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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, 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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Apple Continues Hiring Raid On Medical Sensor Field As It Develops Eye Scanning Technology
Apple is moving to expand its personnel working on wearable computers and medical-sensor-laden devices by hiring more scientists and specialists in the medical sensor field. Apple began work in earnest on a watch-like device late last decade, and it has worked with increasing efficiency and more dedicated resources on the project over the past couple of years. [...] Read More »
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ASAP Awards – Interview With Nitika Pant Tai
Communities with limited wealth suffer of diseases in a way that many of us may never come to be confronted with. Poverty befriends disease, and many diseases befriend shame. Read More »
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Asking Better Questions and Improving Patient Engagement
I've been thinking about questions. A few things I read helped spur this. The first was a blog post entitled "Asking the Wrong Questions" by Benedict Evans, of VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, Mr. Evans looked at a couple of long range technology forecasts (from as long ago as 1964 and as recently as 1990), and pointed out how they both managed to miss several key developments. He attributed this to "this tendency to ask the wrong questions, or questions based on the wrong framework." And we're still at it. Mr. Evans, whose background is mobile technologies, said that people are now doing a lot of speculating about what comes "after mobile," such as AR and VR...
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AT4 Wireless Becomes Continua Health Alliance Development Partner
AT4 wireless has been selected by Continua Health Alliance to further develop and maintain the Continua Certification Programme Official Test Tool, which aims to establish a system of interoperable personal telehealth solutions and provide a high level of assurance that a device displaying the Continua Certified logo has met Continua’s interoperability requirements Read More »
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Axial Aims To Give Power To The Patients
There have been many ideas proposed as solutions for reducing costly hospital readmissions, but one concept that hasn’t gotten much attention over the years is patient empowerment – the practice of letting people take control of their healthcare. Read More »
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Black Book Survey Declares 2013 The “Year Of EHR Replacement”
A new poll by Black Book Rankings indicates that 2013 will be a year of change in the EHR space as providers who have had time to evaluate their EHR systems decide whether or not the technology is truly working for them. Read More »
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Brainwave Technology Breakthrough?
In a project that could be a boon for ALS patients, and potentially others with neurodegenerative conditions, Philips and Accenture have developed proof-of-concept technology that enables users to control devices using brainwaves...
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Can Africa’s Mobile Phones And Maps Usher In A Governance Revolution?
For crime victims in the Kenyan town of Lamet Umoja, where before there was silence, now there is Twitter. Read More »
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Can Cell Phones Stop Crime In The World's Murder Capitals?
...In recent years, police have courted cell phone-toting citizens as crime "censors" everywhere from Washington, D.C. to the tiny Kenyan village of Lanet Umoja. But the practice has gained particular traction in Latin America, which, as the UN reported in April, has the highest rate of criminal violence on the planet (the region accounts for 8 percent of the world's population and a third of its murders)...
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Can GAVI’s New Partnership Model Crack ‘mhealth Pilotitis’ While Opening New Markets For Vodafone?
In the 13 years since it was founded to jumpstart stagnating global vaccination rates, the GAVI Alliance has achieved some remarkable results. Read More »
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Can This Nonprofit Destroy Apple's iOS And Google's Android?
Mozilla, the nonprofit behind the popular Firefox browser, wants to disrupt the smartphone industry. It recently released the first update to Firefox OS, its open-source mobile-operating system. Read More »
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Carrier WiFi Should Be Open Access
The Wireless Access Providers' Association (WAPA) congratulates one of its members, Internet Solutions, on the recent launch of its open access carrier-grade WiFi network at the Cradlestone Mall, in Mogale City, near the Cradle of Humankind. Read More »
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CDC Tracks Cell Phone Location Data To Halt Ebola
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking the approximate locations of cell phone users in West Africa who dial emergency call centers in an effort to predict the onset and spread of Ebola outbreaks...It’s one of the high-tech approaches the U.S. government is piloting to stop the spread of the disease...
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