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"Houston’s Memorial Hermann hospital is going to live tweet on Wednesday a brain operation performed by one of the world’s foremost neurosurgeons. The live event, featuring tweeting and delayed photos and video footage of the procedure, will look in as renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Dong Kim removes a benign brain tumor from a 21-year-old woman who recently began suffering seizures, according to Chron.com." - Agora Media Group

"support is growing for increased collaboration between pharmaceutical companies and patients in research processes worldwide, according to a new report by healthcare intelligence company GBI Research. Patient perspectives are increasingly being sought by drug regulators and reimbursement authorities, who hope to better meet the needs of their customer base." - Agora Media Group

"The Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) will collaborate on innovations in preventative medicine with the Italian insurance company, Fondo di Assistenza Sanitaria Integrativa." - Agora Media Group

"During this summit, that will be hold from 16 to 18 october, 2012, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA, attendees will learn how to engage patients, employees and the media in the digital age." - Agora Media Group

"Covidien and GE Healthcare, global providers of healthcare products and recognized innovators in patient monitoring and respiratory care devices, announced a five-year, global collaboration to incorporate Covidien measurement technologies into GE Healthcare patient monitors." - Agora Media Group

"ust as the German pharmaceutical company celebrated its UK affiliate’s 50th birthday, the Boehringer UK channel went live this week. The YouTube channel joins Boehringer UK’s existing social media accounts, which encompass a UK corporate Twitter feed, an atrial fibrillation Twitter account and a Flickr account." - Agora Media Group

"Relationships (between care givers and patients/family) have a major impact on healthcare outcomes. Facilitating engagement and participation among healthcare stakeholders is a major opportunity and digital and social technology support cost-effective participatory healthcare" - Agora Media Group

"Innovation is crucial in the evolution of the healthcare industry, Philips Electronics and the Catharina Hospital in the Netherlands, a leading interventional cardiology center, have teamed up to showcase current solutions and future developments -by working together on building a state-of-the-art electrophysiology (EP) lab- that shape the diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment of heart rhythm disorders. This was followed by a unique social media initiative." - Agora Media Group

"It is important as consumers are increasingly making medical decisions based on the information they find on social media sites." - Agora Media Group

"At the Chinaplas 2012, the Dow Chemical Company showcased its broad portfolio of plastics solutions to customers and value chains in Asia Pacific. Dow is committed to helping brand owners in the Asia Pacific region develop cost-efficient, innovative solutions that are aligned with industry trends as well as marketplace needs." - Agora Media Group

"Read selected interesting shared insights and information about the SusChem event 2012 (17 – 18 april)." - Agora Media Group

"It’s exactly that, the importance of the chemical industry for the global society, its needs and anxieties, the starting point of (m)any innovation(s) in the various value chains that it makes the case to deploy social media for the purpose of awareness and engagement. Kotler’s horizontalism says that people put more trust into each other than brands/corporations. Chemical organizations can do two things to become more human, more horizontal, more flawsome." - Agora Media Group

"Gerard ten Brincke, chairman of the Europeesche Verzekeringen said: “The ability to learn from customers faster than others is the only long term sustainable competitive advantage” Incorporating customers in business processes enables organizations to be efficiently and effectively customer-centric. What's your opinion on this?" - Agora Media Group

"Viewers are increasingly willing to pay for online streaming services, according to KPMG’s latest Media & Entertainment Barometer. New Media Age reports that “the YouGov-commissioned survey, which examined 2,177 UK adults’ media consumption habits, revealed more than two thirds (64%) of UK consumers are willing to pay for online movies, up from 60% in March 2011. The number of people willing to pay for online TV content also rose to 30% in October 2011, up from 27% year on year." - Agora Media Group

"Gruvi, a full service marketing and technology company that helps major entertainment brands, is working on the Gruvi movie community to help viewers to choose what to watch next. Last year over 20,000 movies and TV shows were released in the US alone. So how do you easily find what you want to watch while avoiding disappointment?" - Agora Media Group

"(Dutch) initiative “Emerce Business Course” that offers best of both worlds, creating an immersive experience. It’s an MBA-level course on online strategy at the heart of the Internet’s industry: Silicon Valley. This enables participants to have intimate strategic discussions with real Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors. The participants will visit start-ups as well as established pure-players to get a feel for what doing business in the Valley is all about." - Agora Media Group

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"The European Commission (EC) has launched a new open data strategy that will see a vast number of datasets owned by public authorities released to the public. The EC anticipates that the data will see businesses make money from new smart phone apps that may include maps, real-time traffic information or price comparison tools for example. The strategy is expected to boost to the EU’s economy by €40 billion each year." - Agora Media Group

"Google is taking the covers off a raft of new features and upgrades to the platform, each that will make it a more engaging place for brands and users alike." - Agora Media Group

"Surprisingly, a large percentage of organizations did not maintain the benefits of using social technologies that they had achieved earlier." - Agora Media Group

"The Dutch Financial Times published an article about how intangible assets are the most important value-determining factor of an organization, however investments, innovation and attention to these assets lack. This is contradicting but shows the challenge as well, because more than 75 percent of the average market value is from intangible assets. The challenge is that these aren’t quantified in financial metrics. Intangible assets consists of human-, organizational- and information capital." - Agora Media Group

"Gartner heeft haar voorspellingen voor de komende jaren gepubliceerd, een tiental op het gebied van IT. Business managers gaan meer controle hebben over budgetten die voorheen beheerd werden door IT, zij zal een coördinerende rol krijgen om de verschuiving in controle te kunnen compenseren. Daarnaast is er een groeiende hoeveelheid aan data en de uitdaging is om hier mee om te gaan. Deze ineffectiviteit verhinderd organisaties om belangrijke kansen te identificeren, binnen de ‘window of opportunity’." - Agora Media Group

"Since October 26th the marketers of the Savoury-cluster (Unox, Knorr, Bertolli, Conimex and Cup-a-Soup) are interacting on Facebook with hundred consumers for three months. Unilever’s marketers talk about consumer eating habits, cooking- and buying behavior. They also research what consumers think of their products, brands and advertising." - Agora Media Group

"Het volgende Afrikaanse gezegde beschrijft het Open Business concept volledig: “If you want to travel fast, travel alone. If you want to travel far, go together.” De organisatie die gedijt, is de organisatie die openstaat voor externe participatie (met klanten, experts, leveranciers e.d.) ten behoeve van een efficiëntere, betere en duurzame business output. Deze output bestaat in essentie uit betere producten, diensten en communicatie." - Agora Media Group

"Consumers will become more and more demanding, be it technological- or behavioral wise. Involve them in order to cope but also thrive in the competitive landscape by making use of both internal and external unique advantages." - Agora Media Group

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TV Apps and Widgets Marketplace - The Future of Transmedia, Social TV, Smart TV and Connected TV - TV Widgets, Samsung, Google TV, Apple TV, Yahoo Connected TV, Boxee, Roku, HbbTV, Project Canvas, Android, Sony, NetTV - Agora Media Group