February 08, 2013
iPhone 4 announced – What this means for iPad 2
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So yesterday’s was amazing. I think we learned a lot what is coming down the road for iPad 2.
I think an exciting thing will be the aluminosilicate glass – glass that’s 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic. It’s also finger print proof! No more smudges!
Another great feature is the retina display. I think that the display looks great, however, the retina technology is going to make this thing look like liquid. If you looked closely to the letters on this screen, you can almost make out the pixels in the letters. With retina display, each pixel is getting replaced by 4 smaller pixels that can even get higher resolution. Beautiful!
And one more thing we would like to see is the three-axis gyroscope. This will make movement with the iPad 2 in games amazing and accurate.
Read what about iPhone 4 announcement for iPad 2.
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February 07, 2013
Wired Magazine’s iPad edition on pace to outsell print edition
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After just nine days Wired Magazine for the iPad has already sold over 79,000 copies. That’s pretty impressive, and to put it in perspective their newsstand sales average around 80,000 per month. While that number does not include subscription sales, this is still quite a coup for iPad magazines.
It will be interesting to see what will happen in coming months. We might see that sales were high for Wired on the iPad because of the newness and excitement and will drop off in the coming months. Or we might see Wired (and parent company Conde Nast) lower their pricing and continue to improve their offering.
What do you think? Would you rather get Wired on the iPad or print? What about other publications you read? I renewed my MacWorld subscription on my iPad through Zinio rather than the print edition. I really enjoy reading MacWorld and the other magazines I’ve subscribed to on the iPad. I love the interface and I love that all my magazines are with me at all times. But I have to admit I miss a few things about actual print magazines. I can’t dog ear a page to remind me to come back to it. I can’t hand the magazine over to a friend when I’m done with it. I can’t leave a copy on my coffee table for others to look through. If you’ve ever been to my house you know I like to leave a copy of Scientific America out on the coffee table to impress you.
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February 06, 2013
Guinness recognizes the fastest iPad typer
by on Jun.02, 2010, under
With Federer battling it out at the French Open and the Lakers and the Celtics meeting up in the NBA playoffs it’s understanding that you might have overlooked this incredible competition, but the title of Worldest Fastest iPad Typer has been bestowed upon 28 year old Joseph Grech.
The Guinness World Records team showed up to the iPad’s debut at an Apple store in the UK where Grech was in line at 3am looking forward to being one of the first to get an iPad. Over 30 people competed with the goal of typing the alphabet from A-Z in the fastest time and Grech clocked 6.61 seconds barely beating out the second fastest time of 6.7 seconds.
Guinness World Records spokesman said,
“The new Apple iPad is such an iconic and exciting device. Today it seems only fitting that arguably the biggest launch in Apple’s long and distinguished history is also the backdrop to its iPad being involved in a Guinness World Record breaker attempt.”
The good people of Guinness were also on hand to catch a photograph of the world’s tallest married couple purchasing their iPads. Thank God that moment did not go undocumented.
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: Can you fly this plane, and land it?
: Surely you can’t be serious.
: I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley. – Airplane
“Ladies and gentleman you are now free to use approved electronic devices” are the sweetest words you can hear on an airplane. That’s when you can pull out your iPad. But what if you don’t have an iPad? Then you’re left staring enviously at the passengers that do.
But it seems that Jetstar, a subsidiary of Qantas, has a solution in iPads for rent on every flight. Â They will begin a trial program later this month with iPad’s available pre-loaded with movies, music, TV shows, games and books for $10.
“We are really excited to commence trialing the iPads, as we’re always looking for ways to enhance our customer’s Jetstar experience. Given the demand for the iPad so far, I anticipate it will have strong appeal amongst our passengers,” said Jetstar CEO Bruce Buchanan as reported by.
And here’s the clincher they will even allow for the iPad to be used during take-off and landing, when other electronic devices have to be shut off. I think this will prove to be a popular program for sure. Not only will it provide great entertainment to passengers, but I foresee it leading to more iPad sales. If you can put an iPad in someone’s hands for a 2 hour flight you’ll likely have a future iPad customer. I’m sure many of you have experienced putting an iPad into the hands of a non-believer only to have to pry it out of their hands an hour later.
So would you like to see iPads making an appearance on your future flights?
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February 05, 2013
Do you need unlimited internet on your iPad?
by on Jun.05, 2010, under
So the big question going through every iPad owners mind right now is do I need unlimited internet on my iPad or is 2GB enough? If you have not purchased your iPad by midnight on June 6th than you will have the option of either the 200MB data plan for $14.99 a month or the 2GB data plan for $25.00 a month, but for iPad owners who purchased before June 6th you also have the option of unlimited internet for $29.99 a month provided that you lock that in by midnight on June 6th and you must maintain the unlimited plan in order to remain eligible.
Gone is the flexibility that AT&T touted at the iPad’s debut allowing us to go from unlimited, 25oMB or no internet at all month to month at will, with no contracts. So what to do? Do you need unlimited internet or will 2GB suffice? For many iPad users it’s too soon to tell. If you’ve only had your iPad a few days or weeks do you have a full grasp on just how much internet you’ll average per month? Probably not.
2GB is actually quite a bit of data for example I’m a very heavy data user on my iPhone and use approximately 500MB a month and after comparing with my friends I was the heaviest iPhone data user by a lot. So I think the new data plans will be good for many users. That is, until you start watching video.
According to AT&T 2GB of data will get you the following:
Sending/receiving 10,000 one-page text emails and 1,500 one-page emails with an attachment, viewing 4,000 Web pages, uploading/downloading 500 photos to social media sites, and (only)Â 200 minutes of standard-quality video watching a month
Gizmodo did some real life testing and came up with :
YouTube: When we watched a , 2MB was used; so if 2GB is 2048MB, one could theoretically watch 17 hours of programming on YouTube before using up all your bandwidth for the month. This assumes you do NOTHING else on your iPad that eats up bandwidth.
Netflix: When we watched an episode of Netflix () running 21:54, 55MB of bandwidth was used; so, let’s say 22min is 55MB, then Netflix consumes 2.5MB for every minute of streaming video watched. Therefore:
- A half hour TV show (~22min.) on Netflix would consume 55MB of data
- An hour-long TV show (~43min.) on Netflix would consume 110MB of data
- An hour-long movie on Netflix would consume 150MB of data
- An hour and a half movie on Netflix would consume 225MB of data
- A two-hour movie on Netflix would consume 300MB of data
** In total, you could watch 13.65 hours of programming on before using up all your bandwidth. This assumes you do nothing else on your iPad that month to eat up your bandwidth.  (And remember: the average American per month alone.)
ABC App: We watched an episode of Better Off Ted, running 25:41 with ads used 97MB. For simplicity’s sake, let’s average it out to 26min and 100MB. That’s ~4MB/minute.
- A half hour TV Show on ABC streaming would consume an estimated 100MB
- An hour-long TV Show on ABC streaming would consume an estimated 200MB
** In total, you could watch 10.24 hours of programming on ABC Streaming App before using up all your bandwidth. Again, this assumes you do nothing else on your iPad that month.
I see the iPad as a media consumption device. Keyword: consumption. And if you also plan on using the iPad to watch videos than I suggest you get on the unlimited plan now while it’s still available. The good news is after a few months if you don’t feel like the extra $5 a month for unlimited is worth it you can always downgrade to the 2GB plan. But if you’re not on the unlimited plan in time you’ll miss out for good.
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News Flash: Gadgets are distracting
by on Jun.07, 2010, under
The yesterday about the effect that our 24/7 access to information through email, phone calls, texts, Twitters and the web via our gadgets is overloading our brains.
“While many people say multitasking makes them more productive, research shows otherwise. Heavy multitaskers actually have more trouble focusing and shutting out irrelevant information, scientists say, and they experience more stress.”
At least I think it was a great article, I started to read it and then an email came in that I had to read, which reminded me I needed to return a phone call and then my dog was being extra cute so I had to take a picture and post it to my Facebook page, then it was time to harvest my We Rule crops, which of course made me hungry so I headed over to Yelp to figure out where to go for lunch and then the guy in the car behind me kept honking because the light was green and . . . what were we talking about?
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February 04, 2013
Modified Macs make great iPad stands. Who knew.
by on Jun.10, 2010, under
Welcome to another episode of Repurposing: The iPad edition. If you have an old Macintosh or iBook just laying around, taking up space, it’s time to put it to work on behalf of your new iPad.
Exhibit A: Â a 1984 Macintosh makes a geek-tastic iPad stand
Exhibit B: iBook finds a new life as an iPad stand with keyboard
Ooh. I have an idea. What if you bought two more iPad’s and you fashioned them together with an extra set of white Apple headphones into a makeshift stand and then . . . .
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Extra Time: World Cup coverage expands greatly on the Web and mobile phones
By Jake Coyle, APWednesday, June 9, 2010
World Cup coverage expands on the Web, cell phones
NEW YORK — With games airing live on cell phones and computers, the World Cup will get more online coverage than any major sporting event yet. Watching highlights the next day on TV or YouTube will suddenly seem a downright ancient way to keep up with the action.
When the soccer tournament begins Friday, footy fans can follow the action from an array of mobile and Web applications and share in triumph and heartbreak across social media.
Walt Disney Co. networks ESPN and ABC, which are broadcasting the games in the U.S., will stream 54 games live on the newly launched ESPN3.com, formerly ESPN360. The games are free to those in the U.S. who get their Internet from a service provider affiliated with ESPN, including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and many others. The 10 games that will air live on ABC won’t be available on ESPN3.com, but all 64 matches in the Cup will be available live on mobile devices to customers whose plans include TV on their phones.
Univision Communications has the Spanish-language broadcasting rights in the U.S., and it, too, will have games available on Univision.com and Univision Movil.
The digital coverage will be an especially important component for the World Cup because U.S. audiences will be watching many of the games - all being played in South Africa - during the day, possibly on their computers at work.
Comparing the digital experiences of the 2010 World Cup to the 2006 World Cup, Josh Kosner, senior vice president and general manager of ESPN Digital Media, said, “Things have changed utterly.”
“This is going to be the biggest and most powerful demonstration of this, and it’s just the start,” Kosner said. “It’s the play book, it’s the blueprint for what’s coming.”
NBC’s online coverage of the last Winter Olympics - also an international, daytime event - was extensive, drawing 45 million video streams. Traffic to NBCOlympics.com more than tripled from the 2006 Winter Games, with 45.7 million total visits compared to 13.3 million in 2006. That happened even though NBC held a lot of the footage for its prime-time broadcasts. ESPN expects worldwide online traffic for the World Cup to double or triple that of 2006.
The World Cup, a mixture of global and niche audiences - where some games mean much more to citizens of Honduras, for example - is particularly suited to the Internet. ESPN3.com, for example, will have the option to watch some games in either Portuguese, Arabic, German, Japanese or Korean.
The actual games are only part of the experience. Many media outlets have launched mobile applications, most of which feature live scores, news updates and some integration with Facebook or Twitter. Among them are apps from Fox Soccer Channel, The Associated Press, Goal.com, Mundial and many others.
ESPN has several, including an ESPN Radio app that gives live play-by-play audio. Turner Sports’ SportsNow app promises direct linking to Facebook and Twitter to facilitate “trash-talk directly from the app.”
Online interest in the World Cup has been building. The elaborate Nike World Cup commercial directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has been watched by more than 13 million on YouTube since debuting on May 17.
For the past year, Akamai Technologies Inc., which delivers about 20 percent of the world’s Internet traffic, has been building its capability in anticipation of the World Cup. It expects traffic to be two or three times as heavy as what was measured during President Barack Obama’s inauguration - thus far, the high point for traffic volume at about 1 terabit, or 1 trillion bits of data, per second. (Higher-quality video is also a major factor in boosting volume.)
“It could well be another watershed event in terms of people understanding what is now possible to do with video online,” Akamai Chief Scientist Tom Leighton said. “This will draw a lot of people at once and that will cause people to be aware en masse that, hey, you can do some very cool things with video online that you can’t even do with broadcast right now.”
The World Cup is also shaping up to be a benchmark in the evolution of mobile TV, which is common in South Korea, growing in the rest of Asia, Africa and South America, but nascent in the U.S. and Europe. ESPN has partnered with AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, FLO TV and MobiTV to bring games to cell phones.
Any surge in bandwidth for live video could test those networks, which are already clogged. Just last week, AT&T announced that to ease congestion on its network, it would no longer offer unlimited Internet data plans for new smart-phone customers.
ESPN’s Kosner acknowledged that those with live TV on their mobile phones are still a “relatively small audience,” but predicted that the World Cup will be “a galvanizing event” for the capability.
Of course, technology is also being used for more quirky ends.
If you hurry, you can catch the final ticks to the World Cup Countdown app, which has simply been counting down to kickoff in South Africa since last year.
The Drinksin Footy Pubs 2010 app lets U.K. fans know the nearest pubs carrying the games. LiveSoccerTV.com, similarly, offers “soccer friendly” bars in the U.S.
Technology truly meets soccer enthusiasm in South Korea, where a World Cup iPhone app from KT Corp. includes a “glow stick mode” that lights up the screen with fluorescent colors when the phone is shaken - perfect for exuberant waving in South Africa or anywhere near a screen playing the games.
That still leaves one, essential question: Where’s Becks?
Fear not. David Beckham, the dashing British wingman, has signed on with Yahoo Inc. as its “global football ambassador.” Along with its extensive Cup coverage (which includes a toolbar just for updates and scores), Yahoo will offer a Beckham channel to share the midfielder’s thoughts on the Cup.
Associated Press Writer Sangwon Yoon in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this report.
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February 03, 2013
• Hello iPad, Goodbye Netbook
• What Does the Mac's Non-Presence at Apple's WWDC Mean?
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• First look: Safari 5's Extensions
• What Safari 5 Extensions Mean To Mac Users
• Safari Extensions Site Already
• A First Overview and Roundup of Safari Extensions
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• Style On The Move: Apple MacBook
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• The Tech Night Owl: The Verdict: Jobs is Rational, Ballmer is Otherwise.......
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Microsoft’s going the Google way to offer its widely used and highly-priced Office Suite Online for free. The Redmond company offers free online office components that comprises Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote as a part of free online suite called Office Web Apps. That said, the online edition of the Microsoft Office is an substantial development for consumers in the current round of updates. Overtly, it projects Microsoft’s commitment to cloud computing - - promoting applications online instead of desktop programs. On a broader perspective it seems the software giant is all set to take on the rivals such as Google and Zoho offering online office suites. With a week’s time for the release of new version of traditional desktop Microsoft Office version - Office 2010, we decided on an extensive comparison with online version. Before you set out to purchase the desktop version, you need to see whether the online version of Office Suite has enough to do with.
In order to use the free Office Web Suite you need to visit the office.live.com. To work on the new online Office you will need a free account for the company’s broader Windows Live onilne service.
The Office Web Apps run smoothly on all major browsers - Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Chrome. As is expected, the online version of Office suite lacks some of the local desktop version of Office. Microsoft is trying to ensure that the profitability of its Desktop suite is not compromised. Then, why did Microsoft launch the online Office Web Apps? The software major is draws a line between the two versions — referring the Office Web Apps as a companion to desktop Office for “light” work.
Let’s take a look at the major pros and cons of using the Office Web Apps over Office 2010
Pros
User Interface
Online version of the Office suite wears a simpler look and feel than its desktop counterpart. It includes the Ribbon feature.
Storage
The new Web Apps boasts of a 25 gigabytes of free online storage for the documents, via a companion Microsoft online storage system called SkyDrive. The Office Web Apps produce documents that use the same file formats as the desktop programs. The desktop program gets fully accurate when it is opened in desktop Office. This is clearly fidelity. In the tests the claim is held true, at least on my Windows PC.
Features
- The new version of desktop Office suite has several new features, but most of them are devoted to power users or corporate users. It isn’t a big change as the predecessors.
- Two web apps, Excel and OneNote allow multiple users to log on work on the same document togather. The Excel online is a reduced version of the
- The Office Web App use a variety of fonts and styles, insert and resize photos and create tables.
- It allows you to view documents but not edit them on your iPhone or iPad. It also works with other mobile devices.
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February 02, 2013
Thursday, June 10, 2010
BANGALORE - Som Mittal, President of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) has said outsourcing business in India has witnessed more than nine times growth, from 1.6 billion dollars to 14.7 billion dollars in the last decade.
Addressing media persons here on Wednesday, Mittal said: “In this last decade, from 1.6 billion, we rose to 14.7 dollars.”
He further said that India’s back-office outsourcing business would post a growth of 15 to 16 percent in 2010 to March 2011 on growing demands from overseas clients.
There is a growth in the employment sector as well, as far as the BPO industry is concerned.
He pointed out that even two-tier cities have become the hub of IT industry and software development.Today, BPO industry is in 50 cities and towns. I think that’s very significant, so, a large part of the business did come from top six-seven cities, but the fact that they are already in 50 cities, is very significant,” he added.
“Several new upcoming areas such as procurement services, healthcare outsourcing and knowledge services, which include services such as research and analytics, legal services outsourcing, financial research and data management, are expected to aid the growth of the BPO industry in the future,” Mittal said.
NASSCOM is the premier trade body for the IT-BPO industries in India. (ANI)
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Google’s AdMob attacks Apple’s new mobile ad rules
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. thinks its increasingly bitter rival Apple Inc. is trying to muscle it out of the mobile advertising competition on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
The latest dispute between the Silicon Valley powerhouses centers on a proposed change that could hobble Google’s ability to sell and place ads on devices running on Apple’s latest mobile operating system, which comes out this month.
Omar Hamoui, the executive in charge of Google’s newly acquired mobile ad service, AdMob, attacked Apple’s new restrictions in a blog posting Wednesday as a threat to competition. He also warned the change would decrease the ad revenue flowing to the developers of iPhone and iPad applications, a scenario that could drive up the prices that consumers pay for the programs.
Apple didn’t immediately return calls seeking comment.
Google paid $750 million to buy AdMob, partly because of AdMob’s success selling ads on the iPhone. AdMob, founded in 2006, was so good at it that Apple wanted to buy the company before being trumped by Google last fall.
Apple has since set up own ad service, iAd, fueling Google’s suspicion that its rival wants to monopolize the commercial messages shown on the more than 50 million iPhones and iPads that have already been sold.
Under the terms of Apple’s latest operating system for those devices, critical information for distributing and analyzing ads won’t be shared with services owned by makers of other mobile operating systems.
That threatens to lock out AdMob because Google’s Android operating system competes with the iPhone.
That could be a major blow to AdMob, which distributed 30 percent of its ads to iPhones, iPads and iPods in April. Hamoui indicated he still hopes to persuade Apple to scrap the rule change.
On the flip side, Apple’s restrictions could be an advantage for smaller, independent ad networks that would still have all the usual data needed to place ads on iPhones and iPads. But that could turn out to be a handicap for mobile advertising services seeking to be bought by a larger company such as Microsoft Corp. that has its own mobile operating system.
It’s unclear whether Apple will enforce the restrictions on how the ad data can be shared, said Noah Elkin, an analyst for eMarketer, a research firm.
“I think what we have here is two companies sparring for control of what is potentially a very big advertising market,” Elkin said. The U.S. mobile ad market is expected to grow from about $600 million this year to more than $1.5 billion in 2013, according to eMarketer.
Both Google and Apple believe mobile devices eventually will supplant personal computers as the main way people surf the Web. Their dueling ambitions to be shape the direction of the mobile market have transformed the companies from allies to antagonists during the past year.
If Apple’s new rules on mobile advertising data were to create a competitive barrier, it would likely attract the attention of antitrust regulators.
After a six-month review, the Federal Trade Commission approved Google’s purchase of AdMob largely because the agency believe Apple’s entrance into the mobile ad market would foster adequate competition. In its approval of the AdMob deal, the FTC vowed to continue to monitor the mobile ad market for anticompetitive behavior.
The FTC declined to comment Wednesday.
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January 31, 2013
EU warns against proprietary software
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s top Internet official took aim at Microsoft Corp. on Thursday, warning that governments can accidentally lock themselves into one company’s software for decades by setting it as a standard for their technology systems.
EU Internet Commissioner Neelie Kroes, in her previous post as EU antitrust chief, fined Microsoft hundreds of millions of euros (dollars) in a lengthy row over the company’s refusal to share some data with rivals and the tying of a Web browser to a best-selling operating system.
She now says she wants to draw up detailed guidelines for European governments to encourage them to require other software, especially programs based on open source code that is freely shared between developers.
The final programs are sometimes — but not always — given away to users. IBM and Oracle, for example, charge customers for some software they make that is based on open source code.
Kroes is aiming to influence government tender specifications which can demand all suppliers to the state to stick to a certain type of technology. This can have a massive impact by favoring one company’s software over others.
She cited tax departments requiring the use of a specific Web browser to file online tax returns.
“Many authorities have found themselves unintentionally locked into proprietary technology for decades and after a certain point that original choice becomes so ingrained that alternatives risk being systematically ignored,” she said.
“That’s a waste of public money that most public bodies can no longer afford,” she told a conference organized by Open Forum Europe, a group of technology companies that want to promote software based on open source code.
She openly favored open software saying users could choose between “the one that you can download from the Website and that you can implement without restrictions or the other one which you have to buy which is restricted to certain fields and which requires royalty payments for embedded intellectual property rights — and the answer is obvious.”
Governments should have a “clear justification” if they mandate proprietary software that sets royalties and restrictions, she said.
Google Inc. has tried to rival Microsoft’s office programs by providing similar software for free — something it can afford to do because it develops most of its revenue from selling advertising linked to widely used search engine. Microsoft relies mostly on selling the software it develops.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Synopsys said Thursday it plans to buy Virage Logic Corp., a rival chip design software provider, for about $315 million in cash.
Synopsys said the deal will give it a more comprehensive set of software tools to offer customers.
The company will offer Virage stockholders $12 per share, a 28 percent premium over the company’s last closing price of $9.37. Excluding the cash on Virage’s books, Synopsys would be paying about $289 million.
Synopsys Inc. expects to close the deal in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year, which ends for the company in October.
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January 30, 2013
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Softheon in partnership with Falconstor
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Healthcare software maker Softheon Inc. said Thursday that it has formed a strategic partnership with Falconstor Software, a company that provides data storage and protection products.
Softheon, a privately held company, said the deal will allow it to offer Falconstor data protection and archiving for customers of its Internet-based software.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Falconstor Software Inc. shares rose 4 cents, or 1.3 percent, to $2.89 in midday trading.
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Use iPhone app to identify no-fee ATMs
Want to save money when you travel? Sure, you can look for cheap airfares, budget hotels and discount car rentals. But here’s a simple change that can save you big bucks over the long haul: Stop paying ATM service fees.
After all, why should you pay a few dollars to withdraw money from a machine just because your bank doesn’t have a branch nearby?
Fortunately a handful of apps can help you locate ATMs that won’t charge you fees.
I tried two on my iPhone, and both were free. So it costs you nothing to save some dough on the road or even in your hometown.
The first app I tried is from Allpoint. It’s a network of about 37,000 ATM locations around the world. A few thousand are in the United Kingdom and the rest are in the U.S.
The ATMs are usually in drug stores, retail outlets and the like. The network charges you zero to withdraw money — though your own bank might charge you something for using an out-of-network ATM.
The app is easy to use. You can search from your current location or by address. It shows nearby Allpoint locations on a map or in list form with distance noted. I used it awhile back to find an ATM close to work. It turned out that machine was even closer than the bank I’d used occasionally at $3 a pop.
Allpoint’s app works seamlessly with the iPhone’s map function to give directions to whichever location you choose. The network also offers apps for BlackBerry and Android smart phones.
I also tried CO-OP Network’s app. It bills itself as the largest credit union-only ATM network in the country. For those with credit union accounts, the app serves much the same function as Allpoint.
It has fewer locations than the first app. And it was a bit slower on my iPhone. There were fewer locations as well. The credit union app offers a link to the location’s website and shows it on a map or in list form. But it didn’t offer step-by-step directions like the Allpoint app.
But either one can save some serious money over time. Consider that a $3 surcharge to withdraw $20 is like paying a 15 percent fee to withdraw your money.
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January 28, 2013
NEW YORK — The health care information technology company Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions Inc. is buying rival Eclipsys Corp. for about $1.3 billion in stock, the companies said Wednesday.
Allscripts is a leader in providing physicians and their offices with ways to keep tabs on patient care records while Eclipsys provides similar services for hospitals and health systems. Those records include test results and medical histories.
The combined company’s client base will include over 180,000 U.S. physicians, 1,500 hospitals, and nearly 10,000 nursing homes, hospices and home care organizations, the companies said.
The combined company’s increased size and resources may also give its clients greater access to about $30 billion in federal funding for hospital and physician adoption of electronic health records as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the companies said. The incentives, which aim to shift the health care system to more efficient portable electronic records from paper records, begin in 2011.
“For the first time, we have a company with the size, scale and reach to allow that to happen, said Allscripts Chairman and CEO Glen Tullman, citing the shift to electronic records. “Think of this as doing what the Internet did for computers.”
Adoption of electronic records by physicians is projected to grow from 12 percent to 90 percent by 2019, the companies said, citing a Congressional Budget Office’s March 2009 report. That same report said total spending on health care services would shrink because of the reduction in paperwork and inappropriate tests, along with lower administrative overhead. The report did not provide an estimate, but said there would likely be lower costs for private payers and lower health insurance premiums in the private sector.
Under the deal, Eclipsys shareholders will receive 1.2 Allscripts shares for each Eclipsys share, a 19 percent premium over its closing price Tuesday, the companies said.
Shares of Allscripts, based in Chicago, fell $1.66, or 9 percent, to $16.76 in morning trading Wednesday while shares of Eclipsys, based in Atlanta, rose 53 cents, or 2.9 percent, to $19.04.
Allscripts’ Tullman will be CEO of the combined company while Eclipsys CEO Phil Pead will be chairman.
The deal has been approved by both companies’ boards of directors and is subject to shareholder approval of both companies.
Separately, the British information services company Misys PLC will reduce its almost 55 percent stake in Allscripts to 10 percent through an underwritten secondary equity offering of its Allscripts shares and by selling shares to Allscripts.
Misys acquired a 54.5 percent stake in Allscripts for $330 million in 2008.
In a separate deal in the healthcare technology field, Cardinal Health Inc. said Wednesday it is buying Healthcare Solutions Holding LLC for $517 million, in a move to expand its tools and services for health care data and claims management.
UBS, Barclays Capital and J.P. Morgan acted as financial advisors to Allscripts in the Eclipsys deal.
Allscripts expects its buyout of Eclipsys to boost net income, excluding charges, in 2011. The company expects its fiscal year net income in 2010 to reach the high end of its 64 cents to 65 cents per share guidance, excluding charges, on revenue between $700 million and $705 million. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect net income of 65 cents per share on $702.3 million in revenue.
The fiscal year ends in May. After the buyout closes, Allscripts expects to report financial results on a calendar year basis.
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