Did Newsweek really find Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto?
UPDATE: Newsweek’s reporting was wrong: “There was a false unmasking by Newsweek in 2014″ Newsweek has posted a cover story by Leah McGrath Goodman, claiming to have located the inventor…
Developing Android apps using App Inventor 2
Front Page | Explore MIT App Inventor. App Inventor is perhaps the fastest and easiest way to develop custom Android applications. App Inventor uses a graphical programming model in a…
90% of Obamacare private insurance plan purchases were by people who were already insured
A survey of 4,562 plan purchasers by McKinsey & Co found that 11 percent had no insurance and 89% were switching from an existing plan (presumably due to being eligible…
The challenge of health information data normalization
Different facilities and doctors use different terminology to describe the same things which makes the exchange of patient data difficult: Until the data is normalized, the true potential of HIEs…
Google Merchant Accounts: How do you change your business address?
Update: Multiple updates, below. Today (November 11) I received a reply from Google that says in order to change my address, I have to set up a new merchant account…
Why does Android’s Google Maps need access to your personal contacts list?
Google has updated the Maps app for Android. The update says the app now requires access to your contacts list. Why? To share with their business partner, the NSA? Who…
#NSA’s PRISM enables staff to query Internet service providers data using NSA gear installed at corporate sites
According to the Washington Post, the PRISM system enables NSA staff to enter search commands that ultimately go directly to equipment that spies on US cloud-based servers: U.S., company officials:…
The Guardian has released an additional NSA slide on PRISM
It reinforces that the NSA is intercepting fiber communications within the Internet and has direct access to the server farms of major companies including Microsoft, Google, Facebook and so on:…
Health Care and Insurance Fees to Consume 1/3d of typical family income by 2022
Look for insurance savings – San Francisco Chronicle. By 2022, the typical family will pay 1/3d of their income to the health insurance and health industry industrial complex: It is…
HR is often a road block to hiring good workers
Ask The Headhunter: The Talent Shortage Myth and Why HR Should Get Out of the Hiring Business | The Business Desk with Paul Solman | PBS NewsHour | PBS. At…