GM to launch hands-free driving by 2016 General Motors CEO Mary Barra has announced that Cadillac will offer advanced “intelligent and connected” vehicle technologies on 2017-model-year vehicles. The vehicle will offer GM’s advanced driver assist technology, Super Cruise, and will provide vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology. “A tide of innovation has invigorated the global auto industry, and … continue reading
IBM opens its supercomputer to scientist IBM wants to accelerate the pace of scientific breakthroughs. The company has announced Watson Discovery Advisor, a cloud-based tool designed to scale and speed up discoveries by research teams, according to IBM. “We’re entering an extraordinary age of data-driven discovery,” said Mike Rhodin, senior vice president of the IBM … continue reading
Google launches Google Fit SDK preview Google announced its open platform for developers to build fitness apps in June at Google I/O. Today, the company is announcing a preview SDK. “The preview SDK gives you the tools to start building your app,” wrote Angana Ghosh, product manager for Google Fit, on the company’s blog. “You’ll … continue reading
IBM’s Watson to help military community IBM and USAA, a financial services provider for the military community, have announced that the cognitive capabilities of IBM’s Watson supercomputer will now be available to military men and women as they transition to civilian life. USAA will be offering members IBM’s Watson Engagement Advisor in a pilot that … continue reading
IBM, Docker, Microsoft, Red Hat & others join Google’s open-source Kubernetes container project Kubernetes, the recently open-sourced cloud container automation project maintained by Google Cloud Platform and IT automation and configuration management provider SaltStack, is gaining the support of IBM, Docker, Microsoft, Red Hat and others joining the Kubernetes community. Google Cloud Platform SVP Urs … continue reading
Mobile Challenge apps Fang, GenieMD and RetailOS will attempt to redefine education, healthcare and retail … continue reading
GenieMD, Fang and RetailOS integrate Watson’s artificial intelligence capabilities to create more-predictive apps … continue reading
Mobile service portfolio focuses on mobile strategy, security and application development … continue reading
Partnership for American Innovation want to preserve patents despite patent trolls … continue reading
Watson will work with the New York Genome Center, parsing genome data to devise personalized cancer treatments … continue reading
A Mobile Developer Challenge, and forays into online retail, healthcare and food, mark a busy season for the supercomputer … continue reading
The JSON-based DBaaS company will augment IBM’s cloud services and Big Data analytics … continue reading
