is expected the company will near 50-percent market share in the nation some time next year. Current estimates have iPhone sales more than doubling over 2012′s sales, and growth for the company has officially […]
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