Salesforce: The cloud is not an ‘all or nothing game’ for health care

Despite the obvious flexibility and cost savings of cloud technologies, health care providers are treading carefully -- largely because of security concerns.

Leap Motion shows off Windows 8 ‘touch free’ computing (and it’s awesome)

"We want our users to have a magical experience, with easy and natural movements in the air leading to amazing interactions," co-founder David Holz said. "Leap Motion's mission is to break down the barriers between people and technology."

Busted: Microsoft intercepts, decrypts, and reads your Skype messages

Skype used to be what you would use to send secure, encrypted, and untraceable messages to friends, family, and business associates all over the world. Not any more.

AirStrip uses iPhones, iPads to cut through health care data tangle

AirStrip has an ambitious goal: To cut through the incompatibilities clogging up the free flow of medical information between doctors and nurses.

Marissa Mayer explains how Yahoo will keep Tumblr from meeting Flickr’s fate

Some Tumblr fans want to know how Yahoo plans to avoid the fate of Flickr, Geocities, and other failed acquisitions. So we asked Marissa Mayer.

Attention digital health startups: VCs say now is a ‘great’ time to raise money

Partners at Sequoia, Norwest Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers discuss health industry trends and what they look for in potential investments.

Yahoo ‘reimagines’ Flickr with a bold new design, a free TB of space for all users, & more

Yahoo acquired Flickr back in 2005, but the photo-sharing service suffered under persistent mismanagement. Now it looks like Yahoo is finally giving Flickr the attention it deserved back in the day.

Square’s next step: Sending cash to friends by e-mail with Square Cash

Sending cash to people by e-mail may be the next big payment feature to spread across the Internet (even though it's 2013, and it feels like we should have had this years ago).

19-year-old Romanian wins Intel science fair with cheap, self-driving car tech

For his entry in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, this teen created a realistic design for a car like Google's self-driving cars. The big difference is that his version would be viable around the world, not just in super-rich enclaves like Silicon Valley.

Mobile technology could save billions of dollars on health care costs

On stage today at HealthBeat 2013, Dr. Ivor Horn of the National Children's Medical Center and Asthmapolis president Mark Gehring spoke about the potential for 'mHealth' to reach underserved populations and help them take control over their health.

Health care data stumbles on ‘walls’ put up by EMR vendors

Before health care providers can handle "big data," they first need to learn how to deal with small data.

NASA tech chief takes to Reddit for a spacey ‘Ask Me Anything’ session

He developed some of the coolest aerospace tech around. One of his experiments is on the International Space Station. He's a Cornell prof. And now, he's taking your questions on Reddit. We love the Internet.

What to expect at Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox announcement

We're less than a day away from Microsoft's big announcement of its next-generation game console and entertainment strategy.

Genomics startup NanoString files for IPO in spite of consistent losses

Not content with the research side, NanoString places a lot of emphasis on its technology's usefulness in clinical settings for present-day patient care. Unfortunately, one of the biggest risk factors for this IPO is the company's consistent losses.

Is this the future of TV on Xbox? Microsoft launches interactive music show

Just a day shy of it's superimportant and highly publicized event to showcase the next-generation Xbox console, Microsoft's Xbox team has announced a new interactive TV show that's definitely worth paying attention to.

Health care is on the brink of a more personalized, population-based, pervasive future

Digital technology is fundamentally transforming the practice of medicine, but Dr. David Levin, the Chief Medical Information Officer at the Cleveland Clinic, said this is still unchartered territory.

Here are the 3 major places health tech innovators can make money

For Farzad Mostashari, the United States' national coordinator for health information technology, there are three major areas that need a tech touch -- and also provide an opportunity for making major money.