The Digital World: What Will They Come Up With Next?
Whats up readers? For those of you who are occasionally reading, or actually following my blog please know that it is much appreciated. The past few months of blogging have been quite interesting and invigorating and I am thrilled to share it with all of you.
As hard as it is to beleive our last week at the Ingenex headquarters took place last Wednesday. Derek is currently in Nepal vacationing with his family for the next three weeks. We have all wished him well on this amazing adventure and look forward to seeing all of his pictures upon his return.
Check out www.SocialHarbor.comand see the new layout and design of the website. Also, take a look at the packagess and benefits of this site. Incase you haven’t been following, Social Harboris a company that builds personal and professional online profiles for business professionals and their companies. A profesional profile is extremely useful in the busines world and is jut what you need to get your name and your companies name out there. Whether you are just emerging into the job market or you are the head of an extremely successful company, Social Harbor can benefit you in a countless amount of ways.
In further news, CEO of Yahoo, Jerry Yang, recently stepped down. Check out my post on the Eco-Friendly website to read more on this event. Also in recent new, Google ha launched a new speech recognition service for the iPhone which was just recently released. The service works just as if you were entering a question into the Google search box. You don’t even have to bother to be formal. When searching for the best Chinese restaurant simply say “best Chinese restaurant,” as opposed to “What is the best Chinese restaurant in Philadelphia.” Although the service still has some bugs to work out, it is still said to be better than any other speech recognition system out there.
Something else I also found interesting, was that American Well has now found a way where patient no longer have to wait to see a doctor for a long period of time. Instead, patient have the option to log onto their computers and be face-to-face with physicians over a Web cam. Consumers whose health plans use American Well will log onto their health plans’ Web sites to access the services. Patients will still be required to pay a co-pay just like at a doctor’s office. Doctors will hold ten minute appointments which have the option to be extended for a fee. Prescriptions are also able to be filed through the system. Although doctors get paid less than an office visit, they get more money for a phone consultation and do not have to worry about scheduling, overhead and paperwork. All they have to do is log on and wait for patients to come to them while American Well files all the claims and deposits the money directly into the doctor’s bank account. It’s as simple as that! For more information, check out www.AmericanWell.com.
As you can see there is a lot going on in the digital world. Who knows what they will come up with next? It is as exciting yet at the same time I am still somewhat skeptical about all of the new technology that has emerged recently. I guess we will just have to wait and see which ones check out and which ones don’t quite make the cut.
Until you read again,
AJM
As always, here is your eco-friendly tip for the week:
Turn off your computer at night to save a ton of energy. Now for those of you, like me, who have a bad habit of leaving your computer on and idle at least put it on standby mode at the end of the day. Doing that, will save 95% of the electricity used compared to leaving it on and idle using up all that energy.
