IBM will provide cloud services and help create apps to improve seniors’ quality of life.Īpple and IBM set aside a rivalry last July that’s about as old as the personal computer era to develop applications for businesses. The program will provide iPads with apps designed to help seniors manage day-to-day lives and keep in touch with family members.
IBM’s Watson applies its know-how to Canadian comfort food.Apple Watch finally goes on sale - but you can’t get it at the Apple Store.The tie-up would allow it to use Apple’s devices to collect information on the senior citizens that would then be analyzed by IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence technology. Japan Post has a service in which its employees visit elderly people to check up on them on behalf of family members. Apple CEO Tim Cook, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty and Japan Post CEO Taizo Nishimuro announced the deal in New York on Thursday.