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AMA CEO Calls Digital Products Modern-Day ‘Snake Oil’
When it comes to electronic health record technology, the American Medical Association has been an outspoken critic about what it perceives as the shortcomings of EHRs, voicing the widespread dissatisfaction of the doctors who use the systems. However, the nation’s largest physician group is now taking aim at new and emerging health IT technologies—such as mobile healthcare apps—that it believes are leading to practice disruption...
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América Móvil Carries Mozilla's Firefox OS To Mexico
The company's Telcel subsidiary will sell Alcatel One Touch phones with Mozilla's browser-based operating system. Mozilla has a new partner, América Móvil, a carrier that will spread its Firefox OS mobile operating system to Mexico...
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An Apple Employee Admits That iPhone Won't Deliver iMessage Texts To Android
...an Apple customer support employee has admitted to Lifehacker's Adam Pash that, in fact, "a lot" of users have this problem: If you switch from an iPhone to an Android, iMessage won't deliver texts from iPhone users to your new Android phone...
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Android App Could Help Scientists Predict The Weather
The Android phone in your pocket could help scientists do a better job of predicting the weather -- exactly where you are. Read More »
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Android Dramatically Extends Lead With Open Source Developers
For years, Android has trailed iOS in terms of developers. In 2012, that changed dramatically, with the open-source operating system taking a significant lead over iOS in terms of related mobile open-source projects. What does this mean for the mobile wars? Read More »
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Android Fragmentation Predicted To Squeeze Out Independent Developers
The plethora of distinct mobile device models on the market, driven largely by the popularity of Google's Android platform, is making it more difficult for independent software developers to reach a wide audience, new research confirms. Read More »
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Android in Space!
Flying robots in space .. all made possible by a Samsung Nexus S.
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Android OS: Closing The Door On Open Source?
In recent weeks, the federal government has accelerated its efforts to promote the use of open source platforms as a way to improve the array of digital services it offers. At the same, agencies are looking to secure the more powerful (but potentially vulnerable) landscape of mobile devices federal employees increasingly use in the workplace...
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Android Shines As A Mobile Platform
Android captured a reported 70 percent of the global smartphone share in the last quarter of 2012, solidifying its position as a popular and solid Apple iOS alternative. Read More »
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Android, Tizen And The End Of Java
I wanted to call this piece Life, the Universe and Everything. If you’re an avid sci-fi reader, or you’ve at least read Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, then those words might mean something to you, but this argument is not about the book, or Douglas Adams. Allow me to explain. Read More »
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App Aims to Conduct the World’s Largest Mental Health Study, Reduce Suicides
A project called How is the world feeling? is aiming to use an iOS and Android app to conduct the world’s largest study of mental health over a one-week period starting on October 10. The aim is to gather data from ordinary people to identify patterns in emotions, then to open-source anonymized data to mental health professionals in a bid to devise approaches to reducing suicide rates...
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Apple Finally Tips Its Hat To OpenStreetMap, Admits To Using Their Mapping Data
When you checked in iPhoto where a photo had been taken, you were seeing maps built upon the foundation of OSM. The only problem? Apple wasn’t bothering to credit them. Now with the latest update to iPhoto, Cupertino’s decided to do the right thing. OpenStreetMap is credited in the app’s acknowledgement section. Read More »
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Apple iOS 7: Android Copycat?
Actually, Apple's forthcoming iOS 7 isn't so much an Android clone as it is a mashup of everyone else's mobile operating systems. Read More »
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Apple Isn’t the Only One to Blame for Smartphone Labor Abuses
Apple is an easy target and, in a way, the most deserving. As the most valuable company in the world, it deserves exceptional scrutiny...
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Apple Wins Patent Battle With Samsung, But Is Losing The War
The legal front in the smartphone wars between Apple and Samsung picked up steam yesterday after a jury awarded both sides some cash in a patent infringement fight. The jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $119.6 million in damages, far short of the $2.2 billion Apple had been seeking, and less than the $930 million Apple was awarded in an earlier trial in the same courtroom...
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