Category Archives: Technology

Maersk and IBM to Form Joint Venture Applying Blockchain to Improve Global Trade and Digitize Supply Chains

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK and ARMONK, NY – 16 Jan 2018: A.P. Moller – Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced their intent to establish a joint venture to provide more efficient and secure methods for conducting global trade using blockchain technology. (more…)

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IBM Breaks Records to Top U.S. Patent List for 25th Consecutive Year

IBM Inventors Receive Record 9,043 Patents in 2017 in Areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Blockchain, Cybersecurity and Quantum Computing

ARMONK, N.Y. – 09 Jan 2018: IBM (NYSE: IBM) inventors received a record 9,043 patents in 2017, marking the company’s 25th consecutive year of U.S. patent leadership and crossing the 100,000-patent milestone. The new patents were granted to a diverse group of more than 8,500 IBM researchers, engineers, scientists and designers in 47 different U.S. states and 47 countries. (more…)

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How the Urban Agriculture Company turned soil and seed into startup success

Two years ago, Chad Corzine was exhausted, overweight and working 16-hour days for his father’s company. After a particularly grueling month of work travel, he decided to eat better and grow his own veggies on his small apartment balcony in Los Angeles. It was no easy feat. (more…)

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Priceline.com And IBM Settle Patent Lawsuits

ARMONK, N.Y. – 28 Dec 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has reached agreement to resolve the patent lawsuit between IBM and The Priceline Group (NASDAQ: PCLN) pending in the United States District Court for Delaware.  As part of the confidential settlement, the parties will obtain patent cross-licenses to each company’s worldwide patent portfolio. (more…)

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HoloLens experience provides unique look at one of Ford’s most iconic cars

It’s one of the most enduring legends in race car history.

After a business relationship between auto titans Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari soured in the early 1960s, Ford set a single-minded goal — to create a car that would beat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the world’s most prestigious auto races. The result was the Ford GT40, a slick beauty that dominated Le Mans in 1966, taking the three top spots and winning the next three consecutive years as well. (more…)

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Walmart, JD.com, IBM and Tsinghua University Launch a Blockchain Food Safety Alliance in China

Collaboration to apply blockchain technology for food traceability to support offline and online consumers

BEIJING – 14 Dec 2017: Walmart (NYSE: WMT), JD.com (NASDAQ: JD), IBM (NYSE: IBM), and Tsinghua University National Engineering Laboratory for E-Commerce Technologies announced today they will work together in a Blockchain Food Safety Alliance that will kick off with a collaboration designed to enhance food tracking, traceability and safety in China,  to achieve greater transparency across the food supply chain. (more…)

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