Friday, 19 September 2014

Fortune ranks Indra Nooyi 3rd most powerful woman in business world.IBM Chairman and CEO Ginni Rometty is on TOP of the list. :)Making a huge jump in the rankings is General Motors CEO Mary Barra, who is ranked second this year up from the 29th position last year. Topping the list for the third time is Rometty, whose strategy of investing in new technologies is showing results.Rometty...

Saturday, 13 September 2014

Why Apple Didn't Name Its Smartwatch as 'iWatch' ?

Interestingly, the newly released Apple's watch is named as "Apple Watch" rather than the using its usual  "i" as used in its previous tech products. As mentioned in one of the articles of entrepreneur.com , the "i" sub-brand naming convention has been around for almost 20 years and includes countless extensions, including: iMac, iLife (includes iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD,...

Saturday, 9 August 2014

IBM's Brain inspired Computer Chip

IBM has built a computer chip called the Neurosynaptic System. It contains 5.4 billion transistors and uses just 70 milliwatts of power (1/10,000th the power of most microprocessors) - With a total of 5.4 billion transistors the computer chip, named TrueNorth, is one of the largest CMOS chips ever built. - IBM envisions its new chips working together with traditional computing...