December 2009 Blog Posts (77)

Ratings Scandal Kills More than 1000 iPhone Apps

Bogus reviews have landed Chinese iPhone app developer Molinker in deep trouble, resulting in all 1000-plus of its apps being removed and banned from the App Store. This is great news for consumers who are tired of downloading subpar apps based on inflated reviews, and bad news for companies looking to shill their products with internal misdeeds.

The discovery of… Continue

Added by bloglist on December 9, 2009 at 9:53am — No Comments

An Open Letter from Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 9:23pm

It has been a great year for making the world more open and connected. Thanks to your help, more than 350 million people around the world are using Facebook to share their lives online.

To make this possible, we have focused on giving you the tools you need to share and control your information. Starting with the very first version of Facebook five years… Continue

Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on December 8, 2009 at 7:52pm — No Comments

Chrome (Mac) At Last

For those Macintosh users waiting for Google Chrome (Mac), your wait is over. You can download today. I've tried it, but it's too early to offer an opinion. I'm sure we'll be seeing reviews from the 'Mac Press' in the next few days.

Added by Clymer/JR on December 8, 2009 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

One medical use of social networks ...

Thanks for the invite to MedTechIQ, CC. Hope I can add something positive.

I mentioned something to you about how the Mayo Clinic was using Twitter to get medical study info to people that it's relevant to.

Here is the link to the story, from Forbes.

Basically, the idea is to let the social network tell you about who is… Continue

Added by Russ Fischer on December 8, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

NY Times: Google Adds Live Results From Twitter to Searches

Google Adds Live Results From Twitter to Searches

BRAD STONE

Google addressed the press at an event at its headquarters on Monday, talking about its advances in mobile, real-time and social search. It’s unveiling several new features that could influence how people search the Web. One big change, live results from Twitter and other sites mixed in with the standard Web search results, is rolling out over the next… Continue

Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on December 7, 2009 at 3:54pm — No Comments

Mammograms as a Stalking Horse for Issues in Healthcare Reform

As we watch the reform movement in Washington, we see and hear so many misconceptions. A current one relates to mammography. A few weeks ago guidelines were published in the prestigious Annals of Internal Medicine stating, in effect, that women between ages 50 and 75 with no history of breast cancer in their family and normal mammograms to date could probably switch from annual to biannual exams. And women between ages 40 and 50 probably did not need to get mammograms as had been previously… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on December 7, 2009 at 9:44am — 2 Comments

Company issues 2nd recall for tainted beef

For the second time this year, a Fresno beef company is recalling thousands of pounds of ground beef contaminated with a drug-resistant strain of salmonella.

Beef Packers Inc., owned by Cargill, announced the recall Friday. It covers 22,723 pounds of ground beef products that were sent to stores in Arizona and New Mexico.

WHY: Recall didn't include school… Continue

Added by bloglist on December 7, 2009 at 3:34am — No Comments

U.S. saddened by Russian nightclub blaze

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- The United States said on Saturday that it was "deeply saddened" for the deadly fire in the Russian Urals city of Perm, in which at least 109 people were killed.

"Coming on the heels of the recent attack on the Moscow-Saint Petersburg train, this significant loss of life and multiple casualties are especially painful," said… Continue

Added by bloglist on December 5, 2009 at 7:06pm — No Comments

The game we've been waiting on

ATLANTA -- No more waiting. It's here.

Alabama vs. Florida, for the SEC championship and the right to play in the BCS National Championship Game.

Thank goodness for the Georgia Dome, too. The weather in Atlanta is nasty. It's bitterly cold, and the wind is howling.

But inside, it's heating up as a few of the fans are starting to file in. The first player on… Continue

Added by bloglist on December 5, 2009 at 5:14pm — No Comments

Can you have a real Christmas with a fake tree?

It's December. Time to get real for Jodi Yorke.

Late last week, Yorke, her husband, Brendan, and their 2-year-old son, Owen, went to the Christmas tree lot at Broadway and Montrose to pick out a tree -- a real tree.

Although Brendan grew up grabbing presents under an artificial tree -- Jodi's family went the real route.

"There's definitely something… Continue

Added by bloglist on December 5, 2009 at 11:31am — No Comments

Alabama, Florida braced for clash of the titans

ATLANTA — After another season of crunching numbers and grinding teeth over the gilded lean-to that is the Bowl Championship Series, this half of the equation, at least, is child's play.

Once again, Florida, ranked No. 1 in the BCS standings and the defending national champion, plays No. 2 Alabama today at the Georgia Dome for the Southeastern Conference championship. The winner will play in the BCS title game Jan. 7 against, in arguable order of probability, Texas, Cincinnati or… Continue

Added by bloglist on December 5, 2009 at 9:37am — No Comments

Leapfrog

There is no dearth of hospital "scorecards" being distributed annually; some are more credible than others by way of their reproducible and rigorous methodology. The Leapfrog Group is a serious participant in this analytical space. Today, Leapfrog released its 2009 selections for best US hospitals. Their survey (found at www.leapfroggroup.org) is the only… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on December 4, 2009 at 3:27pm — No Comments

Cancer Survivor

On April 2009, my sister's belly seemed to grow larger and larger by the day. She could feel sharp pains on her stomach. So we recommended her to go see a doctor. And when the tests were finished she was diagnosed with stage 2 ovarian cancer. We were so shocked. The doctor told us to prepare quite a lefty amount of money for the 6-month chemotherapy. We did all we could for my sister. When her chemo session started, she experienced nausea, headaches, lack of appetite, and more. It was… Continue

Added by Lacey Cormier on December 3, 2009 at 9:19pm — No Comments

FORA.TV: Googled: The End of the World As We Know It

Googled: The End of the World As We Know It

Summary

Ken Auletta talks about Googled: The End of the World As We Know It. Auletta tells the story of…

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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on December 3, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

What Intel "Really" Wants in the Healthcare Market?

Colleagues,

See this link to excerpts of a fascinating article written by veteran health information and technology analyst,

Dana Blankenhorn, in ZDNet Healthcare ... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

... the Intel Digital Health Group is as serious as a heart attack, and the Intel Reader is part of it. The device is actually a specialized… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 3, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Which Investors and Licensees Are On Your Wish List?

The WBTshowcase is the only event that allows you, the presenter, to invite up to 10 investors and licensees to attend the WBT2010 as your guest, at No Cost

Get selected to present at the WBTshowcase and you may invite up to ten investors and licensees to receive a complimentary registration. Our team will help you to connect with your top 10. Only know the organization? Don't have complete contact information? We'll help fill in the blanks.

Past invitees who attended… Continue

Added by Amanda Radovic on December 2, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

2010 CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare ... Now Accepting Letters of Intent

Colleagues,

Please see message below from MedTech-IQ members at CIMIT (Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology) in Boston...

The 2010 CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare online submission site is now open to accept completed letters of intent.