By Mark Prigg IBM, and Apple are to join forces in a bid to get more iPhones and iPads into major firms. The firms announced an unpredecented project to release more than 100 apps aimed at everything from healthcare to banking. They will also join forces to try and sell iPads and iPhones to business users. The partnership, which was six months in the making, will offer services geared at security, mobile device management and big data and analytics. The company also plans to develop cloud services optimized for Apple's mobile operating system, iOS. The two firms will release more than 100 apps targeting industry specific issues in retail, healthcare, banking, travel, transportation and telecommunications.

The announcement, just two days before
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IBM releases its second quarter earnings, comes as the company attempts to shift its focus to software and services as its hardware unit continues to slump, and follows a string of mobile software acquisitions.


For most people, honeymooning involves stretching out on the beach and doing very little. But not this couple. Anne and Mike Howard, from New York, USA, spent 675 days travelling the world after they decided that a two-week holiday just wasn't enough when they tied the knot. The adventurous spouses returned to the US one year ago after visiting a total of 302 places across 33 countries, and six continents - and all on a budget of around just £50 a day. Scroll down for video Honeymooners Anne and Mike Howard, pictured here, at Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve, in Bolivia spent 675 days travelling the world


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Mike, 37, said: 'Instead of spending all of our funds in a couple of weeks, we stretched our budget to last a couple of years.


We may be waving goodbye to summer style but Christopher Bailey has already whet our appetites for next year - and it looks set to be one colourful season. The Burberry boss sent his models - a who's who from the world's top agencies - down his rainbow coloured catwalk in a sumptuous selection of layered tulle dresses, cropped denim jackets and classic trenches inspired by the birds and the bees. New girl on the block Malaika Firth opened the stellar show, which was set against the sun-drenched backdrop of Kensington Gardens, followed by the likes of Sam Rollinson, Suki Waterhouse, Jourdan Dunn and Charlotte Wiggins all dressed head-to-toe in the British heritage label's latest offering.


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Burberry was founded in 1856 but has moved with the times under Bailey.