Google announced the general availability of two big data products formerly in beta: Google Cloud Dataflow and Google Cloud Pub/Sub. The two tools complete Google's plan to bring its entire suite of internal big data tools into general availability....
Google has lifted the curtain on a new Android Experiments website, which it wants to use as a way of showcasing "creative ways to utilize ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Google was founded as a company that did Internet search. Over time, it has broadened into areas as varied as drones, pharmaceuticals and venture capital, none of which make much money, and some of which have spooked investors. Now Google is listening to...
When I say "AT&T" and "Verizon," what comes to mind? Most of us might say a cellphone company. But the truth is, companies like T-Mobile and Sprint are really in business to sell a wireless service, like the ability to make voice calls and use mobile...
IBM Corp. announced that it has agreed to purchase medical image company Merge Healthcare Inc. for the price of $1 billion and combine it with the company's newly established health analytics division that is powered by its Watson supercomputer. The technology company said that it plans...
From the “be careful what you wish for” file ...
Whether it is fuel savings, safer commutes or freed-up time behind the wheel, drivers have many reasons to embrace self-driving cars. But another group is just as eager to see these vehicles on the road: politicians....
The roomful of entrepreneurs watched in anticipation as the first participant took the stage. They’d all been in that position before: teeing up the PowerPoint slide show, fumbling around with the presentation remote and clearing their throats before launching into a business pitch....
Lately, when I am gathering requirements from CEOs about their CIO search, they tell me, “We are also thinking about hiring a chief digital officer. What is the division of responsibilities between the CIO and the CDO?” The answer is all over the map these...
IBM is moving into cloud patents, but that's not necessarily going to upset established providers. In a pinch, they could end up as partners. IBM acquires patents at a prodigious rate and uses them to ward off challenges by rivals and patent trolls. It has been...