WEDNESDAY: Via Fast Companys Christina Farr, we see theres a website offering wine pairings based on their genomics. Your correspondent finds techies and vinophiles utterly mysterious, so we suppose the pairing has certain ineffable notes of mystery (and perhaps a touch of autumnal blackberry) we
Christina Farr, in Fast Company, writes that whatever the companys business plan, it seemedto be a nonstarter withthe most prestigiousbiotechinvesting firms. None of the top biotech investors invested in Theranos, Farr wrote. Five of the best-regarded biotech firmsVenrock, Third Rock Ventur
MORE COOL GADGETS: We enjoyed Christina Farrs report on CrossChx, a startup hoping to use fingerprints as a de facto patient identifier. The thinking is, get a patient to scan her fingerprint as she comes in to receive care; that serves as a foolproof identifier, and brings in the rest of the medic
Date: Nov 25, 2015
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
iPhone 6: Apple And Mayo Clinic Partnership Could Be Smart Medicine
The health system has been piloting several health care applications for the iPhone. Mayo Clinic currently is testing a service to alert patients when their Apple apps detect abnormal health results, and help schedule them for follow-up visits, Christina Farr reported last month for Reuters.
Date: Sep 09, 2014
Source: Google
WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg turns 30, takes over company as CEO
executive, he announced in a blog post today. He replaces Toni Schneider, who has helmed the company for eight years as it has risen to become one of the dominant blogging platforms, hosting more than 17 million blogs that generate 12.9 billion pageviews a month, according to Christina Farr at VentureBeat.
Date: Jan 13, 2014
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Purported Photos of Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch Leak Ahead of Launch
worked closely with the company gave a private showing of its Galaxy Gear smartwatch. As first reported by VentureBeat, an anonymous source showed writer Christina Farr some of the features that the watch would be capable of (including a high quality OLED display, camera, and voice command controls).
Through an unnamed source, VentureBeat's Christina Farr says she got some hands-on time with what is apparently a prototype of the new watch. And Farr was able to snap images of the watch in action off a promotional video that was not produced by Samsung but rather with an outfit working with the co
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