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Survey: EMR most commonly supported mobile app in hospitals

February 23, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

DrChrono EMR

Right now, businesses are struggling with the consumerization of IT, or BYOD (bring your own device) as many have taken to calling it. Basically, it’s the introduction of consumer gadgets like the iPad and Android smartphones into a company’s technology mix. It can cause problems like corporate data residing on a personally-owned phone that your […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile, Stats & Figures Tagged With: electronic medical records, EMR, healthcare, iPad, mobile, survey

Nokia puts suppliers on notice with anti-conflict mineral policy

February 4, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Rare earth mining and its associated trade bankrolls a lot of the violence that’s gripping the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). And given the convoluted supply chains that have become a hallmark of today’s global economy, these “conflict minerals” can wind up in your electronics. That’s a problem. Nokia has taken an official stance on […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: conflict minerals, Congo, Nokia

SanDisk, Western Digital at odds over SSDs

January 26, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

SanDisk SSD

Surprise, surprise… A little war of words is brewing over solid-state drives (SSDs) and their market ascendancy in 2012. SanDisk, a company best known for making memory cards — the kind that goes in cameras and other gadgets — says that its “small form-factor client SSD” business is going gangbusters. Moreover, this is the year that […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile, Storage Tagged With: SanDisk, solid-state drive, SSD, Ultrabooks, Western Digital

Green government: iPad helps Iowan city council go paperless

January 24, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

One Iowan city council is sick of pushing paper and they’re turning to the iPad for help. The city of Indianola purchased 17  iPad 2’s (16 GB, Wi-Fi only) for its city council members to use. Though it’s a device of many uses, one of the prime motivations behind the move is to eliminate the tens of […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: iPad, paperless, tablet

Stat of the day: Tablet and e-reader ownership reaches 19 percent

January 23, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

iPads

It looks like this past holiday season, Apple and Amazon moved a lot of iPads and Kindles, respectively. At least that’s what some new data from Pew Internet suggests. Ownership of tablets and e-readers both hit 19 percent in the U.S. by the end of 2011, according to the results of a survey of 2,000 […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: e-readers, market, research, statistics, tablets

CES 2012: Year of non-vaporware, $8,000 OLED TVs?

January 12, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Samsung OLED - CES 2012 reveal

$8,000 is steep for a 55-inch TV. But think back to when plasma and LCD TVs first hit the market and look at where we are today. Feel better? If you do, then you’ll love Michael Kanellos’ post on Forbes today. Granted, he writes that the sets ‘might’ cost $8,000 when they first hit store shelves […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: CES, Consumer Electronics Show, Kateeva, LG, OLED, Samsung

Are Mirasol e-readers doomed already?

January 9, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Mirasol display

I so wanted Qualcomm to hit it out of the park with its Mirasol display technology. Here’s tech that blends the readability of e-ink while able to reproduce color and handle video. It’s a win-win-win, particularly now that e-readers and tablets are burning up mobile marketplace. Sadly, the first Mirasol products are failing to excite […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: CES, e-readers, Mirasol display, Qualcomm

CES 2012: LG’s 55-inch OLED TV ‘making love to our eyes’

January 9, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

LG 55-inch OLED TV

LG finally (and literally) took the wraps off its 55-inch OLED television, which the company fully intends to mass produce. We’ll just have to wait and see on that last part, but if today’s unveil is any indication, if and when the TV hits store shelves, it will be a truly momentous occasion. Why? Let’s look […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: CES, LG, OLED

CES 2012: 5 green gadgets to watch

January 9, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is nearly upon us and this year there are plenty of gadgets to warm the hearts of green geeks… If they know where to look. CES is where electronics makers debut their cool new gear with the hopes that they will end up in your living room, or more recently, […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile, Green IT Tagged With: CES, Consumer Electronics Show, Kindle, LG, Mirasol display, OLED, SSD, Ultrabooks

3 reasons the iPad hasn’t kicked off the paperless office (yet)

December 30, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

iPad 2 - White

iPads are everywhere, at least around these parts. And they’re starting to pop up in a lot of offices, too, with a good share of SMBs willing to take the plunge. With these sleek, connected tablets in hand, you’d think you would no longer need to lug around printouts of spreadsheets, memos and other documents. […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile, Green IT Tagged With: Apple, Flipboard, iOS, iPad, paperless, tablets

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