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Analytics on the go with IBM Watson Analytics for iPad
IBM Corp. has released the Watson Analytics Mobile App for iPad, allowing users to tap into various business insights on the go. The Watson Analytics app can be used alongside a free personal or paid enterprise Watson account. For the past two years, IBM has offered the web-based version of Watson Analytics that provides customers with ...
AOL’s Alto email app now integrates with Slack and Alexa: How to get started
AOL Inc. announced Thursday that its Alto email app for the web, Android and iOS is now integrated with Slack and Amazon Echo. The Alto email app attempts to simply inbox management by showing you the most important emails first. Emails are categorized based on popular criteria, such as messages from contacts, emails with file ...
How to use Slack’s new video call feature
Slack Technologies Inc. introduced voice calls for its enterprise messaging app in March. Now the company has announced that users will be able to make one-on-one and group video calls in the app, a feature it promised when it launched voice calls. To make group video calls with up to 15 attendees you will need ...
Get Cortana to schedule your meetings with Microsoft’s Calendar.help
Microsoft Corp. announced this week at its San Francisco artificial intelligence event a new incubation project code-named “Calendar.help.” Calendar.help gives Cortana, Microsoft’s personal digital assistant, the ability to schedule your meetings using AI, conversational computing and calendaring. The new project, available in preview, uses Microsoft Research, Outlook, Cortana and Genee Inc., the scheduling AI startup, ...
How to use Google Drive to move from iOS to Android
Google Inc. has made it easier to switch from iOS to Android with a new tool that allows iPhone and iPad users to back up their data to Google Drive before making the move over to Android. The Android Switch page describes how you can use Google Drive to backup your photos, videos, contacts and ...
Microsoft opens up Cortana to new devices and developers with Devices SDK and Skills Kit
Microsoft Corp. has announced various new tools that will enable its digital assistant Cortana to become more useful and available on more devices. Available in a private preview, Cortana Skills Kit makes it easy for developers to create new Cortana skills. The Cortana Devices software development kit allows manufacturers to integrate Cortana into various smart ...
Mobile app builder Appy Pie announces integration with Amazon Appstore, new features
Appy Pie LLC, a provider of cloud-based mobile application builder software, today announced integration with Amazon.com Inc.’s Appstore and the availability of a new app-building tool called Turbo Boost next month. Appy Pie’s platform provides businesses with the tools needed to create iOS and Android mobile apps using drag-and-drop prompts without the need for any ...
Apple releases iOS 10.2 to all iPhone, iPad users: HomeKit notifications, new emojis, TV app and more
Following a long beta, the iOS 10.2 beta was seeded to developers at the end of October, Apple Inc. has released iOS 10.2 to all iPhone and iPad users. The iOS 10.2 update is available as an over-the-air update via the Settings app > Software Update. It can also be installed with iTunes on a ...
Google Home adds Netflix and Photos integration for some: how to get started
When Google Inc. unveiled additional details about its voice-controlled smart home speaker at its “Made by Google” event in October, the company announced integration with Netflix Inc. Now, it seems that integration with Netflix, as well as integration with Google Photos, has started rolling out for some Google Home users. To be able to play Netflix ...
BlackBerry combines acquisitions into enterprise mobile security platform
BlackBerry Ltd. on Thursday launched BlackBerry Secure, which the company describes as a “mobile security platform for the Enterprise of Things.” BlackBerry Secure is designed to secure the entire enterprise from endpoint to endpoint and brings together the company’s acquisitions of Good Technology, WatchDox, AtHoc and Encription. Last year saw BlackBerry go on an acquisition ...