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Tech Links: IBM blockchain garage; Chambers says US lagging; GSK investment; Big Blue cancer moonshot; Google Fiber buy; IBM’s recycling advance; Tencent gaming buys

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jul 4, 2016

In our latest roundup of technology headlines affecting the Triangle: IBM Opens Blockchain-Oriented, Bluemix Garage In NYC Read details at: http://www.informationweek.com/cloud/platform-as-a-service/ibm-opens-blockchain-oriented-bluemix-garage-in-nyc/d/d-id/1326127 A $19 trillion ‘digital revolution’ is coming and the US is lagging: Cisco’s Chambers Read details at: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/30/a-19-trillion-digital-revolution-is-coming-and-the-us-is-lagging-cisco-john-chambers-viva-tech.html GSK, Pfizer, AbbVie back next-gen integrin drugs in $52M Series A Read details at: http://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/embargoed-till-7-30am-et-thurs-gsk-pfizer-abbvie-back-next-gen-oral-integrin-drugs-from IBM contributes Watson technology to Joe Biden’s cancer moonshot initiative Read details at: http://www.zdnet.com/article/ibm-contributes-watson-technology-to-joe-bidens-cancer-moonshot-initiative/ Comcast, AT&T take note: Google Fiber finds way to Miami – via acquisition Read details at: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/technology/article86482207.html IBM just found a way to turn toxic old smartphones into medical-grade plastic Read...

Tech Links: Why IBM will soar; new IBM storage exec; NEC cuts shares in Lenovo JV; virtual workmate from IBM, Cisco; Epic’s $80K grants; GSK malaria vaccine update

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jul 1, 2016

In the latest Tech Links wrapup of headlines impacting the Triangle: Why IBM Will Soar While Apple Stumbles Read details at: http://fortune.com/2016/06/30/ibm-apple-soar-stumble/ Turnaround specialist Walsh takes over IBM storage Read details at: http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/blog/Storage-Soup/Turnaround-specialist-Walsh-takes-over-IBM-storage NEC to cut holding in PC joint venture Lenovo NEC Holdings B.V. Read details at: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL4N19N2CL IBM And Cisco Tap IBM Watson Power And Cisco Spark To Transform The Way People Work Read details at: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-cisco-tap-ibm-watson-161728496.html Epic hands out fresh $80,000 in grants to Unreal devs Read details at: http://www.develop-online.net/news/epic-hands-out-fresh-80-000-in-grants-to-unreal-devs/0222196 GSK’s Malaria Vaccine Loses Efficacy Over Several Years Among Kenyan Children, Study Shows Read details at:...

IBM, GSK at Biden cancer summit; Mars booster fires (video); Zuck’s wall; hepatitis C pill

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jun 29, 2016

In today’s Bulldog wrapup of life science and technology news: IBM’s Watson to tackle cancer NASA fires a Mars booster Mark Zuckerberg’s new wall angers neighbors in Hawaii The FDA approves a pill to treat hepatitis C The details: Biden hosting cancer summit to try to accelerate research Vice President Joe Biden will try to give efforts to cure cancer a jolt during a summit on Wednesday in Washington that’s casting a spotlight on research and innovative trials taking place across the country. Scientists, oncologists, donors and patients planned to gather Wednesday at Howard University for the daylong event, with thousands more participating at related events across the...

Tech links: Epic v. Microsoft; Wilmington at Forbes; IBM blockchain; Arista-Cisco patent fight; IBM cloud foundation; GSK malaria vaccine

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jun 24, 2016

In today’s wrapup of technology headlines affecting the Triangle – and, today, Wilmington: Epic’s Sweeney and Microsoft still discussing monopoly concerns, ‘no conclusion in sight’ Read more at: http://www.polygon.com/e3/2016/6/23/12013882/tim-sweeney-epic-xbox-microsoft-windows-10-monopoly Wilmington NC’s Vibrant And Burgeoning Life Sciences Startup Ecosystem Read more at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2016/06/23/wilmingtons-vibrant-and-burgeoning-life-sciences-startup-ecosystem/#7e1c08a43eb0 IBM, Mizuho to test blockchain potential for digital currency settlements Read more at: http://www.econotimes.com/IBM-and-Mizuho-to-test-blockchain-potential-for-digital-currency-settlements-226682 ITC Issues Split Determination in Arista/Cisco Patent Dispute Read more at: http://www.nasdaq.com/article/itc-issues-split-determination-in-aristacisco-patent-dispute-20160623-01013 IBM Aims MobileFirst Foundation at the Cloud Read more at: http://www.eweek.com/cloud/ibm-aims-mobilefirst-foundation-at-the-cloud.html GAVI alliance offers matched funds for GSK malaria vaccine pilot Read more at:...