Rock Weekly: A desperate town hands over its DNA
July 28, 2014
As if the government’s complete lack of decisiveness over the legality of Obamacare subsidies wasn’t enough, Google also seems to be doing some flip flopping of their own. It looks like they’re super into health after all, embarking on an ambitious and aptly named science project, Baseline, in an attempt to define the health of the human body. The search titan already knows everything about your movie habits, wish lists, and pregnancy status, and the FTC doesn’t want them (or anyone else) gathering your health data. (Unfortunately, it’s too late for this town.)
Headlines
Google’s Latest Science Experiment: Define Human Health
The Wall Street Journal
Sequenced In The USA: A Desperate Town Hands Over Its DNA
Pacific Standard
Congress Reaches Deal To Reform VA
Vox
Apple Files Patent For Smartwatch
Ars Technica
The Drug Forcing The Most Important And Uncomfortable Healthcare Debate
The Washington Post
FTC Commissioner Warns On Mobile Health Data Gathering
Reuters
Apple Talks Medtronic App, IBM Deal In Earnings Call
MobiHealthNews
Half Of Americans Think Expensive Medical Care Is Better
Vox
The Era Of The $13 Fitness Tracker Is Here
The Next Web
Rock Health In The News
How Apple And Google Plan To Reinvent Healthcare
The Verge
Can Technology Fix Medicine?
MIT Technology Review
Jawbone’s Big Vision Clouded By Market Realities
The Information
This New Wearable Device Says It Helps Lower Stress At Work
Fast Company
More Phones, Fewer Doctors
MIT Technology Review
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