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Horseless Carriages to Driverless Cars
July 21, 2013
Digital innovation usually happens in the virtual world, from apps for tablets and mobile phones to the latest in social media. Over the next few years, one of the biggest technological changes will be in the real world of driving a car. Or being driven by one. The largely self-driving car is no longer just a vision, thanks to rapid advances in lasers, radar, GPS and mapping databases. If it weren't for fear among innovators of getting too far ahead of U.S. laws and regulations, there would already...
July 21, 2013
Digital innovation usually happens in the virtual world, from apps for tablets and mobile phones to the latest in social media. Over the next few years, one of the biggest technological changes will be in the real world of driving a car. Or being driven by one. The largely self-driving car is no longer just a vision, thanks to rapid advances in lasers, radar, GPS and mapping databases. If it weren't for fear among innovators of getting too far ahead of U.S. laws and regulations, there would already...
Five Years of the App Store
July 21, 2013
Five years ago today, on July 10, 2008, Apple launched the App Store. When the virtual doors were opened, the App Store proudly included 500 apps. Just a few months later, when iPhone J.D. started, there were 10,000 apps available. A year later, there were 100,000 apps available. By the Fall of 2011, there were over 500,000 apps available. Today, there are over 900,000 apps available, and it won't be long before there are a million apps in the App Store. Apple didn't invent the idea...
July 21, 2013
Five years ago today, on July 10, 2008, Apple launched the App Store. When the virtual doors were opened, the App Store proudly included 500 apps. Just a few months later, when iPhone J.D. started, there were 10,000 apps available. A year later, there were 100,000 apps available. By the Fall of 2011, there were over 500,000 apps available. Today, there are over 900,000 apps available, and it won't be long before there are a million apps in the App Store. Apple didn't invent the idea...
Ray Kurzweil at LTF 2013 – Interview with Charles Christian
July 21, 2013
Here’s our exclusive interview with Ray Kurzweil, while he was over here in the UK last month for the LawTech Futures...
July 21, 2013
Here’s our exclusive interview with Ray Kurzweil, while he was over here in the UK last month for the LawTech Futures...
20 Essential Keyboard Shortcuts For Feedly Power Users
July 21, 2013
Keyboard shortcuts let you access frequently used features with a keystroke, and with your fingers never leaving the keyboard to use the mouse on your computer, saving time and increasing productivity. Many applications have scores or hundreds of shortcuts, but who can remember them all? Instead of an exhaustive list, we’ve chosen 20 essential shortcuts to more commonly used features and functions.
July 21, 2013
Keyboard shortcuts let you access frequently used features with a keystroke, and with your fingers never leaving the keyboard to use the mouse on your computer, saving time and increasing productivity. Many applications have scores or hundreds of shortcuts, but who can remember them all? Instead of an exhaustive list, we’ve chosen 20 essential shortcuts to more commonly used features and functions.
GlassUp – No Camera, No Video, Cheap
July 21, 2013
GlassUp | Much more to see. While I suspect that this new Italian wearable glasses display companion for smart phones will get some attention from Google's patent and trademark lawyers, it has a lot going for it. Of course, they have only been demonstrated, and, if they become a real product, they won't be out until September; but, at $399 they will be a lot cheaper than Glass, and they will be only a bluetooth display screen, allowing the user to look at emails, information, and other stuff without...
July 21, 2013
GlassUp | Much more to see. While I suspect that this new Italian wearable glasses display companion for smart phones will get some attention from Google's patent and trademark lawyers, it has a lot going for it. Of course, they have only been demonstrated, and, if they become a real product, they won't be out until September; but, at $399 they will be a lot cheaper than Glass, and they will be only a bluetooth display screen, allowing the user to look at emails, information, and other stuff without...
Make Phone Calls From GMail
July 20, 2013
Phone calls make triumphant return to Gmail via Hangouts. In addition to the Google Maps improvements, Google has returned the voice call option to GMail, through Hangouts. This will also be rolling out over the next few days, and means that, if you have a strong Internet connection, and you live, as I do, in GMail and Chrome, you will be able to click on any phone number and make a free call anywhere in the U.S. and Canada. So, if you are reading or sending an email, and you want to reach out and touch...
July 20, 2013
Phone calls make triumphant return to Gmail via Hangouts. In addition to the Google Maps improvements, Google has returned the voice call option to GMail, through Hangouts. This will also be rolling out over the next few days, and means that, if you have a strong Internet connection, and you live, as I do, in GMail and Chrome, you will be able to click on any phone number and make a free call anywhere in the U.S. and Canada. So, if you are reading or sending an email, and you want to reach out and touch...
Fastcase & William S. Hein Publishing – Like a Reese’s Cup
July 20, 2013
Just caught the news over a Slaw that my favorite cheap reasonably priced web-based legal research resource Fastcase has partnered with William S. Hein Publishing to offer inline hyperlinks to Hein subscribers that link to Fastcase federal and state case law, while offering Fastcase users access to Hein’s historical state statutory data and law review collection in search results. Nice to see these well-respected resources partnering to offer more to subscribers. This is a benefit to those...
July 20, 2013
Just caught the news over a Slaw that my favorite cheap reasonably priced web-based legal research resource Fastcase has partnered with William S. Hein Publishing to offer inline hyperlinks to Hein subscribers that link to Fastcase federal and state case law, while offering Fastcase users access to Hein’s historical state statutory data and law review collection in search results. Nice to see these well-respected resources partnering to offer more to subscribers. This is a benefit to those...
Lawyer Who Urged Client to Clean Up Facebook Page Paid $544K Legal Bill; Now Faces Ethics Case
July 20, 2013
A Virginia lawyer who ran afoul of discovery requirements in a major wrongful-death trial by allegedly encouraging a client to clean up his Facebook account has paid his $544,000 share of a $722,000 legal fee award to opposing counsel and seen an $8.5 million award to his client and other plaintiffs in the case upheld by the state supreme court. Matthew B. Murray also resigned from the law firm for which he worked and is now facing a legal ethics case over his conduct in the Charlottesville Circuit...
July 20, 2013
A Virginia lawyer who ran afoul of discovery requirements in a major wrongful-death trial by allegedly encouraging a client to clean up his Facebook account has paid his $544,000 share of a $722,000 legal fee award to opposing counsel and seen an $8.5 million award to his client and other plaintiffs in the case upheld by the state supreme court. Matthew B. Murray also resigned from the law firm for which he worked and is now facing a legal ethics case over his conduct in the Charlottesville Circuit...
The Library of Congress is Archiving Legal Blogs
July 20, 2013
On the Internet there is no rule against perpetuities. To the contrary our perpetuation seems assured. Latest case in point: the new Legal Blawgs Web Archive from the Library of Congress. Yes, just as the LOC is archiving all of our tweets, turns out it is also archiving a selection of legal blog posts, and has been doing so since March 1, 2007. Thanks to our tax dollars, future generations of Americans will be assured the opportunity to revisit posts from blogs such as The Volokh Conspiracy, Overlawyered, Slaw, SCOTUSblog, Concurring...
July 20, 2013
On the Internet there is no rule against perpetuities. To the contrary our perpetuation seems assured. Latest case in point: the new Legal Blawgs Web Archive from the Library of Congress. Yes, just as the LOC is archiving all of our tweets, turns out it is also archiving a selection of legal blog posts, and has been doing so since March 1, 2007. Thanks to our tax dollars, future generations of Americans will be assured the opportunity to revisit posts from blogs such as The Volokh Conspiracy, Overlawyered, Slaw, SCOTUSblog, Concurring...
The Next Big Opportunity for Startups
July 20, 2013
There is a lot that is different: An idea can go from concept to creation practically overnight. Red solo cups are more common than red tape. Failure is seen as a bit more inevitable. The ping pong tables and the Kegerator purring quietly in the corner make work at a tech startup look different, too. However, when you strip away those symbols, what's left are rows and rows of people typing away at computers, looking pretty much like any company in America. Every company, even the massive companies...
July 20, 2013
There is a lot that is different: An idea can go from concept to creation practically overnight. Red solo cups are more common than red tape. Failure is seen as a bit more inevitable. The ping pong tables and the Kegerator purring quietly in the corner make work at a tech startup look different, too. However, when you strip away those symbols, what's left are rows and rows of people typing away at computers, looking pretty much like any company in America. Every company, even the massive companies...
