Not exact matches
The firm
had to shelve many of its
services as it worked to convince regulators that its genetic
tests were accurate and the accompanying medical risk reports clear enough that they wouldn't confuse or harm customers.
Facebook is reportedly planning to
test a news
service with a paywall that
would direct users of the social network's Instant Articles feature to sign up for digital news subscriptions after reaching a threshold of monthly articles.
Although not in
service yet, the new «Iron Man» suit being developed by SOCOM, which are to be
tested in 2018, are slated to
have visors.
Apple introduced the new
service on January 24, as a part of a beta
test for its iPhone operating system update to iOS 11.3, which
has been rolled out to iPhone users.
Transdev
has surveyed users in autonomous shuttle
tests about the
service and quality, and more than 90 percent were excited about the
service.
AT&T (t)
has also been experimenting with a wireless home Internet
service, while T - Mobile (tmus)
has been focusing on
testing faster access for mobile devices.
But I
have no plans ever to sign off on the terms of
service that preface a consumer DNA
test — no matter how many provocative conversations I might
have with my desk - mate, Fortune's biotech reporter, Sy Mukherjee.
The idea is that you
have to fire a lot of bullets —
test new products,
services, processes, etc. — to see what works and what doesn't.
The beauty of an subscription video - on - demand
service is that we can continue to
test different types of content and because of the direct connection we
have with our end user — it's a dialog that continues.
Business Insider
had on Monday reported that the iPhone maker was
testing a so - called mobile virtual network operator (MVNO)
service in the United States, which
would involve it renting capacity from one or more network operators to sign up customers to its own phone and data plans.
It's features that we
've always wanted on the
service that weren't necessarily completed or
tested at launch.
Since October, when The Wall Street Journal ran a story questioning the validity of its blood
tests, healthcare startup Theranos
has promised that an independent analysis of its
testing services would be forthcoming.
This increase in abnormal
test results can
have negative consequences for medicine in the form of extra
testing, additional patient visits to clinics / hospitals, and added doctor
services, all of which result in additional costs and burdens to patients or to the healthcare system and are potentially harmful.
Now, millions of people
have access to Planned Parenthood
services like birth control, cancer screenings, and STI
testing and treatment.
Even before Wharton officially announced the new team - discussion admissions
test, The MBA Exchange
had introduced its new $ 395
service to help applicants prep for the novel addition to the school's MBA application.
Telenav, the Silicon Valley company looking to bring pop - up ads to your infotainment screen,
has been
testing a «freemium» model borrowed from streaming music
services to entice drivers to share their data.
KnowRoaming also offers
service in other a number of other countries, although I haven't
had a chance to
test that yet.
Clearly EMC, like every other IT incumbent,
has one nervous eye on Amazon Web
Services, the public cloud giant that became a huge success largely because software developers saw it as a cheap, easy way to get the resources they need to build and
test their products.
Google (goog)
has invited all the news publishers on the web to use its Project Shield
service, which it
has been
testing with news and human rights sites for a few years.
Fans are paying almost $ 100 for the fight and they don't want any interruptions of their
service or any snags in the transaction, so NeuLion
has been
testing the process in the days leading up to the event to ensure it will run smoothly on fight night.
McDonald's Corp
has begun
testing its long - awaited U.S. mobile ordering app, with the goal of avoiding the kinds of
service hiccups that
have haunted digital debuts by companies such as Starbucks.
Uber
has been
testing the food - delivery
service inside of its main app for the better part of the past 18 months, but it then launched as a standalone app available in Toronto, Wired reported last month.
Jonathan Steiman, head of operations at TalkTo, a
service that allows users to text businesses,
has written that Facebook
has proven to be a powerful medium for
testing his company's advertisements.
So, brands that
have both stores and ecommerce platforms need to redefine and reposition their online shopping experiences and introduce and
test new, bespoke direct - to - consumer
services and product lines.
That's an apt description of Fluid Life, which in the past eight years
has changed its core offering (moving from increasingly commoditized
testing services to include a suite of consulting activities), expanded its Brampton, Ont.
The 35 - year - old company, which helps industrial clients keep their equipment running through a mix of lab
testing, consulting and training
services, outgrew the space it
had occupied for the better part of two decades.
He was dismissive of genetic -
testing services that, to date,
have had the most consumer success.
In 2013, the FDA ruled that genetic -
testing company 23andMe, which
has raised a total of $ 233 million, could no longer sell one of its signature
services:
test results that indicate a person's propensity to develop inherited diseases.
That idea might
have been considered «science fiction» as recently as a decade ago, Felten said, but now Waymo is
testing its driverless ride - hailing
service on public roads in Arizona.
Since then, Mountain View, California's 23andMe
has mainly been using its genetic
testing services to provide information about ancestry and origin.
More gravely, the Journal says, Theranos may
have conducted its proficiency
testing, required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services, incorrectly.
Virgin Hyperloop One, which
has been
testing in Nevada with speeds reaching 240 miles an hour, is working to meet a goal of
having three production systems in
service by 2021, according to its website.
ONE man's vision to provide a value - added pressure -
testing service to the construction, resources and oil and gas industries,
has led to the emergence of a leading Australian company poised to expand offshore.
It's
testing a
service that allows Lyft passengers to push a button to
have their driver take them to a Taco Bell drive - thru between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m.
He linked that data to military personnel who
'd completed the Armed
Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
test, which scores language, mathematical, mechanical and other knowledge and skills.
You
have tested your concept by conducting online surveys, focus groups, trade show demonstrations or through some other means to determine if potential customers will buy your product or
service.
How to Bring Your Concept to Market: Protect Your Concept Once you
have tested your concept and found it to be sound, safeguard your brand name or image by registering it as a
service mark or trademark, suggests Richard Stim, attorney and author of Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference.
If you
have customer
service teams or a sales force that are in front of computers or mobile phones all day, consider running an instant messaging
test.
At times, I
've found the
service to be slower at finding a satellite signal than some dedicated GPS devices I
've tested.
However, Rainforest QA
has now released their mobile app
testing platform («Quality Assurance as a
Service»), along with an ebook about scaling mobile
testing itself, using their crop of over 50,000 crowdsourced testers to zero in on specific issues (and they get into this in detail in a recent eBook).
For example, I
've been
testing TeleNav's GPS Navigator software and
service on a BlackBerry Curve 8310 on AT&T's network.
A reporter from the Health
Service Journal said the attack
had affected X-ray imaging systems, pathology
test results, phone systems and patient administration systems.
«In light of the voiding of a number of
test results, and as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS)
has rejected Theranos» plan of correction and considers sanctions, we
have carefully considered our relationship with Theranos and believe it is in our customers» best interests to terminate our partnership,» Brad Fluegel, Walgreens senior vice president and chief health care commercial market development officer, said in a statement.
«We're building an AWS for QA, and since so many of our current customers also want to
test their native apps with Rainforest we figured it makes sense to
have all our
services under a single billing platform,» said Fred Stevens - Smith, CEO of Rainforest QA.
There
have been news reports that the online retailer was planning to
test its own delivery
service for part of the delivery process, specifically third - party sellers to its distribution facilities, to cut
service times.
«Holidays and typical non-business days are a great time for business owners to
test out the vacation waters because clients
have a less urgent need for your
services,» he says.
In addition, Amazon Web
Services has one of their largest and most frequent
testing regions in Northern Virginia along with their Government Cloud efforts.
The ride hailing
service has started an early
test into «mapping, safety and autonomy systems» as part of a part of plan to automate rides and eliminate the cost of drivers, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times.
Davis said the company
had to «make some changes» because of cuts in Medicare reimbursements for urine
tests and other medical
services.
The car - hailing
service has already started dabbling in the field, with a messenger
service in New York City; a household goods delivery experiment in Washington, D.C.; and a food - delivery
test in Southern California.