Nathan Eddy

The marketplace for Android tablets just got a little bigger with the release of the Platinum line of tablets from Archos, which includes 8-inch, 9.7-inch and 10.1-inch devices: the 80b Platinum, the 97b Platinum HD and 101 Platinum, respectively. The tablets feature quad-core central processing units (CPUs) running at 1.6 GHz, and are coupled with […]

Chinese smartphone manufacturer ZTE launched two handsets in the United States, the Nubia 5 and the Grand S, two midrange devices running Google’s Android operating system and coming to the market this week through Amazon and other online retailers. The Nubia 5 is compatible with GSM/UMTS (Global System for Mobile Communications/Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) carriers […]

Cloud-based practice management, electronic health records (EHR) and medical billing software and services provider CareCloud announced a partnership with file-sharing site Box at the annual Health 2.0 Fall Conference on Oct. 2, which integrates Box’s secure content-sharing and collaboration capabilities into the CareCloud cloud-based platform. Providers using CareCloud’s platform can give patients access to their […]

Disk drive and storage provider WD on Oct. 3 introduced its My Cloud line of what it calls “personal cloud” desktop storage machines that enable users to organize and secure digital content from their computers and mobile devices and access those files from anywhere. The My Cloud units also have a mobile app for iOS […]

Executives in the global telecommunications industry are heeding the need to fund enhanced security activities and have substantially improved technology safeguards, processes and strategies, with budgets rising, confidence high and the number and cost of detected incidents down, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey based on responses from 456 senior telecom executives. While just more […]

Doctors need to educate consumers about digital medical records to comply with upcoming federal mandates, as more health-care providers continue to adopt electronic health records (EHRs), according to Xerox’s fourth annual EHR survey of 2,009 adults in the United States, which was conducted by Harris Interactive. Just 29 percent of those who have a doctor […]

The overall percentage of purchases made using mobile phones and tablet devices is increasing, according to the latest report from global payments solution specialist Adyen, which showed that mobile-payment transactions on its platform from May to August 2013 have increased by 27 percent worldwide, jumping from 13.8 percent of all transactions at the end of […]

Rapid quality and performance innovations across all 3D printing technologies will drive enterprise and consumer demand as worldwide shipments of 3D printers priced less than $100,000 will grow 49 percent in 2013 to reach a total of 56,507 units, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. The company’s first forecast of the less-than-$100,000 […]

Mobile cloud application service provider Macheen announced its own branded software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering, Macheen Mobile Connect, a cellular data platform designed to enable devices to connect through mobile broadband, without needing a traditional data plan or relying on unsecure WiFi hotspots. Mobile Connect will allow device providers to ensure that its store, social media applications […]

AT&T announced it has begun deployment of a fiber Internet broadband network in Austin, Texas, that promises to deliver speeds of up to 1G bps, and the December launch will initially feature symmetrical speeds of up to 300M bps. AT&T’s U-verse with GigaPower service is initially planned to reach tens of thousands of customer locations […]

Technology giant IBM announced that Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS), a non-profit organization in Spokane, Wash., is working to improve patient care through their cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) services delivered to physicians and medical facilities with IBM server and storage technology. The solution, provided through IBM Business Partner Solutions-II, consists of System x3850 and […]

Hybrid cloud computing is at the same place today that private cloud was three years ago, with actual deployments low, but aspirations high, and nearly half of large enterprises will have hybrid cloud deployments by the end of 2017, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. The report noted organizations that are well […]