During a demo, the companies showed how users can push a button on a TV to view snippets of information from the Web and push another button for an up-close look.
Right now, this feature is buried in the browser, with users having to click on the Menu button, then choose Help, then Troubleshooting Information before finally being shown the Reset Firefox button.
For example, Homescape, which hosts classified ads for a consortium of newspaper companies, has a find-a-Realtor button that sends information to Reply.
Online features will include a "Take Action" button to access information about social issues touched on in each program, customized to the viewer's locale and interests.
The "Like" button, for instance, can send information back to Facebook whenever Facebook users visit pages that have the button, even if they don't click it.
Normally, this information would be hidden behind several button pushes, or tucked into the corners of the main display, obscuring the action.
Veterans who log onto My HealtheVet at www.myhealth.va.gov and click the Blue Button can save or print information from their own health records.
In 2012, the ONC rolled out the Automated Blue Button Initiative meant to open up health information that is technically owned by consumers, but has been painfully difficult to access.
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With a push of a button, a menu popped up offering further information, downloadable from the web, including video reviews and blog discussion.
Through the Internet, with a few keystrokes and the click of a button, a young person can call up information for a research project, make new friends or discover new hobbies.
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With the click of a button, Connected To The Case utilizes profile information provided by users on Facebook and other social media platforms to show real-time results for how citizens are personally connected to active cases.
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The base unit transmits signals across an unused FM frequency, and the user can select from numerous radio stations with the tuner, which also has a "Tell Me More" button that can be used to obtain more information about songs being broadcast, or even to purchase MP3 files or CDs.
Additionally, the system update enables PS3 system owners to share information on games they just purchased with a click of a button.
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With top executives' pay a hot-button topic, some companies are simply keeping the information out of the view of creditors and anxious employees.
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At a developer conference, Mr. Zuckerberg unveiled features that include a "Like" button that other websites could add to allow users to share information back on their Facebook profile pages.
But in 2012, at a time when anyone with a cell phone can spread offensive views around the world with the click of a button, the notion that we can control the flow of information is obsolete.
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The new, ultra-slim TomTom Runner and TomTom Multi-Sport GPS sport watches feature an extra-large display, full-screen graphical training tools and the industry's first one-button control to make it easier for users to access the information needed to stay motivated and achieve their goals.
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One of the good ways to check how much information about you is available is by clicking the "Preview my Profile" button on the privacy pages.
Surfbook was a social diary that let people share information with friends and family and approve some data using a "like" button, according to legal papers filed by Fish and Richardson.
The ability to have constant, portable access to all the information complied by human beings over all of our known existence at the touch of a button, while watching squirrels dance on YouTube.
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Now, with the Blue Button, CMS is making it convenient and safe for them to download and share this information in an easy-to-read and portable format.
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Blue Button for America, an effort to boost the portability of health data by enabling citizens to download their information online.
The insole does this by communicating with a "base station, " an intermediary device between the button in the shoe and the television set, which uses a radio signal to calculate and transmit the information.
Blue Button for America will spread the ability for millions of Americans to easily and securely download their own health information electronically, all while fueling the emergence of time and money saving products and businesses.
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