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1960 Land Gift May Foreshadow a Stem Cell Research Sequel
December 5th, 2004
When it comes to forecasting the potential of state-funded stem cell research to benefit San Diego’s entire community, I find myself thinking of another time in the region’s history when our citizens also used public assets for scientific endeavors. I think the following historical examples demonstrate how a community’s investment in research and technology can yield tremendous unforeseen benefits. (more…)
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Wi-Fi: From the Stone Age to Star Trek
December 1st, 2004
Some companies and industry sectors are finding the use of Wi-Fi to be a helpful way to leap ahead to cutting edge technology while skipping intermediary steps saving time and money. (more…)
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Nokia, Good Technology Ink Smartphone Deal
November 2nd, 2004
Nokia is developing a smartphone that will incorporate Good Technology’s GoodLink wireless e-mail service, a deal that should broaden Good’s penetration and boost its market share against leader Research in Motion. (more…)
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Figure 8 Wireless presents at DemoMobile 2004
September 8th, 2004
Joe Markee wants your work ID card to initiate a game of whisper down the hall when you arrive at the employee entrance. By the time you take a few steps toward your desk, the card will activate a network of wireless transmitters in light switches, thermostats and other routine electronics, passing along instructions to turn on the lights and air-conditioning system in your work space. (more…)
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Vocera Communications Wins Two Technology Industry Awards
May 12th, 2004
Cupertino, Calif. (May 12, 2004) – Vocera Communications announced today it has been honored with two technology industry awards. First, Vocera has been selected as one of the 2004 Red Herring Top 100 firms. Each year, Red Herring identifies the top 100 private companies impacting the marketplace. Vocera also received a 2004 Network Computing Well-Connected Award for Convergence Design and Innovation and was a finalist in the Mobile & Wireless Technology category. Each year the technology editors of Network Computing honor the year’s outstanding technology products and services. (more…)
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Motorola To Deploy GoodLink Wireless Messaging System On New Motorola MPx
March 23rd, 2004
ATLANTA, CTIA booth #3525 – Today, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), a global leader in wireless, broadband and automotive communications technologies, announced it will support Good Technology’s GoodLink wireless messaging and corporate data access system on its new Motorola MPx mobile handset. The combination of Motorola’s newest converged handheld device, based on its MOTOPro Innovation Platform, and the award-winning GoodLink system offers mobile professionals a robust, secure system for full Microsoft Outlook connectivity and access to critical business applications on the Microsoft Windows Mobile Pocket PC platform. (more…)
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Your Trekkie Communicator Is Ready
March 16th, 2004
NEW YORK – It’s no accident that the conference rooms at Vocera Communications headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., are named after characters from the Star Trek universe–Kirk, Spock and Picard. (more…)
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Hold The Phone
March 1st, 2004
At El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, California, refilling a patient’s IV drip used to be a convoluted, drawn-out process. When a nursing assistant noticed an empty IV bag, he’d push a call button in the patient’s room to alert the central nursing station and then wait for someone to respond. The nursing station would page a nurse, wait for an answer, and tell the nurse which patient needed a new IV bag. It often took 15 minutes to get a new bag hung–a simple task that took place dozens of times a day. (more…)