Technology Today's May 26th Radio Show Addresses Practical and Real World Solutions to the Rising Cost of Health care in the United States

Technology Today’s May 26th Radio Show Addresses Practical and Real World Solutions to the Rising Cost of Health care in the United States The #1 rated technology talk show on Internet Radio’s host Ajay Gupta to interview Catherine Calarco, Sr. VP of Sales & Marketing for HeathMath and Dr. Matthew Miller, CMO of Danbury Hospital

Technology Today is the #1 rated technology talk show on Internet radio for a rapidly growing worldwide audience of people who are curious about technology and who need an interactive information channel that can help them make sense of how innovations in business and personal technologies are shaping our lives.

This week the show will feature practical and real world solutions to the rising cost of health care in the United States, as well as other countries, specifically highlighting two possible solutions that seem to be working.

Gupta will be interviewing Catherine Calarco, Sr.VP of HeartMath, the medical consumer electronic device maker behind the emWave product, allowing an individual to both track and self-regulate their heart rate and stress levels.  Doing so, in the company's view, significantly improves the short and long term health of the individual - and therefore their use of the health care system bringing down overall costs.

Also on the show, Dr. Matthew Miller, CMO of Danbury Hospital, who has led numerous award winning initiatives that actually and demonstrably achieve the twin goals of improving the quality of care and decreasing the costs of delivering care.

Gupta will be asking both Catherine and Dr. Miller what makes what they've done work and whether their solutions may in fact be the real solution to our global health care crisis.

WHO: Cybersecurity Expert and Technology Today Radio Host to Interview Catherine Calarco, Sr. VP of Sales & Marketing for HeathMath and Dr. Matthew Miller, CMO of Danbury Hospital

WHAT: Technology Today Radio Show – Focus on Solutions to Rising Health care costs.

WHEN: Thursday, May 26th at 4:00 PM EST

WHERE: Podcast available on the VoiceAmerica network site, syndicated on Apple's iTunes, and available for download over smart phone apps on all three major app platforms.  Please visit www.technologytodayradio.com.

MEDIA CONTACT:  Sandra Schwartzman, RMR & Associates, Inc.

  sschwartzman@rmr.com, (301) 230-0045 x 100

About Technology Today

Technology Today is the #1 rated technology talk show on Internet radio for a rapidly growing worldwide audience of people who are curious about technology and who need an interactive information channel that can help them make sense of how innovations in business and personal technologies are shaping our lives. Created and hosted by cybersecurity authority Ajay Gupta, Technology Today also offers tech-driven sponsors an uncommon branding platform that delivers precision-targeted messages to a self-selected, self-perpetuating community of predisposed enthusiasts who are open to innovation and, therefore, new ways of thinking and doing.  Unlike traditional talk radio programs, Technology Today creates an online community in which listeners, guests and sponsors can come to know the issues, people and organizations driving development and deployment of technologies that are changing lives and shaping the future. Technology Today air Live on Thursdays at 4pm Eastern, is available as a podcast on the VoiceAmerica network site , syndicated on Apple's iTunes, and available for download over smart phone apps on all three major app platforms.  For more information on Technology Today please visit www.technologytodayradio.com or follow the show through Facebook, Twitter or the show's blog.

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Finally! Stream iTunes Online

Rumors about an online version of iTunes have been rampant since mid to late 2009, but now it looks like there's a little truth to the idea...maybe. Apple will be launching an online music service that will allow users to listen to music streamed over the internet. Experts say the new application could become a major threat for music websites such as Spotify, a service that allows users access to millions of songs through a paid subscription.

Each iTunes user will have access to a "digital locker," which allows them to store music they've purchased through the iTunes store. If you'd like to access your locker, you simply go to the website (the New York Times says it will probably be iTunes.com), log in, and voila! Your music is there, waiting to be listened to on any computer.

With the current version of iTunes, music can only be stored on your computer or your iPod, which rules out listening to it on the go in some cases.

Last year, Apple bought Lala.com and last month, they closed it down. This led many to believe the web version of iTunes is coming. Lala's Software allows users to store music libraries online and play them through any browser on any computer. It's most likely that these guys will be working on the new web-based version of iTunes.

The New York Times spoke with an unnamed record label executive who said Apple had announced plans to create a cloud-based service just weeks before it purchased Lala. Others wondered if Amazon or Google would beat Apple to creating such a service.

Personally, I'm not sure I would use this service very often. I'm a big iTunes fan, but I'm never in a position where I would want to access my music on another computer. If I'm traveling with intentions to work, I generally take my laptop and/or iPod along if I plan to listen to music. If I'm on another computer, other than my laptop, I am most likely in a place where playing music wouldn't be a great idea, though I suppose you can always wear headphones. On the plus side, I can see where it would be handy if you own multiple computers. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what Apple comes up with.

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TV Could Come to iTunes

So the big question here is…would you pay $30 a month to watch TV through iTunes?

This is Apple’s most recent endeavor to further expand their world-wide utilized program iTunes. They have been pitching this new idea to a variety of TV networks during the past few weeks. The company is trying to rally support for a service that would provide a monthly subscription that would bring users a variety of TV programs via the easy to use iTunes multimedia program that over a 100 million customers already use.

Apple has said that they would like to be able to offer this service sometime early next year, but as of right now, there is no news of any programmer that has made a definite commitment to the company. It is suspected that if anyone commits to Apple the first would most likely be Disney. In the past, Disney has been ready and willing to support Apple and iTunes in their endeavors. In 2005, Disney CEO Bob Iger was the first to sell their programming via a la carte downloads through iTunes. Also, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is the largest shareholder in Disney stock.

Now there are several reasons as to why this may be difficult for Apple to work out. Different cable networks are not going to want to jeopardize their relationships and subscription fees with cable providers such as Comcast. Programmers are also afraid that the iTunes TV subscription could affect the advertising revenue. Even if iTunes didn’t offer TV programs until after their initial air date, there is still the risk that ratings would drop.

Past these factors, I’m sure that Apple is looking at how TV and movies over the Web is definitely on the rise. Netflix already offers a service with streaming movies and TV shows while also continuing disc-by-mail subscription service. iTunes and Amazon offer movie rental services, and YouTube is attempting to start up the same thing. Hulu is also trying to work out the details of a paid service that would offer rentals, downloads, or subscriptions.

So when considering all the facts, what Apple is trying to do is simply keep up with the times. TV and movies over the Web is a growing field that I would be shocked if Apple does not become involved with in the very near future. The question of the matter is…how quickly can they get the service set up and will it really take off like Apple believes? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see, and for now we’ll have to depend on our other sources to watch our favorite shows.

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