Quebec doctors are still charging patients too much for administrative services, such as filling out forms, says a Montreal watchdog group that has been monitoring billing practices.
HOW TO TURN ON DARK MODE IN IOS 11 FOR IPHONE
If you are low vision or just want to extend your battery, there’s now an option in iOS 11 to enable “Smart Invert” which reverses the colors of the iPhone’s display, just like the “Classic Invert” did for all these years. But this special new inverted mode won’t reverse everything. Specifically, it won’t reverse images, media, and some apps that use dark color styles already.
HOW TO QUICKLY ZOOM ON ANY PART OF THE SCREEN
Are you having some trouble reading the text on your iPhone? Buried in the Accessibility tab of the Settings app, Apple has included a setting that’s disabled by default called Peek Zoom.
Amazon Is Putting Alexa Into Everyone’s Pocket
Amazon is bringing Alexa to the assistant’s Android app, enabling users to interact with the app as they would an Echo device.
Audiobooks Coming to Google Play Store! 50% Off First Book
Google Play Store is now advertising its audiobook library in select countries and promises consumers a 50 percent discount on their first related purchase.
Microsoft Develops Bot Artist, That Converts Text to Images
Microsoft researchers are developing an artificial intelligence (AI) enabled ‘drawing bot’ that can create images from text descriptions of an object. The technology can generate images of everything from ordinary pastoral scenes, such as grazing livestock, to the absurd, such as a floating double-decker bus, Microsoft said in a blog post.
Tech Library Loans Out Tools, Toys and Gadgets to Help People with Disabilities
The NAU Institute for Human Development is home to two separate libraries that lend out various gadgets, toys, devices and even computer programs that allow students, teachers and families with disabilities the opportunity to try before they buy technology that can make their lives easier.
Eye-Care Provider Convicted In $1.2 Million Scam
A Georgia eye-care provider has been convicted on 29 counts of healthcare fraud for scamming $1.2 million from Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Medical Breakthrough Could Help the Blind See Using Genes from Algae
A French biopharma company has announced their plans to carry out human trials of a new treatment that would insert genes from light-seeking algae into the eyes of patients with inherited blindness in order to help them regain sight. The treatment involves optogenetics, a technique that converts nerve cells into light sensitive cells. Although optogenetics is commonly used in animal experiments, its effects on humans are far less known.
Father Invents Learning Game for Daughter Who Is Going Blind
Jake Lacourse of Middleborough, Massachusetts, was honored at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for creating a game he calls BecDot. It’s designed to help his 2-year-old daughter, Rebecca, learn pre-braille concepts.
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