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Bored with mere medicine, IBM’s Watson adds customer service to its resume -
IBM's Watson has been helping clinicians diagnose ailments and bankers recommend the right products for customers, and with its latest job it will help brands provide better customer service and reach a wider audience.GigaOm 3 hours ago:
Truphone creates a shared data plan that will cross international borders -
The world's first international MVNO, Truphone is now offering shared plans for business, allowing companies to offer a single pool of minutes and megabytes their employees can use in multiple counties.GigaOm 3 hours ago:
FedRAMP seal of approval clears Amazon for more government work -
AWS is the first major cloud provider to get its FedRAMP certification which should make it easier for government agencies to use it for more workloads.GigaOm 6 hours ago:
Square will challenge PayPal with its own peer-to-peer cash service -
Square has launched an under-the-radar payments service that lets customers transfer cash through email.GigaOm 7 hours ago:
Eos Energy raises $15M from NRG, investors for zinc-air batteries -
An air battery -- long the holy grail of battery researchers -- could see commercialization next year by startup Eos Energy Storage.GigaOm 8 hours ago:
What online video and TV fans can expect from Microsoft’s next Xbox -
Microsoft is set to announce a new Xbox on Tuesday. Here's what we know so far about everything related to TV and online video services.GigaOm 8 hours ago:
Using data and computer models to store wind energy underground -
Power companies in areas with a growing amount of clean power are looking at new ways to store compressed air underground.GigaOm 10 hours ago:
Flickr gets revamp — with 1 TB of photo storage free — and Yahoo gets new NYC office -
More news from Yahoo on Monday: The company is revamping photo-sharing service Flickr and is also opening a New York office.GigaOm 10 hours ago:
How to make a less creepy robot? Simple, just add data -
Deep inside the House of Mouse researchers are solving computer science and mechanical engineering problems -- like how to build a robot that can hand you a drink without creeping you out.GigaOm 10 hours ago:
AT&T to allow FaceTime, other video chat apps over cellular for all customers -
The carrier says by mid-June it will allow use of FaceTime over cellular for its unlimited plan customers.GigaOm 10 hours ago:
New algorithm maps cancer cells like nodes on a social network -
A group of researchers from Columbia and Stanford have created a method for turning complex cellular datasets into visualizations that map the similarities between tens of thousands of cells within a tissue sample.GigaOm 11 hours ago:
Tim Cook urges tax reform for US businesses — even if Apple has to pay more -
Cook will call for a revenue-neutral reform of the corporate tax code that does away with all tax expenditures, lowers tax rates and establishes a "reasonable" tax on companies' earnings from overseas.GigaOm 12 hours ago:
Buying Tumblr might make Yahoo cool — but buying Pinterest might have made more sense -
There are plenty of reasons why the announced Yahoo Tumblr deal makes sense for those companies. But Marissa Mayer might have seen a much greater payoff from acquiring Pinterest instead.GigaOm 12 hours ago:
Hold the phone: Google isn’t hanging up on Voice in Hangouts after all -
At last week's Google I/O event, Google Voice news was noticeably absent from the stage, overshadowed by the new Hangouts service, which doesn't yet support Voice.GigaOm 13 hours ago:
New “clues” about the Bitcoin founder — and the case for leaving him alone -
Bitcoin's recent popularity has brought new rumors about the true identity of its founder, Satoshi Nakamoto.GigaOm 13 hours ago:
Pay TV is hurting, and even skeptics now admit cord cutting could be at fault -
Pay TV providers in the US lost subscribers for the first time ever over the 12 months ending in March.GigaOm 13 hours ago:
When it comes to the social web, these two VCs are in a league of their own -
Bijan Sabet and Fred Wilson continue a long tradition of a couple investors utterly dominating their sectors by betting on what they know, and getting in early before others even know there is an opportunity.GigaOm 13 hours ago:
Dell backs away from OpenStack public cloud, steps up to Enstratius -
So, remember that Openstack-based public cloud Dell promised for this year? It ain't gonna happen. Instead Dell will sell public cloud options from Joyent, ScaleMatrix and ZeroLag.GigaOm 15 hours ago:
Apple offering new incentives to make the iPhone more affordable in India -
The iPhone maker has been tweaking its pricing strategy and incentive offerings in markets where smartphone ownership has only recently begun to take hold.GigaOm 15 hours ago:
