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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.

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.

Not a legit news source, actually a puff piece for Deviceanywhere. However, it points to issues around mobile phone use in health services.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this article, RFID is being used in the business world. People are now able to purchase phones with the capability of making purchases by moving it over the terminal. RFID technology allows people to stop using credit cards, making the process of buying something even more convenient. The stakeholders are the credit card companies, the people using this new technology, and the stores with the terminals that read RFID. Credit card companies need to have a good security system to ensure their customers and users that their information will be kept safe on the RFID chip. The people who are switching to this new technology are risking their private information for convenience. The stores with these new RFID terminals are also risking their customers' private information because there is a possibility that their system could be hacked. The area of impact is Business and Employment. Businesses are switching to this new technology because it is convenient for them as well as their customers. The main issues that arise from using RFID are security and reliability. The RFID terminal needs to be reliable so that every customer is able to use the RFID chip on their phone to make purchases. The security issue is that a hacker may be able to get into the system to read customers' private information. It may also be possible for a hacker to carry around a portable terminal that would be able to store people's private information on it for future usage. The security system described in this article sounds like a good start, but more needs to be done to keep up with the technology that is growing along with it.

"Sneaky people and technology can turn your cell phone against you. Cell phone spyware makes it easy for someone to eavesdrop on your conversations, intercept text messages and identify your location. And you may never know it's happening, experts say."

This article discusses the security flaw that is present in the current mobile device, Android. The Android is easily able to download applications onto the phone, however certain applications may contain Trojan horses and other malicious malware. This impacts businesses and employment because large companies allow their employees to use the Android during work in order to record, send and transmit important information. However with lack of security, certain applications may have the ability to leak sensitive and private company information to others. This impacts the stakeholders: which includes the company whose information is being leaked and the employee that is using the device to store their data and send files to one another. Due to the lack of security that is enabled on the applications and the phone, certain applications make it harmful to store private company data. This becomes an issue of security because the applications are not secure and therefore the phone cannot be used for business purposes because the lack of security causes a threat on privacy as well. Solutions to this are a closed application approval process which is what apple does with its application- each one is viewed in order to see if it is secure. This step should be taken with the applications that are on the Android as well in order to make it more secure.

This about the production of a silicon cell phone.

"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. "

"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. "

phone apps for tracking health data (cached version of WSJ article)

"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. "

Not relevant directly for medicine, but very good overview of growing mobile phone use in East Africa

"African entrepreneurs have successfully capitalised on cascading prices of digital technologies and brought widespread use of mobile phones, internet applications and media products to the doorsteps of many Africans. Local entrepreneurs have built services and infrastructure based on ordinary people's ability to pay. Productivity gains and higher incomes resulting from these services mean that people can afford them. The profitability of these companies invites competition, which lowers costs for consumers and leads to even greater innovations as competitors try to outdo one another. And competition prevents abuses."