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Android gains admission to hospital app market

Sunday, February 26th, 2012 at 10:50 am  
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Scientifically, the medical field is on the cutting edge.  Technologically, they can often be slow adopters despite the potential return on investment, both in terms of finance and in the potential to save lives.

However, we are now seeing the development of apps for hospitals and other medical facilities on the back of user-driven demand that is pushing a new technology into this area faster than ever before.

Doctors are now demanding iPads and other tablets, if only to improve their own personal efficiency in the first instance however thoughts of the benefit a completely integrated Hospital Management System driven by mobile technology make you wonder exactly how far this can go.

The first steps have already been taken and it is not just the Apple iOS that is attracting the attention of the medical community with Google’s Android OS being considered as a more open platform than that which is on offer from Apple. Read the rest of this article

Improve efficiency and reduce costs, as governmental entities start becoming more transparent with mobile applications

Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at 10:35 pm  
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In 1999, three men had a dream: How could local governments streamline their legislative operations while, at the same time, improve citizen engagement? These three men — Tom Spengler, Emery Jones, and Javier Muniz — decided to take action and formed Granicus, Inc., a company that has become a leader in government transparency.

Granicus exists to assist the public sector entities in creating more transparency by automating the legislative process by helping entities bundle the plethora of documents that are used at public meetings and consume them in a paperless way. In addition, Granicus has worked with all levels of government to answer this question: How can we build automation into the public-facing government process to make it easier to make transparency happen in the eyes of the citizens?

The Granicus platforms are intended to improve efficiency and reduce costs. As governmental entities start becoming more transparent, it hopes to ensure that citizen involvement is meaningful and impactful. This is one of the areas where the platform shines. Read the rest of this article

Size does not count…anymore!

Monday, January 16th, 2012 at 2:00 am  
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Who REALLY cares about how fast the processor runs, how thin the form factor, howmany USB and HDMI ports it contains, how high the resolution of the screen or camera’s are…Size and hardware features are NOT really what MOST consumers care about.

With CES 2012 under full swing, many hardware manufacturers are showcasing their wares, bragging about who has the 10 inch screen packing the most pixels. Google trying to push Android as the ‘engineers’ choice is not helping the cause for the majority of consumers.

What people DO want is….magic! Things to work seamlessly, all THEIR content be it books, music, videos, apps, documents all available anywhere and at any time. They want to be able to buy and consume more content EASILY. Read the rest of this article