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HealthTap launches $99 per month Prime option, including live HD video calls with doctors

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by on July 30, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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HealthTap, the online medical information repository and Q&A service, has launched a new paid-for premium option today called HealthTap Prime, which can put you in touch with a doctor for a consultation in a matter of clicks. For $99 per month, plus $10 for each additional family member, you get access to round the clock virtual consultations with doctors via audio, text or HD video chat. As well as providing a on-demand consultation service, Prime subscribers also get access to hundreds of thousands of doctor-created health answers and tips. This also includes health news updates, relevant mobile app reviews and personalized…

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Sony says EA Access subscription service isn’t good value for PlayStation 4 owners

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by on July 30, 2014 at 12:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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Sony has offered an explanation for why EA’s new video game subscription service, Access, was only announced for the Xbox One yesterday. A spokesperson told Game Informer via email that it wouldn’t represent ‘good value’ for PlayStation 4 owners: “We evaluated the EA Access subscription offering and decided that it does not bring the kind of value PlayStation customers have come to expect. PlayStation Plus memberships are up more than 200 percent since the launch of PlayStation 4, which shows that gamers are looking for memberships that offer a multitude of services, across various devices, for one low price. We…

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Spaceships, castles and Steve Jobs’ abandoned mansion: The houses that tech built

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by on July 30, 2014 at 10:23 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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The biggest names in the technology world generally had humble beginnings – many were started in garages or basements and gradually grew into the powerhouses we know today. But with technology now one of the largest business sectors, how can the demands of finding or building ‘homes’ for fast-paced technology companies be married with the sometimes glacial pace of architectural practice and construction? One of Brazil’s hi-tech hubs. Image via Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images Whether a company is building a bespoke HQ, leasing an existing building or repurposing a different structure entirely, the only constant remains the growing need to find…

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Wikipedia scores a key victory against paid-editing services, using cybersquatting legislation

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by on July 30, 2014 at 9:38 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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The Wikimedia Foundation, the not-for-profit responsible for Wikipedia and a number of other wiki-based projects, has gained a small but notable victory in its fight to stamp paid-editing on its flagship online encyclopedia. To recap, the Foundation recently changed the terms of Wikipedia editing, requiring anyone who has been paid to edit articles to disclose this. Editors must make this clear through a statement on their profile page, as part of the edit summary, or on the talk page alongside the relevant edits. The reason? Well, it seems that many companies have been paying to have information about their services…

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Driverless cars will be trialled in up to three UK cities from January

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by on July 30, 2014 at 9:31 am
Posted In: Around the Web, UK

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The UK government will trial driverless cars in up to three cities from January next year. Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced a £10 million competition that municipalities can bid for to host one of the trials. The government wants projects to be drawn up in collaboration with businesses and research firms; selected cities will host tests for 18 to 36 months. “Today’s announcement will see driverless cars take to our streets in less than six months, putting us at the forefront of this transformational technology and opening up new opportunities for our economy and society,” Cable said. The competition has been funded…

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