Apple, IBM to bring iPads to 5 million Japanese seniors<article>
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An initiative between Apple, IBM and Japan Post Holdings could put iPads in the hands of up to 5 million members of Japan’s elderly population.</p><p>
The iPads will run custom apps from IBM tailored to the needs of Japan’s elderly, who make up about a quarter of the country’s population, IBM said. The programs will remind people to take medication, offer diet and exercise information and connect them to services like grocery delivery, among other tasks. The tablets will also come with standard Apple software like FaceTime for communication, iTunes for organizing music, and Photos for managing pictures.</p><p>
Japan Post will manage the devices, and its 400,000 employees will receive training from IBM on how to use them. Japan Post, a government-owned holding company that offers banking and insurance services in addition to handling postal operations, will begin testing the iPads in the second half of the year. Details on the size of the trial weren’t provided.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2917332/apple-ibm-to-bring-ipads-to-5-million-japanese-seniors.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple, IBM to bring iPads to 5 million Japanese seniors
