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Nurses want “healthcare versions” of user-friendly personal apps

Nurses want “healthcare versions” of user-friendly personal apps

May 23, 2013 4:00 pm by | 0 Comments

Nurses are the unsung heroes of the hospital who navigate crappy software on outdated hardware to keep you healthy ’ and it needs to stop. Executives from Cedar’s-Sinai and Kaiser ... Read more
EHR costs one of the main profitibility issues worrying doctors

EHR costs one of the main profitibility issues worrying doctors

May 21, 2013 1:06 pm by | 0 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO ’ You might not guess it to look at your most recent medical bills, but doctors are nervous about their ability to make money. CareCloud, which creates a ... Read more
HIPAA compliant right out of the Box API

HIPAA compliant right out of the Box API

May 20, 2013 3:03 pm by | 0 Comments

When health IT professionals are calling out for better ways to view patient data, third party applications are the obvious answer. But without HIPAA compliance, the task is more than ... Read more
Mostashari: Making healthcare cheaper is the biggest opportunity in the market today

Mostashari: Making healthcare cheaper is the biggest opportunity in the market today

May 20, 2013 1:07 pm by | 0 Comments

United State’s national coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari believes health tech innovation is only really going to grow when there are economic incentives. For him, there are three major ... Read more
Picking the perfect fitness wristband: FuelBand, Up, Flex, or Basis

Picking the perfect fitness wristband: FuelBand, Up, Flex, or Basis

May 8, 2013 3:41 pm by | 0 Comments

There are four major players in the fitness wristband business now: FitBit, Jawbone, Nike, and Basis. They’re jockeying prices and features to get your dollars, but sometimes it’s hard to ... Read more
Work it: Fitbit Flex exercise wristband ships today at $100

Work it: Fitbit Flex exercise wristband ships today at $100

May 6, 2013 1:49 pm by | 0 Comments

Fitbit began shipping its Flex wristband today, finding its place among established wearable (but expensive) fitness devices in the market. Flex is Fitbit’s answer to big-name companies like Nike and ... Read more
Robots and algae fuel at the White House science fair

Robots and algae fuel at the White House science fair

April 22, 2013 1:35 pm by | 0 Comments

Remember that classic volcano you build out of papier mache or the plants you grew in light and dark spaces to prove sunshine really is a necessity? Well, the White ... Read more
Microsoft releases cheaper cloud service to take on Amazon, Rackspace

Microsoft releases cheaper cloud service to take on Amazon, Rackspace

April 16, 2013 12:04 pm by | 0 Comments

Microsoft opened up its Windows Azure Infrastructure cloud services to everyone today ’ a sign that the company is both very serious about its cloud division, and ready to take ... Read more
Scientists use dead kidney to grow bioengineered one, then implant it in a rat

Scientists use dead kidney to grow bioengineered one, then implant it in a rat

April 15, 2013 12:24 pm by | 0 Comments

A research team from Mass. discovered a way to take organs that have already died, wash them clean of their past life, and use the building blocks left behind to ... Read more
It’s alive! Researchers use 3D printer to create human-like cells

It’s alive! Researchers use 3D printer to create human-like cells

April 5, 2013 12:03 pm by | 0 Comments

A team of scientists at Oxford University have printed ’ yes, printed ’ what could be the predecessors to usable synthetic human tissue. The researchers released a paper called A ... Read more
Savingstar saves you money while you eat healthily with $9.1M in funding

Savingstar saves you money while you eat healthily with $9.1M in funding

April 5, 2013 11:09 am by | 0 Comments

SavingStar, which collects your coupon savings across all your grocery stores and gives them to you as a lump sum, got a lump sum of its own today. A $9.1 ... Read more
GroundCntrl grabs $1M to get mobile workforces off their butts

GroundCntrl grabs $1M to get mobile workforces off their butts

March 25, 2013 6:30 pm by | 0 Comments

Technology allows us to work from anywhere, but it might make it harder to manage from anywhere. GroundCntrl aims to help you keep track of your company and motivate your ... Read more
Hackers could use ‘The Internet of Things’ to turn everyday devices into paths of attack

Hackers could use ‘The Internet of Things’ to turn everyday devices into paths of attack

February 26, 2013 6:49 pm by | 0 Comments

The ’Internet of Things’ is great ’ we’ll soon be able to build apps for our cars, thermostats, refrigerators, and more. But what happens when attackers get into your company’s ... Read more

Stop looking for the hackers and start sharing data about the hack, says RSA chairman

Stop looking for the hackers and start sharing data about the hack, says RSA chairman

February 26, 2013 12:09 pm by | 0 Comments

We are too focused on trying to find out who hacked us and aren’t focused enough on using big data to protect ourselves from the hack in the first place, ... Read more

Remotium embeds your work computer into your phone, curing BYOD security risks

Remotium embeds your work computer into your phone, curing BYOD security risks

February 25, 2013 8:36 pm by | 0 Comments

Remotium lets you remotely access your ’work phone" by setting up a virtual environment where all your work phone applications are. It streams any apps you use, and saves all ... Read more