A new report finds explosive growth in hand-held tablets drove a 58 percent increase in mobile devices in 2011. According to iSuppli Market Research of California: "shipments of mobile broadband devices in 2011 are projected to climb to 157.9 million units, up from 100.1 million units in 2010." Read More »
According to the Benton Foundation, the journal ModernHealthcare.com reports that most rural hospitals have not significantly progressed in their use of IT. Read More »
According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, jobs in the wireless industry have been disappearing, even as revenues have climbed. Read More »
Among the people who benefit most from innovative online technologies are the disabled. The profoundly deaf can communicate as easily by email as the general population. People with mobility problems can without difficulty conference via Skype or other video service. But according to one estimate, only half of people with disabilities have adopted broadband. Read More »
The number of hospitals implementing intensive computerized record keeping and management has increased significantly in the last year. Health and Hospitals Network rates hospitals "based on progress in adoption, implementation and use of information technology." Most Wired Hospitals have moved further than hospitals overall toward computerization. Read More »
Electronic health records, social media, and mobile tools are providing a new line of defense in the fight against preventive disease. New technologies are making access to patient histories, support groups, and health resources more available than ever before. Read More »
The federal government needs to foster the creation of more broadband networks in the rural areas of the United States, according to a new study. Read More »
Companies with broadband Internet access make nearly twice as much in annual revenues as those that don't, according to a new study. Read More »
In a remarkable and unprecedented move, the United Nations proclaimed that Internet access is a universal human right and that societies should ensure all citizens have access to high-speed Internet connections. Read More »
Investment in broadband positively drives economic development worldwide, according to a new report by the Broadband Commission for Digital Development. The report reviews nearly a hundred research reports and case studies on the economic effect of broadband Internet access, and concludes that the outcomes are overwhelmingly positive. Read More »
