Just decades ago, consumers looking to purchase a product were required to visit a physical store, but today that has all changed. They can now purchase any product online from the comfort of their homes. It doesn’t end here, though, because the product could be delivered right to their doorstep. (more…)
DAVOS, Switzerland — Yara International (OSE: YAR), a global leader in crop nutrition and digital farming solutions, and IBM (NYSE: IBM), invite farmer associations, industry players, academia and NGOs from the food and agriculture industry to join a movement to develop an open data exchange that facilitates collaboration around farm and field data, with the aim of improving the efficiency, transparency and sustainability of global food production. (more…)
As Beth Carlson prepared to take her son to a hospital eight hours away for surgery on a benign brain tumor last winter, one major worry aside from the procedure weighed on her mind.
How would the family stay in touch with Xander, 13, while he was away for weeks of treatment afterward? They’d tried video chats during a previous hospital stay, but the internet connection on the farm where they live was too slow. They could talk by phone, but it wasn’t the same as being able to see her boy’s face and look for the signs a mother knows to tell if he was OK. Xander’s two sisters, one older and one younger, were also worried about him. (more…)
Carsickness incidence could increase if we all become passengers, but new research aims to help address that
ANN ARBOR — What good is a driverless car if riding in it makes you nauseous? (more…)
Interrupt testing is a procedure where user purposefully disturb the application by some predefine techniques or methods. It is used to validate if mobile application performs as expected after the interruption or during interruption provided by user. (more…)
In her 23 years at Microsoft, Angela Mills has been many things: a consultant, technical evangelist and manager for various products including Windows Server, Identity Management and Xbox Live. She is a polished presenter, compassionate mentor and a smart leader who works well with developers, sellers and customers. Last year, she took a sabbatical and began learning how to co-pilot a plane. (more…)
For most parents, sleep is a sacrifice they accept during the earliest part of their child’s life. But for Francesca Fedeli and Roberto D’Angelo, sleep deprivation has been a constant for five years as they’ve taken turns in overnight co-sleeping vigils for their 8-year-old son, Mario, who has suffered potentially life-threatening seizures since he was 3. (more…)
New platform designed to help address specific requirements of financial services institutions for regulatory compliance, security and resiliency
ARMONK, N.Y., Nov 6., 2019 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it has designed the world’s first financial services-ready public cloud. IBM will welcome financial services institutions, and their suppliers, to join the financial services-ready public cloud. Bank of America will be a committed collaborator to use the platform built on IBM’s public cloud. The Bank will host key applications and workloads to support the requirements and privacy and safety expectations of its 66 million banking customers. (more…)
