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With Moto X, Google Enters a Crowded Marketplace
August 2, 2013
The time has come for Google, the king of online search, to show whether it has any business selling hardware. From left, Iqbal Arshad, Motorola’s senior vice president of global product development; Dennis Woodside, chief executive; and Jim Wicks, senior vice president of design. Motorola executives hope that the Moto X stands out for its voice command capabilities. Saying “OK Google Now, find me my way home,” for example, will quickly pull up a Google map with directions to a user’s...
August 2, 2013
The time has come for Google, the king of online search, to show whether it has any business selling hardware. From left, Iqbal Arshad, Motorola’s senior vice president of global product development; Dennis Woodside, chief executive; and Jim Wicks, senior vice president of design. Motorola executives hope that the Moto X stands out for its voice command capabilities. Saying “OK Google Now, find me my way home,” for example, will quickly pull up a Google map with directions to a user’s...
Cool Tools at American Association of Law Libraries Event
July 28, 2013
The American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting & Conference finished up on Tuesday. The event had ninety exhibitors...
July 28, 2013
The American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting & Conference finished up on Tuesday. The event had ninety exhibitors...
TyMetrix Announces Global Expansion Following Exceptional Growth
July 28, 2013
TyMetrix, the global leader in intelligent solutions for managing the business of law, today announced the expansion of its support...
July 28, 2013
TyMetrix, the global leader in intelligent solutions for managing the business of law, today announced the expansion of its support...
DEMO: Picture It Settled® with Don Philbin (ADRtoolbox): “Scarily Accurate!”
July 25, 2013
In this 44th episode of the Conflict Specialists Show, Dave Hilton gets a live demo of the Picture It Settled® software...
July 25, 2013
In this 44th episode of the Conflict Specialists Show, Dave Hilton gets a live demo of the Picture It Settled® software...
McDermott and DOJ Embrace Predictive Coding
July 22, 2013
The legal community has been increasingly eager to identify opportunities to leverage review technology to better manage the scope and cost of discovery. McDermott Will & Emery recently took advantage of such an opportunity when members of its antitrust and discovery groups negotiated with the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a win-win predictive coding protocol that met the department's and our client's needs. McDermott is an international firm, with more than 1,100 lawyers and 20 litigation...
July 22, 2013
The legal community has been increasingly eager to identify opportunities to leverage review technology to better manage the scope and cost of discovery. McDermott Will & Emery recently took advantage of such an opportunity when members of its antitrust and discovery groups negotiated with the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a win-win predictive coding protocol that met the department's and our client's needs. McDermott is an international firm, with more than 1,100 lawyers and 20 litigation...
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...
Categorize Your Case to Learn Its Value
July 16, 2013
The Problem: You think that your client’s pain is so severe and different than the typical client that you value the case higher than the other side will pay. The Solution: Understand what category your adversary has put your case in and either accept it or try and create a new category of value. Insurers have defined market values of cases in strict categories depending on a host of factors that have been vetted by actuarial specialists with complex software programs. This provides a reasonable...
July 16, 2013
The Problem: You think that your client’s pain is so severe and different than the typical client that you value the case higher than the other side will pay. The Solution: Understand what category your adversary has put your case in and either accept it or try and create a new category of value. Insurers have defined market values of cases in strict categories depending on a host of factors that have been vetted by actuarial specialists with complex software programs. This provides a reasonable...
Google Books Defeats Copyright Infringement Class Action
July 12, 2013
On July 1, 2013 the Authors Guild lost its bid to certify a class of authors against Google Books. The lawsuit was filed...
July 12, 2013
On July 1, 2013 the Authors Guild lost its bid to certify a class of authors against Google Books. The lawsuit was filed...
Smartphone App for Bipolar Patients Wins $100K Prize
July 10, 2013
A smartphone app to assist people with bipolar disorder, conceived by Cornell researchers, has won the prestigious $100,000 Heritage Open mHealth Challenge. The app for iPhone and Android phones, called “MoodRhythm,” was developed by a team led by Tanzeem Choudhury, associate professor of computing and information science, and postdoctoral fellow Mark Matthews. It uses a phone’s microphone, light sensors and accelerometer to monitor sleep and social patterns and combines this information...
July 10, 2013
A smartphone app to assist people with bipolar disorder, conceived by Cornell researchers, has won the prestigious $100,000 Heritage Open mHealth Challenge. The app for iPhone and Android phones, called “MoodRhythm,” was developed by a team led by Tanzeem Choudhury, associate professor of computing and information science, and postdoctoral fellow Mark Matthews. It uses a phone’s microphone, light sensors and accelerometer to monitor sleep and social patterns and combines this information...
Private Equity Firm Buys Intuit for $1 Billion
July 8, 2013
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has struck a deal to acquire Intuit Financial Services, an Intuit Inc. unit that provides...
July 8, 2013
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has struck a deal to acquire Intuit Financial Services, an Intuit Inc. unit that provides...
