It's been a busy week. The article in the UK Guardian newspaper was published last Tuesday,
and it began a whirlwind of media attention. I woke up to a request for an interview with BBC
World Service. Even as I entered the studio I was receiving calls from radio stations across
the UK. In addition to chatting on all these shows, a film crew from the BBC showed up at
midday and filmed a piece for the 6 'o' clock news (later repeated a few times on BBC
News24). I did yet another interview in Millbank for BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight and
was then taken by car to CNN's studios where I was interviewed yet again.
The following day a car took me to Shepherds Bush and I appeared on the BBC Breakfast
Show, and chatted on BBC London's breakfast show. Later I chatted on yet more radio shows
across the UK, in addition to interviews from more newspapers and magazines from around
the world. The story was also in the Telegraph, The Daily Mail, and the Metro newspapers in
UK, the Sydney Morning Herald and several others in Australia, and many, many others
around the world. I was also called by NBC and Fox News in USA asking for permission to
use photos and videos for items they were running on the app.
I've also received calls from companies and interested people worldwide, and there has
been more than one offer of a licensing deal, some quite surprising.
The result of this unexpected (and greatly appreciated) attention is that my little app
made it to number 1 in the whole AppStore in the UK, and became the 2nd highest grossing
app! It's now starting to slip back down to normal medical app sales levels; as it does so I am
able to see exactly how many sales are needed to reach each position in the rankings. I may
do another post on this sometime!
Many of my recent appearances are online, here are some of them:
BBC News Technology:
Stethoscope app created for smartphones
BBC News: Phone app turns mobile
into stethoscope to monitor heartbeat
CNN interview
BBC Breakfast TV
interview
