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- Microsoft's medical search engine now integrated into MSN
- Microsoft acquired in February 2007 Medstory, a search vendor focused on healthcare. Five months later, Microsoft has integrated fully into its MSN portal the Medstory search-engine technology.Medstory, which was in beta at the time Microsoft acquired it, is aimed at both consumers and health professionals. Query results can be narrowed...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Healthcare, Search, Windows Live
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- Microsoft still trying to answer Google's wake-up call
- Microsoft still trying to answer Google's wake-up callMedstory is downWell Ozzie, I would ask Medstory a question except I can't even get to the home page, guess it needs scalability work first.Looks like it's working fineNow if I knew what to ask it...
- Tags: Medstory, wake-Up, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-27
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- 66% of Americans used search engines for health information
- 66% of online adults have used general search engines in the past 12 months for search information about health and wellness topics, according to iCrossing. Widespread usage of search engines does not extend to health-specific engines such as Healia, Medstory, Fealth, Kosmix and Healthline, which were cited by only 15%...
- Tags: Search Engine, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, NB
- Blog posts 2008-02-10
- Google on the verge of launching Microsoft HealthVault competitor
- Google is finally poised to launch its long-awaited Google Health service, according to the Google Blogoscoped site. Google Health will allow users to build online health profiles, download medical records, get personalized health advice and share information (at a patient's discretion) with doctors and others. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- Bill Gates' unfinished business
- In July 2008, Bill Gates officially hands off the sceptre of Microsoft church of software to Ray Ozzie chief software architect and Craig Mundie chief research and strategy officer. The transition has been underway for 18 months, and I wouldn't expect any bumps...
- Tags: Transition, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Governance, Tools & Techniques, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Human Resources, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
- Microsoft: We're good for your health
- Microsoft has been signaling its intentions to enter the health-records-management space for more than a year. On October 4, the company finally provided an official gameplan of what it's readying on the healthcare software and services front. On October 4, Microsoft launched an open beta of HealthVault,...
- Tags: Peter Neupert, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-10-04
- Five take aways on Microsoft's new Live Search
- Microsoft took the covers off the fall release of its Live Search engine on September 26 at its invitation-only Searchification event for press and analysts. I wasn't there, but like many, I was briefed and embargoed about what's new in the fall update. (The embargoes ended at...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Live Search, Microsoft Outlook, Vertical Industries, Advertising & Promotion, Benefits, Healthcare, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Human Resources, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-09-26
- Microsoft readies a consumer healthcare platform
- Microsoft has made no secret about the fact it has designs on being a healthcare-IT contender. But what the company has kept under wraps, at least until now, was what it planned to do on the consumer side of the healthcare space.Sure, there've been hints here and there that Microsoft...
- Tags: Windows Live, Web 2.0, Healthcare, Google, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-06-29
- Microsoft pours more cold water on Yahoo-merger speculation
- After shelling out $6 billion for advertising powerhouse aQuantive, is Microsoft still interested in a possible Yahoo acquisition? Although Microsoft execs won't come right out and say it, it sounds like the answer is no.Microsoft doesn't need Yahoo's Panama online-ad platform. Without it, Microsoft is still sitting pretty right now,...
- Tags: Advertising, Corporate strategy, Google, Search
- Blog posts 2007-05-23
- Reading the Ray Ozzie tea leaves
- Microsoft silent Chief Software Architect CSA has spoken. But he didnt say much in his first public appearance in ages. On February 27, Microsoft CSA Ray Ozzie answered questions -- in a refreshingly tech-jargon-free way -- from Goldman Sachs analyst Rick Sherlund for an hour as part of the...
- Tags: Windows Live, Office Live, Corporate strategy, Xbox Live
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
- News to know: Vista's anti-piracy trap; Apple TV delay; Tech policy
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Vista WGA problems confirmed below. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: What does Windows Vista reduced functionality mode look like? WGA blog focus.How to Galleries: The deactivation process, reduced functionality mode and getting Vista back. Flaws in tech support tools open PCs to attack. Ryan Naraine: Researcher issues Oracle DB...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
- Microsoft to battle Google in online healthcare
- The online healthcare space is heating up big time, with a new Microsoft initiative. Last month I put forth “Google Health URL trumped by Steve Case?” Adam Bosworth, Vice President, Google: Every ill person needs a “health URL,” an online meeting place where their caregivers, with express permission...
- Tags: Business Models, Google, Google Software Applications, Government, Internet Data, Microsoft, Web 2.0
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- What's really behind Microsoft's healthcare push?
- Microsoft actively targets more than a dozen major vertical markets when designing and developing products. Financial services, education, government, hospitality, manufacturing -- all the usual suspects are represented. Then theres healthcare. Microsoft treats healthcare like any of its other big verticals, with one major difference: The company also wants...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Windows Live
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- Plexus Toolbar (zip)
- The Plexus Toolbar is a free resource to help healthcare providers save time while using the Internet. This free resource from DoctorPlexus.com incorporates health specific search engines tailored for the medical professional. Customized news feed integration allows you to be alerted in real time regarding the latest in medical research,...
- Tags: Toolbar, Health Care, Plexus, Plexus Toolbar, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2006-12-15
- Google - beyond the interview
- I recently interviewed Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, for a video series sponsored by British Telecom. You can see it either at BT.com registration required or at interview iTunes. Or you can read on for my unapproved speculations about Googles future. I think its clear Google needs to move more...
- Tags: Google Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-10-02
- PC Forum: Where in the world is search heading?
- The final PC Forum panel had major search vendors and scientists sharing their views on search. The panel included Marissa Mayer, director of consumer product at Google (search, news, images, Froogle, local); Udi Manber, former Yahoo chief scientist and president of Amazon's A9...
- Tags: Marissa Mayer, Udi Manber
- Blog posts 2005-03-23
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