Month: May 2013

Business

New Database Reveals Adjacent Hospitals Charging $200,000 Difference For Same Procedure

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREGORY FERENSTEIN A new federal database of hospital prices shows a massive disparity in medical costs. “Average inpatient charges for services a hospital may provide in connection with a joint replacement range from a low of $5,300 at a hospital in Ada, Oklahoma, to a high of $223,000 at a hospital in Monterey Park, California. Even within the same geographic area,” said Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, who spearheaded a new transparency…

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Business Tablet

Tablet Purchases To Drive Mobile Content Revenues To $65BN In 2016, Up From $40BN+ In 2013, Says Juniper

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As reported on TechCrunch. by NATASHA LOMAS As tablet ownership and usage continues its upward trajectory, little surprise that more people are expected to be paying for more stuff on tablets in the coming years. But analyst Juniper Research has put out a new mobile content revenue forecast predicting that purchases on tablets will be the primary engine for growth — ergo: beating out smartphones — in the mobile content market over the next three years. The analyst expects annual revenue generated from…

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Google

Google Hangouts On Air updated with live broadcast rewinding and instant YouTube uploads

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As reported on Engadget. By Mark Hearn Did helping granny set up that Netflix account cause you to be late to your friend’s big On Air Hangout? What would’ve been a calamity last week is but a minor hitch now. Earlier today, Google updated its live video streaming service with a new set of “highly requested” features. In addition to restarting a broadcast at will, recordings are now available on YouTube immediately after an On Air Hangout ends. As…

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Photography

Stop Faking the Funk and Go Make a Picture

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As reported on Wired. BY JAKOB SCHILLER Feature on NFL Minnesota Viking Jared Allen for MAXIM. Breaking Bad actors Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul for NEWSWEEK/Daily Beast. Photographed on location in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Feature for Field & Stream on Ville Platte, Squirrel Town USA. Feature on 60 million dollar High School football stadium in Allen, Texas. Photographed for ESPN the Magazine. Sniper School photographed for MAXIM. Lyle Lovett for GQ. Basketball guru turned ESPN analyst Jeff Van Gundy photographed at his home in Houston, Texas forMen’s…

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Application Excersize

Fitbit Flex review

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As reported on The Verge. By David Pierce Whipping you into shape one step at a time For a little over a month, I’ve been getting off my subway one stop early and walking the rest of the way home. I’ve been playing soccer twice a week, and trying to drink eight glasses of water every day. I’ve been running more, eating better, but still not sleeping nearly enough.     I’ve been testing the Fitbit…

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Application Business

Adobe Photoshop and Creative Suite to become subscription-only products

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes  Camera shake reduction comes to Photoshop, Adobe upgrades and rebrands entire Creative Suite Adobe is making a major move into the cloud. The company has just announced the next version of its flagship digital editing tools, Creative Suite, and for the first time the new products will only be available through the company’s online subscription service. Adobe previously offered standalone editions of each product, which users could choose to…

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Since Photos Are Boring Without Filters, Glassagram Will Spice Up Your Google Glass Pics

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DREW OLANOFF Thanks to Instagram, we rarely see photos taken from camera phones without some type of filter on it. Even Twitter’s photo service uses Aviary to drop an earthy overlay or black-and-white treatment onto your digital masterpiece. Google Glass users aren’t going to be left out of this craze thanks to an app aptly namedGlassagram. Again, this is the type of app that we’re seeing early on, consisting of the…

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Culture

What You Need To Know About The Liberator 3D-Printed Pistol

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOHN BIGGS Now that we have confirmation that the Liberator 3D-printed pistol can be fired without destroying the body, let’s address what this means for 3D printed weapons and, presumably, homemade weapons in general. Does the pistol work? Yes, it can be fired at least once without damage to the body of the gun or the person at the trigger. Andy Greenberg at Forbes has seen the gun fire multiple times and the video above shows…

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Microsoft

Microsoft tops 100 million Windows 8 licenses sold, promises Windows Blue update in 2013

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas For many observers, the real story for Windows 8 was never going to be the 60 million licenses sold during the holiday rush — it was always about the long term. The first indications of its post-launch impact are here, and show mixed results. In an interview on the company blog, Microsoft CMO/CFO Tami Reller says that it “recently” sold its 100 millionth Windows 8 license since the OS launched in October.…

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Business Internet

US Senate passes internet sales tax bill, faces a stiff fight in House

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas The debate over taxing out-of-state online sales in the US has been raging for years, but there are signs that the often messy saga is finally winding to a close… well, maybe. The Senate just voted 69-27 in favor of the Marketplace Fairness Act, a bill that would make internet retailers collect out-of-state sales taxes that Americans are already obligated to pay, but rarely do under a current system that…

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