Under Armour puts Watson from IBM to its app, UA Record

Under Armour has been making plenty of techie friends lately. HTC, of course, has been churning out the hardware for a box full of fitness wares. But while HTC does make very agreeable Android software, UA’s been looking for something a bit more context-aware and cognizant of what a runner’s or skier’s needs are.So, it came to IBM for some help and got it in the form of ...

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10 apps for iOS and Apple Watch launched through Apple / IBM partnership

Even though the iPhone and iPad were never famous for being enterprise products, we have seen cases of many companies that have adopted them for this purpose. As such we recently saw IBM and Apple partner with the plan of creating enterprise-specific apps that could take advantage of the popularity of both products. A decent number of apps have resulted of this, but these new ones take a step further.Apple and IBM have just announced 10 applications focused exclusively on enterprise needs, but with the ...

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OnePlus One review, Fire Phone hands-on, Microsoft’s future and more | Pocketnow Weekly podcast 105 (Hangout)

Update: Edited podcast with download links has been added below the YouTube embed, courtesy of our excellent podcast editor, Jules Wang! Get to downloadin’, folks!The big guys have enough time in the limelight. It seems every week we’re spending 80% of the podcast talking about the huge players in the mobile space, along with their commensurately huge smartphone and tablet offerings. While we’re not ignoring those established forces in this episode, we are devoting a bit more time to newcomers: from Amazon to ...

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Tim Cook does 80% of his work on an iPad, and feels you should too

For those of you that were left wondering why Apple is landing a partnership with IBM after thirty years of rivalry, the explanation is quite interesting. One of the most shocking statements we’ve ever heard from Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, is that he’s able to get 80% of his work done on an iPad in ways we’ve never been able to ...

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Apple and IBM put past behind, team up for new iOS enterprise partnership

Dial the clock back thirty years, and it’s hard to think of a corporate rivalry much more in the public eye than that between Apple and IBM. We’re talking some Coke/Pepsi, Nike/Reebok, Nintendo/Sega-level competition. In the years that have followed, both Apple and IBM have had their respective ups and downs, and the specialties of each have diverged to the point where the two companies are no longer the rivals they once were. This shift has opened the door for them to start working amicably together, and today we see Apple and IBM announce a new partnership to deliver iOS ...

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