Nathan Eddy

Social health management company Welltok announced the launch of CaféWell Connect, its partner program. The launch unites condition management and wellness programs with select applications and tracking devices into one platform, the CaféWell Health Optimization Platform. CaféWell Connect partners will have the ability to reach millions through Welltok’s existing client relationships, including four out of […]

Finding Tech Talent: Midwest Competing With the Two Coasts by Nathan Eddy Seattle, Ever Cloudy, but With New Opportunity If Seattle has always been known for its weather-related clouds, before now it hasn’t been known for cloud computing. Amazon, Microsoft and other cloud service providers are seeking professionals with cloud skills in Seattle and surrounding […]

Approximately one in three employees (32 percent) report pay raises to be among their top work-related resolutions for 2014, according to the Glassdoor fourth quarter 2013 Employment Confidence Survey. The Glassdoor survey, conducted online by Harris Interactive, evaluates four key indicators of employee confidence each quarter: business outlook optimism, salary expectations, job security and job […]

While the proportion of Americans who read e-books is growing, few have completely replaced print books for electronic versions, according to a survey of 1,005 American adults conducted by the Pew Research Center. However, the January 2014 survey, conducted just after the 2013 holiday gift-giving season, produced evidence that e-book reading devices are spreading through […]

As companies enter the digital world, they will need to digitalize business processes, invent new digital business models and compete at the speed of business moments, and organizations that use predictive business performance metrics will increase their profitability by 20 percent by 2017, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. With this in […]

Alere Connect, formerly known as MedApps, has been granted a 510(k) market clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for HomeLink, which provides a gateway to Alere’s Connected Health platform, with integrated products and services for health management. The product offering is part of a series of the company’s connected device technologies, which […]

iPhone Apps to Help Track Your Health and Fitness By Nathan Eddy Nike+ Running Keeps You on (the) Track (Free) One of the top-rated free fitness apps in Apple’s App Store, this road-running companion tracks your runs and helps you reach your goals, whether it’s running your first race or setting a new personal record. […]

10 iPhone Apps to Help You Weather Winter by Nathan Eddy Nice Weather 2 Offers a Clear View (Free) Designed with simplicity in mind to provide a clean and simple way to check the weather forecast, this free app offers interactive visualizations of temperatures and precipitations. Automatic forecast updates, multiple units for each indicator and […]

While a majority of small business retailers are aware of an increasingly complex threat and regulatory environment and are applying best security practices and compliance policies to keep safe, more than one in five retailers (22 percent) are not compliant with payment card industry data security standard (PCI DSS), according to a survey sponsored by […]

Retail and hospitality IT specialist Micros Systems is teaming up with Dell, Microsoft and Intel to offer a mobile platform with Micros software. Running on Windows 8.1 technologies, coupled with a new tablet by Dell incorporating the latest Intel Atom processor, the software includes Micros’ Simphony Enterprise for Food & Beverage, Xstore for Retail and […]

Yahoo, LivingSocial, Airbnb Take Top Spots for Weird Interview Questions by Nathan Eddy Airbnb Wants You to Try (Explaining) Your Luck During an interview for a content management position, one potential employee was asked, “How lucky are you and why?” Fifty-two percent of the candidates interviewed found the process to be a positive experience, and […]

Over the past year, smartphone penetration increased from 52 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 to 60 percent of cell phone users in the same period last year, according to the Connected Intelligence Connected Home Report from IT research firm The NPD Group. While fewer smartphone owners reported having an HTC, Motorola or BlackBerry […]