Thursday, December 26, 2013

Get diagnosed through your mobile device with new Doctor on Demand app

 

  
 
The medical house call as we know it has been dead for decades, but if Doctor on Demand has its way, that will quickly be changing. This new service lets consumers see a licensed physician via video chat at a price of $40 per visit of up to 15 minutes in length.

Friday, December 20, 2013

Find The Right Storage Device


 
 
 
You’ve got a lot of valuable things stashed on your computer. Some of them—like your music library—are deeply personal. Others—tax returns and business documents—are more mundane, but still important to keep around. And then there are things like photos that are simply irreplaceable should your computer’s hard drive suddenly give up the ghost.

Sunday, December 15, 2013

How to digitize holiday photos and videos

 

 
Robert Strohmeyer is a veteran journalist and entrepreneur who has been writing about business and technology since the tech boom of the mid-1990s.
The holidays are one of the few times when we still pull out the old family albums and childhood videos to share with the people we love. As long as they're out, it's also a good time to work on digitizing those memories—not just to protect the originals, but to share them on Facebook, Instagram, or sites like Picasa or Snapfish.

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Watchdog Says Google Shopping Costs Consumers, Complains To FTC


 



Consumer Watchdog has lodged a new complaint about Google’s “search monopoly” with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), this time saying Google Shopping results don’t pass the sniff test. The group calls the way the search engine displays its Product Listing ads “deceptive and unfair”, adding that Google Shopping’s paid listings are price gouging consumers.