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No Longer Why Open Source, But How To Do Open Source

Mark Hinkle | Open Source Delivers | May 7, 2014

Fifteen years ago I spent a good deal of my time evangelizing open source software...Today I spend more time educating perspective open source participants on how they can leverage open source to reduce development costs, improve operational efficiency and drive customization for their own purposes.

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NSA Releases Ultra-Secure Open Source Android Derivative

Michael Crider | Android Community | January 17, 2012

Rejoice, paranoid security fanatics! There’s finally a version of Android that enables your obsessive need to lock and control each and every file on your mobile device. There’s just one catch: you’ve got to trust the National Security Agency to use it. Read More »

ODK Team Releases ODK Tables Alpha

Sam Sudar | Open Data Kit | July 8, 2013

The ODK Team is pleased to announce the alpha release of ODK Tables. Read More »

ONC Announces Winners of Blue Button + Challenge

Adam Wong | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | September 16, 2013

The winner of ONC’s Blue Button Co-Design Challenge, the third challenge this year, is GenieMD! What was the focus of this Blue Button Challenge? This Challenge tasked developers with creating apps that implement and use Blue Button + functionality to address one of several patient problems. [...]

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ONC fail: EHR 'data blocking' still rampant

Joseph Conn | Modern Healthcare | April 17, 2015

Manuel Prado, president of Viva Transcription, Santa Cruz, Calif., publicly complained two years ago about the high interface fees – up to $10,000 – that electronic health record vendors charged for each hospital or physician practice they connect to his transcription service. “That's data blocking,” he charged. “If taxpayers are contributing $44,000 or $63,000 (in federal Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments) for each EHR, it's not too much to ask” that they make interconnect charges free.

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Open Hardware… the Next BIG Thing in Mobile?

Matt McCrann | Think Mobile | August 20, 2012

Users are already capable of modifying the look and feel of their mobile devices and computers thanks to open source operating systems, software, and their own creativity. Read More »

Open or Complete?

Dick Davies | Through the Browser | July 2, 2012

For the last five years I have been trying to understand the tension between enterprise or proprietary development and open source development. A prominent example has been the competition between the iPhone and the Android operating system... Read More »

Open Source Android Thermostat

Mike Szczys | Hack A Day | October 13, 2012

Put that old Android phone to good use by mounting it on the wall as a smart thermostat. This open source hardware and software project lets you replace your home’s thermostat with an Android device which adds Internet connectivity and all that comes with the increase in computing power. Read More »

Open Source Enlightenment Needed to End 'Dark Ages' of Health IT

Tony Shannon | Digital Health | January 11, 2017

Your article - "Whatever happened to Open Source in 2016?" highlights the brief vogue that open source recently enjoyed in the NHS – 2014-15 – and now seems to have lost. It raises some good questions and important issues, though I sense some broader perspective may be worth adding here. It’s worth remembering that healthcare is a well-established science – the first medical school established in the 9th century.  While information technology is still a young science – the first MSc in software engineering dates from 1979...

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Open Source Hobbyists Now In High Demand

Brian Proffitt | ITworld | October 5, 2012

You know what? They're not calling us "hobbyists" anymore. It struck me this morning when I was reading up about this cool little open source operating system called Contiki, a very lightweight embedded OS designed to work well with the Internet of Things... Read More »

Open Source Software Has to Sell User Experience

Mattermost does open source the right way. Open source software that is to succeed in this new world is going to have to be better than anything else. You can't sell just openness anymore; it is added value, not a unique selling point. Open source software now has to sell user experience. In a way it is a simpler metric, and probably one that is going to change open source forever—for the better. An exemplar of this new way is Mattermost, the open source messaging platform. Sure, they weren't first to the game, because Slack blazed the trail...

Open Thread: Microsoft Health's Big Advantage Is Cross-Platform Support

Stuart Dredge | The Guardian | October 31, 2014

Microsoft has been winning generally approving headlines for its Microsoft Band fitness tracker and accompanying Microsoft Health platform, since both were revealed – seemingly unintentionally at first – on Wednesday...

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Open Up To Open Standards

V. Sridhar | The Hindu Business Line | April 11, 2013

As we foray in to 2013 and beyond, we see the emergence of everything open (open source, open standards, open courses, open data, open innovation and open spectrum)...While the verdict is yet to be out, there is already a widespread acceptance from the industry on the following openness. Read More »

Open-Source Could Be A New Avenue For Manufacturers

Chris Fox | Manufacturing.Net | July 23, 2014

Have you heard about the open-source revolution? Like 3D printing, it only recently made its way into the mainstream, but like the additive manufacturing machines, it has been around for a while...

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Open-Source Skills Best Hope for Landing a Good Job

Matt Asay | The Register | November 29, 2011

In the midst of a weakening global economy and rampant uncertainty as to when the recession will lift from North America and Western Europe, one thing is certain: open-source technology skills may be the best hope for landing a good job. Read More »