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Here’s preliminary information about regulation of the 40,000 medical apps. Hopefully, there will be enough regulation to make them safe and protect us from people that don’t at least know the medicine and the accuracy of their apps. “The FDA has been regulating mobile medical device software for more than 10 years. So far, the agency has reviewed […]
March 3, 2013
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom argues that technological innovation can be used to improve our government and restore our prosperity. He also discusses his own efforts to modernize San Francisco when he was mayor of that city. via Science and Technology – “Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government” – Book TV. […]
December 2, 2012
Laurie Orlov said after, “Two full days and a total of 200 setting choices for just 3 screens with 16 icons each, I am overwhelmed and reduced to a state of anxiety and blathering — widget? App?” I’ve seen dozens of examples, where this would have happened if the student had of had Orlov’s tenacity, or mine. […]
November 29, 2012
Weather extremes and other disasters have become a part of our “new normal.” When remote work or flexible hours are part of an organization’s disaster response plan, employees can stay connected to work and businesses can continue to operate at some level of capacity. During and after “Super Storm” Sandy, most employers hadn’t made flexible […]
October 1, 2012
Evernote is cloud computing. It expands the memory capacity and the functions of your smartphone or tablet for free. ( Under 5 gigabytes of storage.) This service saves you lugging around that portable and may save you the cost of new portable as it gets too old to rely on. For now, you can use Evernote with your […]
August 28, 2012
Your mobile device knows where you’ve been. And, now someone can use location data from your smartphone and those of your friends to predict where you’ll be same time tomorrow. This should make you think about the location data you are making available to whoever has an app on your mobile device that uses location and […]
August 22, 2012
Whether it is to remember a name, an address that you absolutely do not want to save on paper or screen, or simply the knowledge for a test, your memory still comes in handy. Even with all those “memory helpers,” ie, mobile devices. In addition we have to develop ways to refresh these memories so […]
August 19, 2012
How does the Internet really work? The World Science Festival (http://worldsciencefestival.com/) created this short video to help everyone understand the Internet. via There and Back Again: A Packet’s Tale – How does the Internet work? – YouTube.
February 13, 2012
Phones today can be more. We still call them phones but they are not just for talking. How do you use the house phone? The cellphone, smartphone or tablet? Plain old telephones down the hall are a thing of the past. According to Nielsen’s snapshot of current mobile use: Kids below 18 probably received a text in the last […]
January 27, 2012
What do you think Information Country is? Describing information country. Describing the 70′s for someone who never heard of a telephone or television, — same problem. Many who have attended mypersonalphone presentations have heard me discuss the country and its passport, the smartphone. Here Gerd Leonhard discusses the same world. Give him a few minutes before you return […]
March 22, 2013
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