Really Simple Sidi (RSS) (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
After MedStory this time Microsoft acquires Powerset . Via Venture Beat Microsoft is building the right combination, will SiloBreaker be next? Rafael Sidi (Really Simple Sidi)
MSDN Blogs (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
David Dembo's blog continues to develop nicely as a great local resource for Aussie partners interested in the health sector. Here are his last two posts to get you interested: "Live Search - Health Many of you are already aware of the Health Search Engine we purchased last year, MedStory, and that we re-branded it as Microsoft HealthVault Search. Many of you would be aware that it is now available...
MSDN Blogs (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Many of you are already aware of the Health Search Engine we purchased last year, MedStory, and that we re-branded it as Microsoft HealthVault Search. Many of you would be aware that it is now available as part of our Live Search functionality and is called Live Search - Health. For those of you who were not aware of that, here is the link: https://ssl.search.live.com/health/default.aspx
The Health Care Blog (Free subscription) | 03/02/2008
Microsoft has made some big strides in health this past year. You can easily argue that a) its search has outpaced Google (following the acquisition of Medstory), b) that it's making strides in the provider market with the renamed Amalga...
ZD Net (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
66% of online adults have used general search engines in the past 12 months for search information about health and wellness topics, according to iCrossing. Widespread usage of search engines does not extend to health-specific engines such as Healia, Medstory, Fealth, Kosmix and Healthline, which were cited by only 15%...
Sramana Mitra on Strategy (Free subscription) | 12/06/2007
Acquisition Strategy Microsoft acquired Medstory and aQuantive this year. Actually both were very good acquisitions. Online Health is a large segment with 31% of the total U.S. Internet users or 55.3 million U.S. Internet audience visiting health information sites each month during the first quarter of 2007. Buying aQuantive was a shrewd move. With the aQuantive [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/27/2007
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has accepted a mediatory role in the diplomatic impasse between Britain and Zimbabwe, his office has said.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 11/03/2007
Nov 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka's ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided to appoint two mediatory boards in addition to the main disciplinary committee, said the SLFP General Secretary Minister Maithripala Sirisena.
The Health Care Blog (Free subscription) | 09/20/2007
Tom Eng, President & Founder, HealiaVenky Harinarayan, CEO, KosmixAlain Rappaport, CEO, Medstory/MicrosoftDean Stephens, President & COO,Healthline NetworksModerator: Jack Barrette, CEO WeGoHealth (ex-Yahoo Each of the presenters gave a 4 minute demo of their specialized search abilities: gathering together relevant, multi-media...
business|bytes|genes|molecules (Free subscription) | 09/14/2007
Via John Batelle, I became aware of the rumor that Google might be interested in buying WebMD. The article mentions this in light of Adam Bosworth’s departure from Google. I am not quite sure what to make of this rumor. Microsoft bought Medstory, a clear play for the healthcare vertical, and then there are [...]
KillerStartups.com (Free subscription) | 09/12/2007
What it does Medstory is an intelligent search engine for the field of health and medicine. After typing in a search term, various options become available for you to choose more specifically what you are looking for. Based on your choice, you receive more useful results for exactly what you are trying to find. Since I am battling a serious cough, I searched for “cough treatment.” To refine my search,...
Download Squad (Free subscription) | 08/14/2007
Filed under: Google , Microsoft , Search Earlier this year Microsoft picked up Medstory , prompting speculation that the software maker would be coming out with some sort of health-related search engine. Now the New York Times is reporting that both Microsoft and Google have slightly more ambitious plans in the health space. Microsoft plans to launch a health service later this year that will involve...
anonymous (Free subscription) | 07/11/2007
U.K based analyst firm Wireless Healthcare predicts that Google and Microsoft are on the brink of making their presence felt in the healthcare sector. The firm based their belief on Google recent acquisition of 23andMe, a genetic profiling firm, and Microsoft's acquisition of Medstory, a medical search firm. Wireless Healthcare analyst Peter Kruger further said [...]
davidrothman.net (Free subscription) | 06/18/2007
We knew that Microsoft was acquiring MedStory- today we learn that Healia is being acquired by the Meredith Corporation. Details here. Should we perhaps be expecting more acquisitions of healthcare information vortals? How will such acquisitions and the heating up of this particular market impact the quality of search available to healthcare consumers from [...]
