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Madeline Brownstone

Telecom: Tools connecting the world and communicating about HIV - 0 views

  • The explosion of mobile technology presents a great opportunity to scale up the AIDS response in poor countries.
  • hrough mobile technology, the millions of people in developing countries who had been left behind by the digital divide are now able to access health information and healthcare services at their fingertips. Mobile phones are being used as low-cost tools for HIV testing, data collection, epidemic tracking, and training of health workers, HIV prevention and treatment support.
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    Through mobile technology, the millions of people in developing countries who had been left behind by the digital divide are now able to access health information and healthcare services at their fingertips. Mobile phones are being used as low-cost tools for HIV testing, data collection, epidemic tracking, and training of health workers, HIV prevention and treatment support.
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    Through mobile technology, the millions of people in developing countries who had been left behind by the digital divide are now able to access health information and healthcare services at their fingertips. Mobile phones are being used as low-cost tools for HIV testing, data collection, epidemic tracking, and training of health workers, HIV prevention and treatment support.
Noreen C

More Than Half of Mobile Apps Not Secure, Report Says - 5 views

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    An article about the unsafe nature of many mobile phone applications including commerce and finance related apps. This article allows the reader to see the increasing problem of security holes of these apps and sites like Twitter who were hit with the same problems, such as "cross site scripting."
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    Security in this day an age has become a major problem. The protection of hardware, software, machines, and networks from unauthorized access is becoming increasingly harder because hackers have gotten smarter in identifying the security holes of these programs. Mobile phone applications are just one of their latest hits. More than half of the applications on mobile phones are considered unsafe and therefore vulnerable to security attacks. Third party codes were even more devastating with a "81 percent failure rate." Commerce and finance related apps did just as poorly, both exceeding just about the half way mark. The process of fixing these security holes has become quicker over, however, not quick enough. It takes sixteen days on average to fix the problems and this is rather long time in a society that can get and bit of information in the palms of their hands in nano seconds. Hackers are also going into other user's profiles, or creating fake profiles in order to spread "cross site scripting." This was recently seen as a problem for Twitter and it's users. Tweets were changed into different colors, and there were unwelcomed pop-ups that would appear to users when they clicked on a Tweet. This would then publish the original script on that user's page without their knowledge, or consent. This is a problem that has taken over mobile apps, resulting in "51 percent of all vulnerabilities." The stakeholders of this issue are mainly the users. However, it is also a problem for the companies who created the application and those who are fixing it when it goes down, if not the creator. In the world of applications on mobile phones, things are expanding quickly and largely. However, with this great expansion, there are downsides when more than half are deemed not secure. Although there are various apps that are safe, our need to have everything in our sight available to us, even the most seemingly useless app, has driven us to put our devices, privacy,security, and
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    Please go back and "cache" this page.
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    It will not let me, it says I need to upgrade my subscription in order to do so. Also, the last part of the comment is cut off. Here is the continuation: "authenticity at risk. The coolest apps that are so desired, many not be the coolest things on the market these days. Let's not let our wants surpass our judgment of these problems."
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    Actually, if you click on the link to the article (the one in blue) and bookmark it again (it won't loose your previous work) you can click the Cache box and it will actually cache it. Try it. Normally, you would cache it the first time you bookmark it, but that technique works after the fact.
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    In a way, downloading an app or downloading anything in fact is like interviewing a book or finding a reliable source. It's always better to pick from an author or publisher you know about. Usually, more well known companies will release an app and if there are a lot of people complaining about it, then they will fix it. It takes patience and control to wait for a better version to come out so that you know its safe. Additionally, people should take more caution into the apps they are using and what kind of information they are registering in it.
Madeline Brownstone

Healthcare Industry Turns to DeviceAnywhere to Bring their Products and Services to the... - 0 views

  • Quality of service can't be left to chance for any healthcare provider developing mobile applications.  However, this is especially true when the health insurance company is part of the largest single health carrier in the United States, providing health care services to more than 25 million consumers with a network of approximately 590,000 physicians and care professionals nationwide. For an organization of this size, they often select technology partners such as DeviceAnywhere, who share their company's commitment to excellence and innovation.
  • Not surprisingly, security and reliability resonate as two of the top priorities for Sensei Inc. as well.  As a provider of innovative mobile and Web-based solutions that prompt consumers at point-of-decision moments to make healthier eating, medical and lifestyle choices, Sensei relies on DeviceAnywhere to ensure that their consumers receive their personalized nutrition and health counseling on a consistent and confidential basis. After all, when customers count on Sensei mobile programs for critical reminders to take their medications or make on-the-spot decisions related to healthy eating choices, there is no room for error in downtime or compatibility issues between users' devices and networks.
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    Not a legit news source, actually a puff piece for Deviceanywhere. However, it points to issues around mobile phone use in health services.
Madeline Brownstone

BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Mobile health' campaign launched - 1 views

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    Three foundations have announced their intention to join in a "mobile health" effort to use mobile technology to provide better healthcare worldwide.
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    Three foundations have announced their intention to join in a "mobile health" effort to use mobile technology to provide better healthcare worldwide.
Madeline Brownstone

BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobiles used to monitor asthma - 0 views

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    Very old article. What's the latest? Asthma suffers could soon benefit from a system which allows them to keep check their condition via mobile phone.
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    Very old article. What's the latest? Asthma suffers could soon benefit from a system which allows them to keep check their condition via mobile phone.
Madeline Brownstone

BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobile phones get cyborg vision - 0 views

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    But now this Augmented Reality (AR), as it is known, is materialising in the real world. Mobile phone operators, at least, are hoping it will be the next big thing as programmers learn to corral all the bells and whistles of smart phones - GPS, video, accelerometers - into "killer applications". For the first time such AR is available for handsets.
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    But now this Augmented Reality (AR), as it is known, is materialising in the real world. Mobile phone operators, at least, are hoping it will be the next big thing as programmers learn to corral all the bells and whistles of smart phones - GPS, video, accelerometers - into "killer applications". For the first time such AR is available for handsets.
Mitchell Springer

Mobile phone radiation wrecks your sleep - Health News, Health & Families - The Indepen... - 0 views

  • "making people more alert and more focused, and decreasing their ability to wind down and fall asleep"
  • reporting symptoms such as headaches and impaired cognitive function from mobile phone use. But they proved to be unable to tell if they had been exposed to the radiation in the test.
  • For they show that the radiation did have an effect, even though people could not tell when they were exposed.
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  • Radiation from mobile phones delays and reduces sleep,
  • Radiation from mobile phones delays and reduces sleep, and causes headaches and confusion, according to a new study.
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Madeline Brownstone

BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobiles combat Kenyan polio outbreak - 1 views

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    A mobile phone based health application has helped to investigate and contain a polio outbreak that threatened thousands in East Africa.
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    A mobile phone based health application has helped to investigate and contain a polio outbreak that threatened thousands in East Africa.
Madeline Brownstone

BBC NEWS | Europe | A supermarket, but not as we know it - 0 views

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    With free software from the supermarket, the telephone has been transformed into a mobile shopping assistant. Using the camera on the phone, Dagmar can scan the barcodes of her own shopping.
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    With free software from the supermarket, the telephone has been transformed into a mobile shopping assistant. Using the camera on the phone, Dagmar can scan the barcodes of her own shopping.
Madeline Brownstone

Washington Times - Telemedicine allows for long-distance diagnoses - 3 views

  • While outwardly expensive — installation can range between $2.5 million and $3.5 million — and, to some, a seemingly excessive measure, the off-site support operation has shown itself in studies to be cost-effective in a relatively short period of time. Recovery of patients was faster, mortality rates in ICUs were lower, patients' stays were shorter, thereby shaving hospital costs by 24.6 percent, and fewer intensivists were needed.
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    The breakthrough is your mobile phone, the house call of tomorrow," says Dr. Jay Sanders, a protege of Dr. Bird, referring to the possibility of sending images from a high-tech personal digital assistant device.
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    The breakthrough is your mobile phone, the house call of tomorrow," says Dr. Jay Sanders, a protege of Dr. Bird, referring to the possibility of sending images from a high-tech personal digital assistant device.
Madeline Brownstone

BBC NEWS | Technology | Texts tackle HIV in South Africa - 0 views

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    The popularity of mobile phones in South Africa is helping to tackle HIV and Aids in the nation.
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    The popularity of mobile phones in South Africa is helping to tackle HIV and Aids in the nation.
Joel Lubi

Zuckerberg: Facebook's mobile strategy is breadth not depth. Got that? | Technology | g... - 1 views

  • "So if something like HTML5 becomes a big standard then that would be hugely valuable for us. So we'll help push that. I imagine that over the long term that will be the solution to this problem that you're talking about.
  • "So if something like HTML5 becomes a big standard then that would be hugely valuable for us. So we'll help push that. I imagine that over the long term that will be the solution to this problem that you're talking about.
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    The CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg is responding to claims about the production of a Facebook oriented Operating System, and possibly a Facebook phone. Zuckerberg dismisses these claims and responds that his goal is 'breadth not depth', meaning that he is focused on spreading Facebook to a variety of platforms rather than going in depth on one.
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    This guy, the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg is one brilliant man. One thing that confuses me is the this thing about the HTML5 and about Windows 7 for phones that will affected when released for mobile Facebook. But still, this dude I think is definitely going to competing with Bill Gates when it comes to who will the richest.
Madeline Brownstone

A survey of technology and government: E for express | The Economist - 0 views

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    This article raises a number of issues related to e-government and the use of mobile phones for government transactions. It appears that India embarked ahead of more developed nations in the West to go electronic. The problem of access to phones and widespread illiteracy is discussed and raises some important concerns.
Madeline Brownstone

BBC NEWS | UK | Many motorists are 'distracted' - 0 views

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    "The RAC found 39% of the 1,109 drivers it surveyed were distracted by changing compact discs, fiddling with sat-navs and using mobile phones. "
Madeline Brownstone

BBC NEWS | Technology | Software blocks car phone users - 0 views

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    "A safety device which prevents drivers using mobile phones by automatically intercepting calls and text messages when they are moving has been unveiled. The software tells callers the person they are trying to reach is driving and asks them to leave a message. "
Madeline Brownstone

A new way of looking at the world - CNN.com - 0 views

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    "An emerging set of tools is making it easier than ever to track and compile all sorts of "data" and display it in a way that's relatively easy to understand. You can now point your mobile phone at a street and instantly get ratings for restaurants. Or type in your address and find reports of crimes that may have occurred in your neighborhood. It's even possible to track emotions on a national and global scale."
Madeline Brownstone

Text Messages in China to Be Scanned for 'Illegal Content' - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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    ""It really is quite a program to seize control of all the new forms of media, one by one," said Jeremy Goldkorn, editor and publisher of Danwei.org, an English-language Web site about the Chinese media and Internet that is currently blocked in China. "It has been a bad half year for censorship.""
Madeline Brownstone

In Rural Africa, a Fertile Market for Mobile Phones - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    "The recent completion of the first of several planned undersea cables connecting East Africa to broadband Internet has raised hopes that high-speed Web access will increase here. "
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    Not relevant directly for medicine, but very good overview of growing mobile phone use in East Africa
Saida K

How to make sure your smartphone payments are secure - 0 views

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    This news article specifies the considerations of using a cellphone to make secure payments. In order to make secure transactions using one's cellphone, a certain procedure must take place. Of course, the mobile phone must have access to the internet, and will go to any website of their choice in which they find something they want to buy, or to simply pay a bill. Also, this can be done using an "application" such as PayPal. PayPal is technically more secure considering that a consumer would only have to write they're credit card information in one place. But with so many people using it, it becomes easier for hackers to access this data, especially with vast quantities of money in the savings. Afterwards, no matter which way you started a transaction, encryptions are always used to transform the that so that only the consumer and business company can read the transaction with the decryption. One possible stakeholder is the consumer whom is indeed effected by making payments using their mobile devices. It's only been recently that they began trusting the internet using a computer, but using the internet via cellphone is a new change that must take time to adjust to. But they are effected since hackers can easily take their money. Plus a third party, can occur during the process of the transaction while the consumer is using another window, and might not notice that they're information is not only going to the business itself. These are all issues of security.
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