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Data Shows Google’s Robot Cars Are Smoother, Safer Drivers Than You or I
October 27, 2013
Data gathered from Google’s self-driving Prius and Lexus cars shows that they are safer and smoother when steering themselves than when a human takes the wheel, according to the leader of Google’s autonomous-car project. Chris Urmson made those claims today at a robotics conference in Santa Clara, California. He presented results from two studies of data from the hundreds of thousands of miles Google’s vehicles have logged on public roads in California and Nevada. One of those analyses...
October 27, 2013
Data gathered from Google’s self-driving Prius and Lexus cars shows that they are safer and smoother when steering themselves than when a human takes the wheel, according to the leader of Google’s autonomous-car project. Chris Urmson made those claims today at a robotics conference in Santa Clara, California. He presented results from two studies of data from the hundreds of thousands of miles Google’s vehicles have logged on public roads in California and Nevada. One of those analyses...
LexisNexis and Internet Brands Eliminate 205 Lawyers.com Jobs
October 27, 2013
At 4:31 p.m. Thursday, Michael Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis Legal & Profession, advised colleagues that 205 jobs will be eliminated nationally for workers in the company's new joint venture with Internet Brands. The alliance brings together LN's Martindale-Hubbell unit, as well as its Lawyers.com consumer site, "with Internet Brands’ online marketing services for lawyers through its Nolo legal division," he wrote in the email message. The joint venture was announced on August 30, The transition...
October 27, 2013
At 4:31 p.m. Thursday, Michael Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis Legal & Profession, advised colleagues that 205 jobs will be eliminated nationally for workers in the company's new joint venture with Internet Brands. The alliance brings together LN's Martindale-Hubbell unit, as well as its Lawyers.com consumer site, "with Internet Brands’ online marketing services for lawyers through its Nolo legal division," he wrote in the email message. The joint venture was announced on August 30, The transition...
Google Glass In The Concert Hall? Cornell Prof Looks To Make Beautiful Music With High-Tech Headgear
October 27, 2013
Google Glass isn’t just for tech bros -- it could be a new way to experience classical music. A Cornell University professor and undergraduate student are teaming up to move Beethoven, Brahms and all the rest into the digital age. Cynthia Turner is a conductor, professor of performance at Cornell’s department of music and leader of the university’s winds ensemble. In February, when Google was soliciting applications for its Glass Explorer program, she Tweeted: #ifihadglass i'd...
October 27, 2013
Google Glass isn’t just for tech bros -- it could be a new way to experience classical music. A Cornell University professor and undergraduate student are teaming up to move Beethoven, Brahms and all the rest into the digital age. Cynthia Turner is a conductor, professor of performance at Cornell’s department of music and leader of the university’s winds ensemble. In February, when Google was soliciting applications for its Glass Explorer program, she Tweeted: #ifihadglass i'd...
LinkedIn Drives More Traffic to Law Firm Websites Than All Other Social Media Combined
October 26, 2013
Need motivation to complete your firm’s company page on LinkedIn and to get your lawyers using LinkedIn? Here it is. LinkedIn generates more traffic for corporate websites than all the other social platforms combined. This per an Investis IQ Audience Insight Report (pdf). Steve Rayson (@steverayson), cofounder of an e-learning provider and B2B marketing professional, provides a nice summary of the report’s findings. LinkedIn accounts for nearly two thirds, 64%, of all visits to corporate...
October 26, 2013
Need motivation to complete your firm’s company page on LinkedIn and to get your lawyers using LinkedIn? Here it is. LinkedIn generates more traffic for corporate websites than all the other social platforms combined. This per an Investis IQ Audience Insight Report (pdf). Steve Rayson (@steverayson), cofounder of an e-learning provider and B2B marketing professional, provides a nice summary of the report’s findings. LinkedIn accounts for nearly two thirds, 64%, of all visits to corporate...
oneSafe Password Manager – Secure Your Logins, Documents and Pictures
October 26, 2013
The best – and most secure – way to manage your myriad logins is to use a password manager. Fortunately, there are a few good options to choose from. We’ve talked about 1Password and Dashlane. There’s also the popular LastPass. (the premium model is subscription based.) Another great option, is oneSafe, the most affordable of the bunch. Simple and elegant, oneSafe stores your usernames and passwords, credit card, tax and bank account numbers, and personal documents in a variety of formats...
October 26, 2013
The best – and most secure – way to manage your myriad logins is to use a password manager. Fortunately, there are a few good options to choose from. We’ve talked about 1Password and Dashlane. There’s also the popular LastPass. (the premium model is subscription based.) Another great option, is oneSafe, the most affordable of the bunch. Simple and elegant, oneSafe stores your usernames and passwords, credit card, tax and bank account numbers, and personal documents in a variety of formats...
Experimental Law Review Note Uses Twitter As Its Research Source
October 26, 2013
Can Twitter be a legitimate source of legal research and scholarship? As an associate editor of the Michigan State Law Review, 3L Patrick M. Ellis decided to find out. To fulfill the requirement that he produce a scholarly note addressing a legal issue, he has written a paper that he researched and sourced almost entirely through Twitter. He has now posted a working draft of the paper, 140 Characters or Less: An Experiment in Legal Research, at SSRN. In the synopsis that introduces the paper...
October 26, 2013
Can Twitter be a legitimate source of legal research and scholarship? As an associate editor of the Michigan State Law Review, 3L Patrick M. Ellis decided to find out. To fulfill the requirement that he produce a scholarly note addressing a legal issue, he has written a paper that he researched and sourced almost entirely through Twitter. He has now posted a working draft of the paper, 140 Characters or Less: An Experiment in Legal Research, at SSRN. In the synopsis that introduces the paper...
Nate Silver: How To Make Better Predictions
October 26, 2013
Many predictions, Nate shared with the audience, fail because as humans we are “hard wired to find patterns.” As a result many of our predictions are not based on a tested and retested process, but rather on our overconfidence in seeing “a signal”. As a result of this overconfidence, as well as a general lack of understanding of probability and uncertainty, these predictions fail and typically at a great cost to either the business or society. During his keynote, Nate shared 3 suggestions...
October 26, 2013
Many predictions, Nate shared with the audience, fail because as humans we are “hard wired to find patterns.” As a result many of our predictions are not based on a tested and retested process, but rather on our overconfidence in seeing “a signal”. As a result of this overconfidence, as well as a general lack of understanding of probability and uncertainty, these predictions fail and typically at a great cost to either the business or society. During his keynote, Nate shared 3 suggestions...
Do You Want to Be Facebook Friends or Do You Want to Serve Me?
October 26, 2013
In Reed Smith's Global Regulatory Blog this week, Cynthia O'Donoghue breaks down a Michigan state court decision earlier this year where the judge permitted service via Facebook message. O'Donoghue tells us that in this case, the foreign defendant, a website operator, did not have a valid registered address listed on their website. The plaintiffs filed a motion for substituted service and demonstrated to the judge that the email address listed on the defendant's domain registration was accepting...
October 26, 2013
In Reed Smith's Global Regulatory Blog this week, Cynthia O'Donoghue breaks down a Michigan state court decision earlier this year where the judge permitted service via Facebook message. O'Donoghue tells us that in this case, the foreign defendant, a website operator, did not have a valid registered address listed on their website. The plaintiffs filed a motion for substituted service and demonstrated to the judge that the email address listed on the defendant's domain registration was accepting...
Why Lawyers Will Love the iPad Air and the iPad Mini with Retina Display
October 25, 2013
How do you improve a product that is already great? One approach is to add new features. For example, Apple improved upon the iPhone 4 by adding Siri to the iPhone 4s, then added a larger screen to the iPhone 5, and then added the fingerprint scanner in the iPhone 5s. New features are nice because they stick out; they provide an easy answer to the question "why should I upgrade?" Another approach is to simply make the overall experience better — an approach that lacks a sound bite, but can result...
October 25, 2013
How do you improve a product that is already great? One approach is to add new features. For example, Apple improved upon the iPhone 4 by adding Siri to the iPhone 4s, then added a larger screen to the iPhone 5, and then added the fingerprint scanner in the iPhone 5s. New features are nice because they stick out; they provide an easy answer to the question "why should I upgrade?" Another approach is to simply make the overall experience better — an approach that lacks a sound bite, but can result...
