May 28th, 2008
Microsoft increases Be Well prize fund by 50%
Microsoft has bumped the Be Well fund meant to jump-start HealthVault applications by 50%, to $4.5 million.
It also named its judging panel. Most are names well-known only in the computing or medical industries, like Google-ex Adam Bosworth, longevity guru Mark Liponis, and medical dean Valerie Montgomery Rice.
Then there’s Newt Gingrich.
OK, I get it. A little celebrity pizzazz. Newt’s not running for anything. Newt believes in The Future!
The panel will pick through thousands of entries and fund those which show the most promise in using Microsoft’s HealthVault tools into something The Future! will appreciate.
Good luck with that. I mean that sincerely.
Dana Blankenhorn has been a business journalist since 1978, and has covered technology since 1982. He launched the Interactive Age Daily, the first daily coverage of the Internet to launch with a magazine, in September 1994. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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