Hacker and Hacking or Hacked?
Quest Diagnostics announced in November its patient portal was hacked. The hit exposed the personal information of 34,000 people. Laboratory results from blood tests were included. Quest joins the list of Sony, Anthem Blue Cross, the Democratic National Committee, and many others who have been hacked. Millions of consumer records have been exposed. All of these were […]
The internet or the Internet?
The Associated Press Stylebook has declared internet and web should be lowercased. Other style guides are also insisting on the downcasing of internet, and you can see the change appearing daily in major media. Vint Cerf, recognized as one of “the fathers of the Internet”, and I don’t agree with the transformation. The word internet first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1974. […]
Telemedicine Saves Lives in Disaster Zones
The UNHCR (the UN refugee agency) reported 65.3 million people were displaced from their homes in 2015. More than 21 million were refugees. Telehealth provided by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is helping them. MSF is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization which delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters, and those with no […]
Election Attitude – Tagline Results
Thanks to the 44 Attitude LLC subscribers who responded to my request for input about the tagline for the impending new book, Election Attitude. 55% voted for “How Internet Voting Leads to a Stronger Democracy” or a very similar variation. All of the suggestions were good, but that is the one I chose, for two reasons. First, […]
Genesys XXI
The 21st Annual Genesys Partners Venture Dinner — Genesys XXI– Tuesday night at the Union League Club in New York included more than 100 invited venture capitalists, investors, journalists, entrepreneurs, and industry executives. As always, Jim Kollegger — CEO of Genesys Partners and one of the pioneers of the information industry — was an elegant master […]
