The first thing I thought of when looking at this new smartwatch design patent from IBM, after noting that the watch display expands to become a smartphone on your wrist — and expands >>
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IBM was the top patent recipient in 2018 for the 26th year in a row
For the 26th year in a row, IBM earned more patents than any other US company in 2018 — 9,100, to be exact, with more than a third of those the result of >>
This magnetic tape drive can store way more data than you’d imagine
The hard drive in your computer right now — or even your smartphone, for the matter — absolutely dwarfs the storage drives of just a decade ago. The relentless march of technology ensures >>
IBM invented a way to store data on a single atom
Electronics get faster, smaller, and (hopefully) more reliable as time passes, but the march towards the miniature only has one logical place to end, and that’s at the atomic level. IBM Research is >>
IBM’s new tech might make the iPhone faster than ever
Each iPhone Apple launches is faster than its predecessor thanks to both hardware and software innovations. The same goes for high-end Android devices, though in most comparison tests it’s always the latest iPhone >>
IBM helped develop a ‘magic bullet’ that might kill Zika, Ebola and other viruses
IBM isn’t just a computer company anymore. The IBM Research arm partnered up with the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) in Singapore to create a chemical macromolecule that acts as a “magic >>
IBM goes Apple: Helpdesk calls way down compared to Windows
IBM, at one time a Windows PC heavyweight, is now deploying Macs internally and is seeing a precipitous drop in helpdesk calls. How precipitous? Only 5 percent of Mac users call the helpdesk >>
“It just works”: 5% of Mac users at IBM call the help desk, compared to 42% of PC users
Following up on Apple and IBM’s landmark 2014 deal to jointly create iOS apps and introduce more iPhones and iPads into the enterprise, the two companies earlier this year struck a similar deal whereby >>
