Smartphone tools have their place in the wild
I have some vacation time coming up shortly, and I’m planning to make the most of the summery weather by camping and walking in the wild. Unlike the makeshift camping trips of my youth, this outing will be planned carefully, and I’m taking my smartphone, loaded with apps I think…
WellDoc to release prescription-only smartphone app
Not only that, but a few major national employers including Ford Motor Co. and RiteAid have already agreed to reimburse employees who use the app through their prescription benefit plans. Patients will take the physician’s prescription to a pharmacist, who adjudicates the claim and notifies WellDoc. WellDoc then dispatches a…
Foursquare’s Visual History Will Make You Check In Again
Social media and human tracking service Foursquare is beautifully serving up your check-in history. Foursquare introduced a novel way to see your check-in history today. Its Time Machine site begins with your first check-in (probably your home or workplace) and proceeds to animate your check-ins on a map using connecting…
Column: Are we closer than ever to an Apple HDTV?
2:50 PM business By STERLING WONG/MINYANVILLE Column: Are we closer than ever to an Apple HDTV? Photo credit: APPLE On Wednesday, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) issued a press release saying that the streaming video lineup for its Apple TV set-top box had been strengthened with the addition of HBO Go (NYSE:TWX) and…
Student launches $2M lawsuit against school district over Facebook photo
A Georgia college student is suing a school district she is accusing of “steal(ing)” a bikini-clad photo of her from her Facebook page that was later used at a district-wide seminar for students and teachers as a cautionary tale about social media, WSBTV reported.”I was embarrassed. I was horrified.”…
ESPN analyst calls out Aaron Hernandez on Twitter
Hugh Douglas tweets that if the Pats receiver “is not guilty he’s really weird.” By Nate Scott June 20, 2013 at 4:14pm EDT (Photo: Mark L. Baer, USA TODAY Sports) ESPN NFL analyst Hugh Douglas called out New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Twitter Thursday. In the tweets, Douglas muses…
What Apple is ‘Interested in’ with the HDTV Viewing Experience
There was a time when many observers thought about Apple changing the way consumers watch content on their HDTV. Over time, it’s become clear that the content holders have an iron grip on content, and so the new question may be: what can we do with that big display that…
WiFi router with impressive range: ASUS RT-N66U
For the past few years I’ve been using an Apple Time Capsule as my WiFi router. The range was awful but I kept trying to boost it with Airport Express devices. Finally I threw in the towel and bought a new WiFi router, the ASUS RT-N66U. Suddenly we have amazing…
France’s Proposed Smartphone Tax Could Help Music Retailers
PARIS France’s proposed new tax on smartphones may end up helping the music industry. On Friday morning, culture minister Aurelie Filippetti discussed the proposed new one percent tax on smartphones, tablets, e-readers and computers and said the money raised could go to embattled music retailers. “It could lead to a…
Inside iOS 7: Apple’s partnership with Yahoo deepens
By Neil Hughes The relationship between Apple and Yahoo has seemingly expanded in the development of iOS 7, strengthening the bond that has existed between the two companies since the launch of the first iPhone in 2007.Left: Yahoo Weather, redesigned in April. Right: Apple’s new Yahoo-powered Weather app in iOS Reports…
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