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On big data, the Boston Marathon and civil liberties Derrick Harris, gigaom.com For all the concerns over mobile phone logs, video footage and other data collection that could potentially be used to survail American citizens, it’s times like this that I think we see their real value. According to a Los Angeles… On big data,…
Information technology has revolutionalized financial services. So why is healthcare so far behind? Phil Fasano, Guest Contributor, gigaom.com The U.S. leads the world in healthcare expenditures – an astounding $2.7 trillion in 2012 and rising every year. Yet in one recent study of medical outcomes in the world’s most highly developed countries we ranked last.…
Box gets hip to HIPAA, adds health-record apps Jordan Novet, gigaom.com Think some cloud-storage options are no good for privacy-sensitive applications like health care? Box wants you to think again. Keen on boosting its enterprise customer base and prepping for an IPO, the company said Wednesday it’s now… Box gets hip to HIPAA, adds health-record…
Vermont gets a gigabit network. And it only costs residents $35 a month Stacey Higginbotham, gigaom.com The telephone company that provided the copper service that in 1923 allowed Calvin Coolidge to be sworn in as United States President, at Plymouth Notch in Vermont, is trading its storied copper for fiber. VTel, a telephone compa… Vermont…
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Slickdeals’ best in tech for April 24th: 29-inch Dell UltraSharp 21:9 LED monitor and more Billy Steele, engadget.com Looking to save some coin on your tech purchases? Of course you are! In this roundup, we’ll run down a list of the freshest frugal buys, hand-picked with the help of the folks at Slickdeals. You’ll want…
Watch the first footage from Blackmagic’s Pocket Cinema Camera (video) Steve Dent, engadget.com Noted Blackmagic Design shooter John Brawley has released the first footage from the company’s upcoming $995 Pocket Cinema Camera that might leave your DSLR green with envy. Though it’s always tough to judge compressed web footage, to … Watch the first footage…
The 10 Best Freelance Careers David Hochman, forbes.com The 10 Best Freelance Careers http://flip.it/TnJBx http://flip.it/Bkunz Related articles The freelance life, redux (cjr.org) So, I heard you quit your job? (capitalisinghumans.com) The Many Pitfalls of Freelancing (lifehack.org) Frontline Freelance Register created to help freelance war reporters (oxfordschoolofphotography.wordpress.com) Airbnb for freelancers and business people. #oipd (webnu.wordpress.com) How…
Tweet-Mining For Crowd Management, Social Weather, And Emergencies BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com It’s not just for insane hashtags anymore! Twitcident is mining the service to help manage everything from fires to crowded concerts. Twitter might seem like an enormous stream of aimless chatter. But, to an increasing number of agencies,… Tweet-Mining For Crowd Management, Social…
The Ultra-Popular App That Has Convinced Doctors To Give Their Services For Free BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com HealthTap gives you access to medical professionals to answer your health queries, and it doesn’t cost you a dime. There was a time not too long ago that doctors lived in an analog world. They only answered questions…
Forget GDP: The Social Progress Index Measures National Well-Being BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com What’s the best way to tell how a country is doing (and serving its citizens)? It’s not just a measure of economic output, that’s for sure. This new index tracks everything from opportunity to health to sustainability. Guess where the U.S.… Forget…
A New Solution For Bedbugs: Kidney Bean Leaves BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com It’s actually an old solution, which was mostly lost when bedbugs were eradicated. Now that they’re back, this natural remedy might be better than any pesticides we’ve thrown at them. It only takes one infestation with bed bugs to make you an… http://flip.it/olFwT…
The Top Locavore States In The U.S. BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com You might think you know the capitals of eating local, but this list will prove you wrong. These days, it’s hard to find a foodie who doesn’t also claim to be a locavore, or someone who eats locally-produced food. But it’s a lot easier…
The Rise of Pre-Commerce BY LISA GANSKY, fastcoexist.com The sharing economy and crowdfunding have fundamentally altered the way we develop products. Business is social. At its core is a seemingly endless series of social interactions—not just internal relationships, but external ones as well… The Rise of Pre-Commerce http://flip.it/nDxsD http://flip.it/wJxWv Related articles Best crowdfunding options will…
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Step inside the modern iPad-enhanced cockpit of American Airlines Élyse Betters, 9to5mac.com Gadling, an AOL-owned travel blog, went aboard an American Airline recently to get a sneak peek at the iPad Electronic Flight Bag that the Federal Aviation Administration originally approved in 2011. The iPad flight bag… Step inside the modern iPad-enhanced cockpit of American…
How Code-Switching Explains The World Gene Demby, wbur.org So you’re at work one day and you’re talking to your colleagues in that professional, polite, kind of buttoned-up voice that people use when they’re doing professional work stuff. Your mom or … http://flip.it/wsMuP
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How Airplane Toilets Flush core77.com While I’ve always suspected that this is what happens when you flush the toilet on a plane……but apparently it’s a little more complicated than that. Zodiac Aerospace (remember their “recline forward” airplane seats?) has their own Water and Wa… http://flip.it/TdgcK
The Skills Most Entrepreneurs Lack Bill J. Bonnstetter, hbr.org Entrepreneurs are a unique group of people, but they behave in patterns. In fact, as I recently wrote here on HBR, my firm’s research shows that most serial entrepreneurs display persuasion, leadership, personal accountability, goal orientation, a… http://flip.it/wLeH4 Related articles Entrepreneurs have leadership skills, but lack…
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