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Custom vitamins startup sees IoT opportunity in forgotten fitness trackers

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 18, 2016

A new company is marrying fitness tracking and supplement recommendations in its new, SaaS-driven health ecosystem. Services are central to the ecosystem’s success, downplaying the hardware sell by supporting the dizzying array of fitness…

This week in earnings: Will elephants dance?

By Paul Gillin Jul 18, 2016

Three giants of earlier eras of computing report earnings this week, and investors and customers will be looking for evidence that their modern-day makeovers are nearing completion. IBM will report after the closing bell…

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What you missed in Big Data: Machine learning gains yet more momentum

By Maria Deutscher Jul 18, 2016

Companies large and small are embracing machine learning in a bid to make better use of their data. Last week, eBay Inc. led the charge by acquiring SalesPredict Ltd., an Israeli startup that uses…

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What you missed in Cloud: New features and acquisitions

By Maria Deutscher Jul 18, 2016

Last week saw the competition in the public cloud reach another new height after Baidu Inc. rolled out three separate sets of developer tools for its infrastructure-as-a-service platform. The additions target the media processing,…

Windows 10 Anniversary Update: New features for users, enterprises and developers

By Collen Kriel Jul 18, 2016

The one-year anniversary for Windows 10 is fast approaching and in just over two weeks — on August, 2 — Microsoft will release the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. At the end of June, Microsoft…

Report: Enterprise bitcoin payments processor Bitnet in talks to sell IP to Rakuten

By Duncan Riley Jul 18, 2016

Enterprise bitcoin payments processor Bitnet Technologies Ltd. looks set to be possibly leaving the bitcoin payment industry, with a report that it is in the process of selling its intellectual property assets to Japanese…

Report: Machine learning to become “mainstream” by 2018

By Mike Wheatley Jul 18, 2016

Machine learning is set to go mainstream in the next two years, according to a new survey by software and application development vendor SoftServe Inc. The new report, based on an April poll of…

Microsoft admits 1 billion device goal for Windows 10 was a tad ambitious

By Mike Wheatley Jul 18, 2016

When Microsoft launched Windows 10 just under a year ago, the company confidently proclaimed its new flagship operating system would be running on a billion devices in just three years’ time. Now, the company…

SoftBank swoops on U.K.-based chip maker ARM Holdings in $31bn deal

By Mike Wheatley Jul 18, 2016

Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. today announced plans to acquire U.K.-based chip maker ARM Holdings Plc. in a £23.4 billion ($31 billion) deal as part of a move to strengthen its position in the growing…

Gartner says container-based apps are “more secure”

By Mike Wheatley Jul 18, 2016

Gartner Inc. is advising security-conscious organizations to switch to a container-based app delivery model, saying the technology is more secure than having apps running on a bare OS. Writing in the Gartner Blog Network,…