Pulse is a news reader that aggregates feeds from various sources using RSS and presents them in an attractive interface. I’ve been using RSS readers for a while and at a first glance Pulse seemed like a great leg up from the existing apps such Reeder or Byline. It feels like you’re using a proper app with all the goodies of immersive experience instead of a web browser wrapped in an app. Steve Jobs showed off the iPad version of the app in his keynote and there have been lots and lots and lots of rave reviews about the app, so I won’t go into those details but focus on the issues instead.

Devote a weekend to improving your skills, learning new techniques from the experts and networking with your fellow developers.

Why Voices That Matter? There are plenty of conferences. Some focus on Mac development. A few on the business of app development. But this conference is led by the people with voices that matter. Your teachers are the very best app developers, the best teachers, and the best authors of books (and videos!) on iOS development.

The Voices That Matter: iOS Developer Conference creates the opportunity for you to hone your skills by adding a wealth of best practices to your development arsenal. Learn from industry experts how these technologies affect you and how you should be deploying them in your applications.

The Voices That Matter: iOS Developer Conference provides the perfect forum to access industry leaders, many of whom have written books on iOS development. You'll participate in interactive discussions that provide an effective learning experience.

A flood of 5-star ratings in the app store is what every developer hopes to see when they check in on their apps every morning. Positive word of mouth is the primary way great apps climb and sustain themselves at the top of the charts. Of course, feature placement from Apple (if you're lucky) doesn't hurt either.

As it turns out, you only have to do one thing well to get those 5-star ratings: delight your users. And how do you do that? You have to work harder than your competitors and stay singularly focused on that mission to delight. This is, of course, not so easy to pull off. You have to dig pretty deep in your smartphone's app store to find any 5-star apps. When you stumble across one, you'll notice that the app has very few downloads and reviews. Chances are it wouldn't be a 5-star app if more people were using it. Most apps at the top are 4 and 4½ stars. The vast majority, however, fall at the 3-star level or below.

In our first article about mobile technology and healthcare, we looked at the world from the patients' perspective. This time, we'll take a look at the world from the provider's point of view. We'll explore the ways mobile technologies are currently being used to enhance patient–provider communication, streamline coordination of care, and improve record-keeping. We'll also discuss what stands in the way of wider adoption of these potentially life-saving technologies.

New Tools for the Old "Black Bag"

Mobile technologies are slowly gaining traction in the healthcare space, and our research indicates that for an increasing number of healthcare providers, smartphones and tablet computers are fast becoming standard equipment in every "medical kit."