Abstract Objective Consumers are living longer, creating more pressure on the health system and increasing their requirement for self-care of chronic conditions. Despite rapidly-increasing numbers of mobile health applications (‘apps’) for consumers’ self-care, there is a paucity of research into consumer engagement with electronic self-monitoring. This paper presents a qualitative ... Read More »
When there’s a breaking story — and there always seems to be these day — you’ll want one of the best news apps on your phone. When you launch a news app, you can stay informed, with the best options going beyond the headlines to help you understand more about ... Read More »
Sometime around 6:30PM ET on May 6th, popular iOS apps from major companies like DoorDash, Spotify, TikTok, and Venmo suddenly starting crashing. The culprit didn’t remain a mystery for long. Developers on Twitter and GitHub quickly discovered the cause to be an issue with the software development kit (SDK) from ... Read More »
Here’s an idea—if a smartphone can’t be secured against the most dangerous and malicious known threats, then it shouldn’t be sold. But a shock new report from consumer group Which claims this is exactly what is happening right now. “More than one billion Android devices are at risk of malware threats,” Which says, with as many as 40% ... Read More »
Today I am going to get to the bottom of things and take myself out to dinner because I have an Android phone and there is finally an Android version of the popular Co—Star astrology app. The FOMO can now come to an end for Android users who have not been able to ... Read More »
It was in 2017 when Apple took the world by storm with the iPhone X. At the time, the iPhone X brought the fancy future of technology to the present world with features that were never seen before on the regular phone. The narrow-bezel display and the infamous notch changed ... Read More »
Windows 10 begins 2020 hoping to turn a page on a bug-ridden 2019. Problems ranged from frustrating to limiting, chaotic to simply bizarre and Microsoft was even hit by a whistle-blower exposing the reasons for the increase in instability. But now 2020 is off to a rocky start as well. Windows 10 updates continue to cause problems STEVE KOTECKI ... Read More »
A leading organization for chief information officers in healthcare is urging Congress to take action to protect patients’ data privacy as proposed federal rules aim to open up medical data to third-party apps. In a letter sent to Reps. Fred Upton, R-Michigan, and Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, on Monday, the College of ... Read More »
Brace yourselves. The “best of” everything end-of-year lists are here. With 2019 coming to a close, Apple released its list for this year’s most downloaded iPhone apps. And … it’s not very different from last year. Taking the number one spot for the second year in a row is YouTube. Meanwhile, ... Read More »
The Apple iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max have great battery life. Seriously: epic. But that didn’t stop Apple from wanting to go one better and provide a protective case with a battery built in. But this new model of smart case had new features which ... Read More »
