IBM (IBM) unveiled a new Watson Health business unit with several big-name partners and two small acquisitions, as it expands the health-care uses for its artificial intelligence computer. The IT giant said Monday that it will work with Apple (AAPL), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Medtronic (MDT) to “help optimize consumer and medical devices for data collection, analysis and feedback.” IBM also announced that it bought Explorys and Phtyel, two
Apple (AAPL) wrapped up its first weekend of pre-orders for the much-hyped Apple Watch without giving any insight into how well the new smartwatch is selling. Wall Street analysts sought to fill the vacuum with their own estimates Apple likely took pre-orders for 1.5 million to 2 million units in the nine countries where the Apple Watch became available on Friday, RBC Capital Markets analyst Amit Daryanani said in a research note Monday. The Apple Watch will be available for delivery, pickup and in-store purchase starting April 24. Slice Intelligence estimates that 957,000 people in the U.S. ordered the Apple Watch on the first day of availability, with 62% of the orders being for the entry-level Sport model. The low-end Sport model starts at $349 and the midrange Watch model starts at $549. The luxury Edition model starts at $10,000. Based on e-receipt data, each Apple Watch buyer ordered an…
Despite middling reviews, the Apple (AAPL) Watch got off to a solid start Friday, with U.S. pre-orders topping one million, according to shopping data firm Slice Intelligence. Some 957,000 people in the U.S. ordered an Apple Watch on the first day the smartwatch was on sale. And the average buyer bought 1.3 watches, according to ereceipt data from 9,080 online shoppers. That would suggest more than 1.2 million Apple Watch units were ordered on