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Medical Journal Gets Social With Crowdsourcing Platform

 

Traditional medical journals have been around for centuries — chronicling scientific advancements and medical knowledge since the late 1700's.

Although many of the esteemed peer reviewed publications like the New England Journal of Medicine have become available online, most have remained locked behind pay walls — not allowing the general public to view the content without having to pay hefty fees.

One Palo Alto start-up Curēus (pronounced "curious"), is attempting to radically change all that by re-imagining peer reviewed scientific publications to become more social and user-friendly in our internet age.

The co-operative ownership structure that Curēus employs, enables those who produce, review and contribute medical research into their eco-system to ultimately share in the company’s financial success.

“The average Joe has little to no access to the medical literature today,” Stanford neurosurgeon John Adler, MD told the SF Gate. “It's not right. It should be a human right.”

Download Apple's iPad iOS 6 User Guide for Free

 

Now that you've snagged yourself a new iPad Mini or iPad you're probably wondering where on planet earth Apple hid the complete owner's manual — search no further.

Even if you're already happy-tapping your way through some of the basics on your shiny new iDevice, I'm certain you'll find this free user guide to be a priceless eBook for your library collection.

The content in Apple's official 225 page iPad User Guide for iOS 6 does a great job highlighting the essential features and functionality you may have missed.

Although this post is aimed at new iPad users — everyone will find some new trick or tip inside that's bound to make at least one daily task far more simple. I found the section on text Dictation using Siri instead of typing to be very useful along with navigating Apple Maps and using FaceTime.

To download, Open iBooks on your iPad, tap Store on the top left bar, then select Browse on the bottom menu bar. Type iPad User Guide iOS 6 in the Search bar at the top right hand side of your screen and tap download when you find it.

Did I mention that it's free? Yep. That's the best part.

via iTunes Store

Police Taser Woman Buying Too Many iPhones

 

When 44-year-old Chinese national, Xiaojie Li showed up at Nashua's Pheasant Lane Mall Apple Store to pick up two iPhone 5's she ordered online — she was reportedly told by the manager that she had reached the store's two-per-customer limit.

Several minutes later, a YouTube video shows Xiaojie Li being wrested to the floor by Nashua police, that's when the taser was used to subdue the woman in order to place her in handcuffs.

Apparently Li, who lives in Newton, Massachusetts, had been to the same New Hampshire Apple store on Friday and already purchased two iPhone 5 units — according to police, she was carrying roughly $16,000 in cash when she was arrested.

The heated scuffle began after Li was asked to leave the store when the manager spotted her videotaping customers on Tuesday — Li insisted that other customers were allowed two buy more than two devices and wanted to capture proof on video.

When Xiaojie Li refused to leave the Apple store, Nashua police swooped in to escort the woman off the premises and that's when chaos ensued as she reportedly began to resist arrest.

“They threw her on the ground, they threw her around, they bruised her all over the place, they handcuffed her way too hard.” Li’s fiance, John Hugo, told WBZ-TV.

Why iPhone Savior slid off the grid on Apple news

 

At least three of my 7 loyal readers emailed me to ask why iPhoneSavior.com went off the grid for a few days recently with no posts in sight. Yep! Dead silence.

I wanted to answer that question in a proper post. Since starting this blog in 2007, the work has been a pure labor of love for me as a gargantuan iPhone and Apple fanatic. I've pushed well over 7.2 million visits since starting this crazy adventure.

There are times like this week, when my regular consulting work in web, retail music design and social media takes over in the hours demanded. It's simply the feast or famine nature of my business.

It is always so painful for me to sit back and watch Apple news go flicking by on my Twitter feed as I sit idly by buried by trying to make an honest living. It kills me.

With that said — my sincere thanks go out to all of you who continue to return here to read my work regardless of where else you snatch up your daily Apple and iPhone news. I'm keenly aware of the fact that many other high-powered Apple blogs with multiple paid writers do this thing much better than I do.

For those who still return to read iPhone Savior in spite of that glaring truth — I offer you a double-wide thank you and I truly appreciate your loyalty.

Cheers!

Ray Basile - Editor In Chief

Tim Cook Is Imagining Game Changing Apple TV

 

Apple CEO Tim Cook was featured on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams on Thursday night in what was his first televised interview since taking over the helm from the late Steve Jobs.

While the idea of bringing Mac product manufacturing to the United States was an interesting side note — it was Cook's heavily weighted talk of a reimagined Apple TV that will ultimately serve to reignite a gargantuan buzz among Apple faithful in the next few months ahead.

“When I go into my living room and turn on the TV, I feel like I have gone backwards in time by 20 to 30 years,” Mr. Cook told Brian Williams. “It’s an area of intense interest. I can’t say more than that.”

Revealing that the TV segment is an area of "intense interest" moves Apple far beyond a hobby, which may explain in part why the company is taking ample time before they release what I believe will be a game changing device used to deliver media into our living rooms in a way we've never experienced before.

“It's a market that we see that has been left behind,” Tim Cook said. “Our whole role in life is to give you something you didn't know you wanted and then once you get it you can't imagine your life without it. You can count on Apple doing that.”

Perhaps Steve Jobs gave us the best glimpse of the work being done to reinvent the antiquated television in a quote from the AllThingsD conference in 2008.

“The only way this is going to change is if you start from scratch, tear up the box, redesign and get it to the consumer in a way that they want to buy it,” Jobs said.

I think that perfectly sums up the mission and method Tim Cook is driving towards with Apple TV. It certainly worked for iPhone and the iPad.

Watch the interview

Watch Steve Jobs Go All Gangnam Style

 

The dangerous minds at JibJab have made it incredibly simple to add any face into PSY's "Gangnam Style" music video for your viewing pleasure. We decided to throw our hero Steve Jobs into the video to rock it hardcore and the result is totally amazing.

Since Apple's co-founder has already appeared rapping as a hologram for the iPhone 5 launch, it doesn't seem like it could get much worse than that — until now of course.

You can create your own free Gangnam Style JibJab video and share it, but the download will cost $4.99 to own on your desktop or mobile device.

This ball of fun will be the best Christmas gift ever and I have a feeling it going to go over huge in Korea.

via JibJab

'Jobs' Film Will Close 2013 Sundance Film Festival

 

The first Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher as Apple's co-founder is scheduled to premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival according to an official press release.

Festival organizers noted that "JOBS", directed by Joshua Michael Stern is set to be the closing-night film which should keep the all-important Hollywood execs around until the bitter end in order to catch a first glimpse.

Historically, the Premieres section of the event, have included some of the festival's highest-profile projects — 18 films are listed in that category this year.

The indie pic will chronicle Steve Jobs from his wayward hippie days to his role as co-founder of Apple, where he became one of the most celebrated creative entrepreneurs of our time.

In addition to Kutcher, actors Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, J.K. Simmonsa and Matthew Modine can be eyeballed in the film.

Josh Gad will channel the persona of Steve Wozniak, who created the Apple I computer and co-created the Apple II computer in the mid-1970s with Steve Jobs. The festival runs from January 17 through 27 next year.

 

via Hollywood Reporter      Photo credit (at top) Glen Wilson

Swallow Your Feelings With These Emoji Cookies

 

Although I've been swallowing my angst for years in the form of large pepperoni pizzas and bags of cashews — these amazing Emoji Cookies might finally be the best replacement therapy I could find.

While Ashleigh and Kathryn over at the Bee In Our Bonnet blog created these back in June of 2011 — they've suddenly become an internet sensation overnight thanks to a recent Twitter post from Buzzfeed.

The recipe for creating these Emoji Cookies are posted along with instructions on how to make those rosy cheeks. I'm sure this baking duo can find find some proper emoticons of their own for this "better late than never" moment of internet fame. Enjoy!

photo credit: Bee In Our Bonnet

Yes, They Really Named Their Baby Girl "Hashtag"

 

OMG! It's true — a couple actually named their newborn baby girl Hashtag and she's already a major social media sensation overnight. Of course she is!

In a tweet heard around the world her proud parents, Mr. and Mrs Jameson openly gushed — including a photo of their new little symbol #.

“Hashtag Jameson was born at 10 o'clock last nite. She weighs 8 pounds and I love her so much!!!!” the Jameson's wrote.

Honestly, it's really not much weirder than that twenty-something Egyptian dude Jamal Ibrahim, who named his baby Facebook in 2011 to honor the social media site's role in Egypt's revolution.

So are these people total wackjobs or marketing geniuses? I'll let the angry mob decide.

Maybe someday when little Hashtag Jameson grows up she'll thank her parents for making her instantly internet famous on the day she was born. Or not.

via Awkward Messages

Instagram Posts Record 10 Million Thanksgiving Inspired Photos

 

It was a virtual turkey shoot of Instagram photos on Thanksgiving day — with “over 10 million photos that mentioned Thanksgiving-themed words” posted by Instgrammers. Over 2.2 million of those images came in under the hashtag #thanksgiving.

Obsessing on photos of food is nothing new for the social photo-sharing juggernaugt — but during several peak hours on Thanksgiving day users were uploading more than 200 photos per second which doubled in number from the day before.

Many users were ticked off on Wednesday after Reuters reported that Facebook Inc is planning to “combine user data with that of recently acquired photo-sharing service Instagram” which the social networking giant snatched up for $715 million back in October.

“The change could open the door for Facebook to build unified profiles of its users that include people's personal data from its social network and from Instagram.” Reuters wrote.

The hashtag #facebooksucks only has 5,775 images which means that most hardcore Instagram fanatics may not have gotten news of merging profiles just yet.

via Instagram Blog    photo credit: camsan13