The GSMA has commissioned a report into mobile health technology that shows almost £85 billion could be saved in EU healthcare costs by 2017.

However, it warns that regulatory, economic, structural and technological barriers could result in mHealth only reaching 10% of its potential.

Joe DeCapua of voanews.com writes:

Mobile phone use in Africa has spread far, wide and fast. By the end of last year, it was estimated that 70 percent of the population would have a mobile phone. Now, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says it’s using the technology to save lives.

Last night the Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced the winners of its inaugural Bluetooth Breakthrough Awards competition.

Winner of the Prototype category - and overall winner, chosen from over 300 submissions - was the Tethercell battery adaptor, a product that enables almost any product using AA batteries to be controlled or monitored via Bluetooth.