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Business
5:33 pm
Fri December 7, 2012

Ninety-Four percent of hospitals suffer data breaches

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Medical Data may be easy for thieves to steal.
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Wireless devices are not always secure.
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By Michigan Radio Newsroom

A new study by Michigan’s Ponemon Institute reports hospitals are easy places for thieves to make off with a treasure trove of information.

The Institute is in Traverse City and studies information security.  In the “Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security”, Ponemon found 94 percent of hospitals have suffered data breeches.

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Technology
1:17 pm
Sun October 9, 2011

Smart phone app helps kids with autism

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Sosh focuses on what its creators call "the five R's."
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Two Michigan psychologists have created a smart phone app to help kids with autism develop better social skills. Kelly Bowers and her husband Mark are both psychologists who work with kids. They watched their patients learn social skills in workshop settings, but noticed the kids had a harder time applying those skills to real-life situations.

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Technology
2:48 pm
Tue December 21, 2010

Pothole or broken street light? There's an 'app' for that

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Potholes are one problem you can report with the GRCity 311 app.
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Grand Rapids has a new smartphone ‘app’ that people can use to report things like potholes and graffiti. IPhone and Android users can download the GRCity 311 application for free. Just head to your providers’ app marketplace.

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