One word to describe 2013 -- mobile. Like the word 'plastics' in The Graduate, if you were asked where folks wanted to apply their overwrought investor piggy banks in 2013, it is clear that males (who dominate the investor ranks) consider 2013 the year of Mobile! If it is smartphone-like and/or moves with you on the body, to mangle Arnold Schwarzenegger, invest a billion or so in it. Why not? But a not-so-subtle change marked the year -- what was once mHealth to healthcare (maybe because those downloaded apps were a bust) and always willing to redirect, the trend became Health IT by the end of the year -- which is where the real money (for businesses to make) has been and is -- because no one has figured out how to make money off smart phone apps except smart phone 'new every two' carriers. Anyway, here are the most read blog posts from 2013 -- read them and ponder what it means:
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