Medication errors in hospitals don’t disappear with new technology
A pharmacy technician counts prescription medication at a pharmacy in Edmond, Okla. In the first six months of 2016, Pennsylvania hospitals reported 889 medication errors or close calls that were…
How to Avoid Unwanted Communications on Social Media
That recent tech innovation known as the internet has made keeping in touch with family and friends easier than ever—but it might also have brought you some unwelcome attention from…
Mobile-phone signals bolster street-level rain forecasts
Meteorologists have long struggled to forecast storms and flooding at the level of streets and neighborhoods, but they may soon make headway thanks to the spread of mobile-phone networks. This…
Gaming is not an addiction
It’s common to hear parents complain that their children are “addicted” to video games. Some researchers even claim these games are comparable to illegal drugs in terms of their influence…
Cloud Pirates Gets Release Date, Launch Content Update – Trailer
A thousand years ago, the world of Sarnaut was split by a cataclysm into countless islands that drift through the Astral space. Before long, people invented flying ships to travel…
When It Comes To SEO, How Cheap Is Too Cheap?
pexels.com pexels.com One of the biggest concerns I find with business owners and marketers apprehensive about starting a search engine optimization (SEO) campaign is the cost; they’re worried they may…
Pebble update will keep watches ticking indefinitely
Your Pebble smartwatch won't get washed away with Fitbit's takeover. Sarah Tew/CNET If you have a Pebble smartwatch, you've probably been worrying about how long your timepiece will keep working…
Mobile Pain Doctor Ordered To Jail
Patrick Couch was convicted of overprescribing narcotics and healthcare fraud in February, 2017. A Mobile pain doctor, convicted of overprescribing potent narcotics to hundreds of patients, has been ordered to…
A look back on the golden age of Atari gaming
This excerpt is from Jamie Lendino’s Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation, an amazing book that details with an obsessive’s eye the rise and fall of Atari 8-bit computers. While…
Single sign-on service requires a cloud-era update
Who are you? That’s the question, essentially, that any enterprise system asks every time an application attempts to access it. It's a question, in other words, each enterprise system must…