IBM To Invest $100 Million In Cell Phone Research

IBM, long synonymous with the personal computer, hopes to become equally influential in the world of mobile computing. Bits blog reports.

The company plans to announce Wednesday a $100 million investment pool to develop new services for mobile phones. The company provided few specifics about its research goals but said it broadly hopes to improve mobile payment methods, security, privacy, and user interface and, chiefly, to enhance the ability of corporations to used mobile devices to interact with customers and employees.

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