The GitHub Student Developer Pack GitHub has partnered with a host of commercial and open-source platforms to release the GitHub Student Developer Pack. The developer pack provides students with free access to developer tools. “There’s no substitute for hands-on experience, but for most students, real world tools can be cost prohibitive,” John Britton, education liaison … continue reading
Kony announces Kony Visualizer Kony is releasing a new mobile app design and development solution for Android, iOS, Windows and the Web. Kony Visualizer allows business users, designers and developers to collaborate, create native and Web mobile app experiences, and cut development time by half, according to the company. “We’ve heard from our customers that … 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
It seems clear that we’re living in a golden age of capabilities. Satya Nadella’s “Bold Ambition and Our Core” memo boasts that “the Cortana app on my Windows Phone merges data from highway sensors and my own calendar and simply reminds me to leave work to make it to my daughter’s recital on time.” Siri, … 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
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
In conjunction with Carnegie Mellon, IBM is finding new ways to use the technology behind the clever computer … continue reading
After “Jeopardy” success, scientists and students seek areas where deep its question-answering capability can be best used … continue reading
The ACM cited his contributions to computer learning and artificial intelligence … continue reading
Tonight, it’s man vs. machine on the popular television quiz show, as returning champions try to outwit the computer … continue reading
