Doylestown Hospital has a very mobile workforce and for this reason, the Doylestown IT team searched for communication tools to enable fluid, effective and efficient interaction. Their IT leaders were looking for “a multi-function, indispensable device that provides real-time information to community physicians” (Source: Apple Press Room). It was also expressed that doctors would need “on-the-fly access to patient and clinical data stored in the hospital’s databases” and that this device would need to be simultaneously a cell phone and a pager / beeper. The iPhone became the top choice as the hospital’s communication tool due in a large part to it ease of use and ability to meet all requirements, including the assurance of great security.
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Archive for April, 2009
Oracle Buys Sun Microsystems
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Oracle, owner of the database by the same name, buys Sun Microsystems, owner of the very popular free license database MySQL. Oracle paid 7.4 billion for Sun in a bid that surprised the industry. This deal followed right after the failed talks between Sun and IBM.
Google Launches Toolbar Labs
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Similar to Google Labs and Gmail Labs, Google launched a new development “playground” called Toolbar labs. This new lab will allow users to select features al a cart rather than have a fixed bundle of tools.
Time Warner Concedes To Public Outrage On Tiered Billing
Monday, April 20th, 2009
Time Warner recently offered a concession to strong public outrage regarding a proposed tiered billing policy. The tiered billing policy that Time Warner wanted to push through was to charge users more if they use the internet for anything more than general email and light web surfing. The rates that Time Warner were considering were as much as 100 dollars more if you watch online videos or use web video chat such as the popular iChat application that comes installed on all Mac computers. Such service charges are obvious attempts to reduce or halt pier-to-pier file sharing–which Time Warner and other content production companies have complained are havens for copyright infringement. Others argue that such a broad spectrum punishment will have a negative impact on small (legitimate) content producers and will reduce competition in numerous markets due to a higher entry cost and reducing the number of users that can afford to access such rich media content.
New York City Taxis To Be iPhones
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Tech companies have been encouraged to find and build attractive technologies and gadgetry for yellow cabs. The city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) are looking for a range of devices and tools, including: multi-language interface systems, wifi capability, music and video software, info and mapping for drivers, and coupons.
Tech, IT and Internet Jobs Lost
Friday, April 17th, 2009
By the end of March, Toshiba lost 350 billion yen–resulting in 3900 job cuts by April. Many in the tech and internet industry are in the same boat. IBM has cut 5000 jobs, and Nortel has slashed 3200 positions. These cuts represent only the recent round of firings from February through April. Many feel that the economy is nearing the bottom, while others warn that we still face tough times ahead.
Google Offers Glimpse At Android 1.5 SDK
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Google offers developers an early look at the next generation of Android: Android 1.5 SDK. The 1.5 Platform will offer many new improvements and features–such as allowing more efficient development for multiple platform versions and locales.
Some of the coming features will be:
* Soft keyboards
* Home screen widgets
* Live folders
* Speech recognition
Digg’s new tool significantly increases web traffic
Friday, April 10th, 2009
A new tool offered by Digg–the new shortURL and toolbar service (also called Diggbar) has substantially increased its web traffic by essentially keeping web users within the Digg website as users view and interact with external web pages. You may also see this service being increasingly used on Twitter as well–as users continually try to find more inventive ways to keep their “tweets” under 140 characters (URLs included). All a Twitter user would need to do add “http://digg.com/