The NYT reporter Pogue says: “A little $1 iPhone app, Line2 sure has the potential to shake up an entire industry.” Wi-Fi calls don’t use up any AT&T minutes and are free forever and Toktumi just might be a seismic shift. Every minute 24 hours of video is uploaded to the new “king of the [...]
While manufacturers continue to develop new methods of tracking people with dementia, a debate remains about the benefits and the risks of the technology. In fact, the State of Indiana’s Health Finance Commission is currently weighing whether or not tracking devices should be mandated for some adults with dementia, debating between privacy concerns and safety [...]
The company expects to generate significant revenues for its investors from its licensing agreement with Aetrex, the shoe manufacturer and save the nation’s municipal emergency services and taxpayers many millions of dollars in search and rescue expenses. GTXCorp will be responsible for the cellular/GPS activation, for arranging and providing cellular connection services and for collecting [...]
Apple has developers working on a new social networking app using GPS and or WiFi and or Bluetooth called iGroups. the US Patent Office describes a new service that would function on the iPhone and possibly MobileMe, as well. iGroups would keep a subscriber/iPhone user in touch with their co-workers and friends by sharing your [...]
Facebook jumped three-tenths of a decimal point ahead of Google in internet activity volume and the social pundits have their pens out writing new pages in the digital history books using their self serving logic to affirm a ludicrous value comparison between sources of content. “People want information from friends they trust, versus the anonymity [...]
Apple believes that devices like smartphones and tablets should have tightly controlled, proprietary standards and that customers should take advantage of services on those gadgets with applications downloaded from Apple’s own App Store. Google, on the other hand, wants smartphones to have open, nonproprietary platforms so users can freely roam the Web for apps that [...]
Rosum Corporation announced today the launch of ALLOY, a location and synchronization solution for indoor and urban environments. The ALLOY chip, which was developed in partnership with Siano — supplier of mobile digital TV receiver chips for handsets, laptops, PNDs, and other mobile devices — uses broadcast TV signals to provide precise frequency, timing, and [...]
Google just launched a new feature on the mobile version of Google Product Search which could take local shopping search startup Milo out at the knees. Whenever you do a Google product search from a mobile phone, blue dots will appear next to items which are in-stock at specific nearby stores… and who shops alone [...]
Presently there is just one geriatrician in the U.S. for every 5,000 seniors; about half of what there should be, according to the American Geriatrics Society. The problem is that fewer medical students are choosing this subspecialty because treating older patients who have multiple, complex problems makes it difficult for a doctor to make a [...]
The FDA has approved Aricept®, Namenda®, Exelon®, and Razadyne® for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease which affects 30 million people worldwide. Presently, none of these medications prevents or stops the advance the disease itself. However, billions of dollars are being invested in new drug research. Companies like Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Elan are in [...]
