Apple boosts health while Microsoft revs machine smarts

(FILES) This file photo taken on April 28, 2015 shows a Microsoft logo during the 2015 Microsoft Build Conferenceat Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Microsoft on August 22, 2016 announced it bought a startup to boost its artificial intelligence capabilities, and rival Apple confirmed it has boosted its health focus with an acquisition of its own. Microsoft did not disclose financial terms of its deal to buy Genee, which specializes in using machine smarts to handle the time-sucking task of scheduling meetings. / AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Stephen Lam

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft announced it bought a startup to boost its artificial intelligence capabilities, and rival Apple confirmed it has boosted its health focus with an acquisition of its own. 

Microsoft did not disclose financial terms of its deal to buy Genee, which specialises in using machine smarts to handle the time-sucking task of scheduling meetings.