Like lower prices? Then it's a Happy New Year for sure

Welcome to 2012. And to ring in the new year we're announcing a price change for both of our software communication systems.

We're bumping BlueNote Communicator's price down a couple of notches, from $895 to $695. This still includes the same customer support and service, as well as complimentary training for your practice. BlueNote Status is getting the same sort of treatment, with a price decrease from $399 to $349.

Why are the prices going down? Same reason they always do: because it seems like a good business decision (vague...but true). The programs will still be getting minor free updates through the year, but we're hoping to make each of our products just a little more affordable to those who haven't adopted them yet.

And as always, if you've already purchased BlueNote Communicator or BlueNote Status, just call or email us to get the latest updates at no charge.

Here's to a great 2012.

Free Dental Materials Timer

Dental materials have needs. Especially the need to be timed. Like, how long has that anesthetic been working? Or when will the alginate set?

Instead of having to remember all the working and set times for the products that you use every day, maybe what you need is a computer timer that’s specifically designed for dentistry.

Sure, you can use it for your operatory chess matches, timing how long your assistant was in the restroom, or reminding yourself to check the hygiene patient. But its best uses are definitely dental-centric.

Download the BlueMinder Dental Timer here for free. Doesn’t cost anything – no data, no money. Just install it at each clinical computer, tell your assistant to add your most-used dental materials (or just rely on the included materials library) and you can ditch the grey LCD clock boxes on your tray tables forever.

Or at least you can use it until the dental materials can time themselves.

What's changed with the release of BlueNote Status 2.0

Yesterday's release of BlueNote Status 2.0 means that we can now take a quick breath after six months of fine-tuning and tweaking to get it just right.

The new version for intra-office communications feels just a little bit more broken-in, like your favorite pair of leather shoes. We think you'll like these enhancements:

• You now have an official Inbox instead of a Message tab, and the interface for typed messaging has been simplified..

• Snippets are now chosen from a drop-down list that can be shared throughout the software, not just in messaging.

• When you click on a location to send an alert or message, more of your options are right there instead of having to remember what type of click to make.

• Group Messaging works better, and you can now even send a Doorbell to a group instead of just to One or just to All.

• Did you need more than three pre-programmed Status buttons? We thought so, you might like nine instead.

• If you want to make all statuses at each computer in your practice the same, you can now do that. Also each Shared Status can be given a unique tone to separate it out of general Statuses, so that tones are universally understood throughout the office.

• If a location has been placed in Do Not Disturb mode (DND), that location's name will appear in red on the Status Board so that you know why Dr. Busy isn't responding to your alerts.

Many other small improvements can be found all throughout the software, so if you liked Status before you'll say to yourself "Nom Nom, tastes better with bacon." Take a deep breath with us and enjoy the yummy aroma of Status 2.0.

And then slowly exhale. Yay! It's ready for munching. You can get a peek of the new interface here on the Features page.

This is not Dental Justice

Photoshop is fun. You can use it to make a fake Yelp review to help illustrate a point that you’re trying to make about something else. Like a patient writing an online review of your dental practice:

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Our hearts go out to the Joplin dentists

We just realized that in the midst of rebuilding, our company can actually do a little bit to fly in the face of the tornado that devastated some of our customers in Joplin, Missouri last month.

If you are a dental or medical practice that is starting fresh (hey, we gotta put a positive spin on this!) and you were affected by the recent tornadoes, we'd like to offer a free retail license, including a year of software updates and phone support.

No, no money, just get well soon.

There's an app for teeth bleaching

If your Sephora shop is like ours, it has recently capitalized on its space across the mall from the Apple Store and is now targeting the same people who like to wear iPods around their necks. Glowy! White! Cords! Teeth? Hmmm.

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