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Tweet GPs in the UK are set to ‘prescribe’ smartphone apps to patients to help them manage their own health. The Department of Health says the technology can put patients in charge of their medical records, and help them manage chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. More than 500 apps were nominated as [&hellip
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Tweet Flash sale sites and the fashion industry’s maturing web presence boost sales to young consumers As Generation Y grows up and gains more buying power, the 18- to 34-year-old age group is increasingly purchasing luxury goods. According to a survey by American Express Business Insights, Gen Y consumers upped spending on premium, full-priced luxury [&hellip
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Tweet Since the days of Google Buzz, the +1 button has been a mystery to users and content producers alike. It’s different from Facebook’s “Like” button, in that it doesn’t directly share content to a user’s social stream. But the cultivation of a social graph has long been the goal of Google, and its connection [&hellip
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Tweet Legal authorities say a judge at England’s High Court has allowed lawyers to log on to Facebook to serve legal claims. The Judicial Office for England and Wales said Justice Nigel Teare had agreed to the use of the popular social networking site to serve a claim in a commercial dispute. Lawyers had been [&hellip
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Tweet Internet users will receive a warning if sites do not respect their privacy thanks to new tools being developed by the web’s standards setting body. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) wants to help users control how their personal data is managed. It is designing controls to shield personal data and reveal when sites [&hellip