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September 28, 2013
The focus of this year’s IBM 5 in 5 —that is, five life-changing innovations IBM researchers expect to see within the next five years—throws another five into the mix: the five senses. More specifically, IBMers are predicting that innovations in cognitive computing will soon enable us to better interpret the vast array of data available from what we touch, see, hear, taste and smell. A staggering amount of data is available in the world today. With sources ranging from GPS signals to social...
September 28, 2013
The focus of this year’s IBM 5 in 5 —that is, five life-changing innovations IBM researchers expect to see within the next five years—throws another five into the mix: the five senses. More specifically, IBMers are predicting that innovations in cognitive computing will soon enable us to better interpret the vast array of data available from what we touch, see, hear, taste and smell. A staggering amount of data is available in the world today. With sources ranging from GPS signals to social...
iPhone 5s: How Secure Is the Touch ID?
September 28, 2013
It came as no surprise that Apple Inc.'s new iPhone was hacked within a couple days of its release. The hack was hyped in the headlines all out of proportion to the hack itself. And the security vulnerability uncovered was really old and tattered. We have known for a long time that fingerprints could be compromised. But it was downright fun to read in SC Magazine that there was already a crowdsourced bounty to crack the iPhone 5s — the first Apple product to feature authentication via a fingerprint...
September 28, 2013
It came as no surprise that Apple Inc.'s new iPhone was hacked within a couple days of its release. The hack was hyped in the headlines all out of proportion to the hack itself. And the security vulnerability uncovered was really old and tattered. We have known for a long time that fingerprints could be compromised. But it was downright fun to read in SC Magazine that there was already a crowdsourced bounty to crack the iPhone 5s — the first Apple product to feature authentication via a fingerprint...
US Military Scientists Solve the Fundamental Problem of Viral Marketing
September 25, 2013
Viral messages begin life by infecting a few individuals and then start to spread across a network. The most infectious end up contaminating...
September 25, 2013
Viral messages begin life by infecting a few individuals and then start to spread across a network. The most infectious end up contaminating...
Most Influential Emotions on Social Networks Revealed
September 23, 2013
One well-known feature of social networks is that similar people tend to attract each other: birds of a feather flock together. So...
September 23, 2013
One well-known feature of social networks is that similar people tend to attract each other: birds of a feather flock together. So...
Why Silicon Valley’s Biggest Investors Are Betting on Alternative Legal Companies
September 22, 2013
U.S. lawyers know ABA Model Rule 5.4 prohibits them from sharing profits or forming partnerships with those who aren’t licensed to practice. In theory, this rule keeps the lawyering safely in the hands of the lawyers (and revenue from the practice of law safely ensconced at traditional law firms). But does it really? And do outsiders looking to invest huge sums of money in the legal profession—in hopes of huge gains—even have their sights set on traditional law firm profits? Not really....
September 22, 2013
U.S. lawyers know ABA Model Rule 5.4 prohibits them from sharing profits or forming partnerships with those who aren’t licensed to practice. In theory, this rule keeps the lawyering safely in the hands of the lawyers (and revenue from the practice of law safely ensconced at traditional law firms). But does it really? And do outsiders looking to invest huge sums of money in the legal profession—in hopes of huge gains—even have their sights set on traditional law firm profits? Not really....
The Constitution? There’s a New App for That
September 22, 2013
Talk about a living Constitution — here’s one the framers never saw coming. Today, the U.S. government is marking Constitution...
September 22, 2013
Talk about a living Constitution — here’s one the framers never saw coming. Today, the U.S. government is marking Constitution...
U.S. Chamber Commerce: San Antonio a Top ‘Enterprising City’
September 22, 2013
A new national report lists San Antonio among seven cities singled out as “Enterprising Cities,” citing the city’s strong civic leadership and fiscal management and its pro-business and jobs economic development strategies. The report, “Enterprising Cities — A Force for American Prosperity,” was commissioned by the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Chamber of Commerce and released Friday morning here by the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Download the full report here [3 MB PDF]. At...
September 22, 2013
A new national report lists San Antonio among seven cities singled out as “Enterprising Cities,” citing the city’s strong civic leadership and fiscal management and its pro-business and jobs economic development strategies. The report, “Enterprising Cities — A Force for American Prosperity,” was commissioned by the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Chamber of Commerce and released Friday morning here by the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Download the full report here [3 MB PDF]. At...
To Cut Costs, Cut Associates’ Billable Hours Through Technology
September 21, 2013
D. Casey Flaherty deals mostly with Kia Motors America's outside law firms, and he often delivers this jolt: "I genuinely believe that partners' billing rates are too low." But the corporate counsel follows with this: " ... at least compared to billing rates for associates." Flaherty's concern is overspending on work assigned to associates, paralegals and others who bill time, not the high-priced partners whose experience and judgment he values. His unique approach is showing law firms they...
September 21, 2013
D. Casey Flaherty deals mostly with Kia Motors America's outside law firms, and he often delivers this jolt: "I genuinely believe that partners' billing rates are too low." But the corporate counsel follows with this: " ... at least compared to billing rates for associates." Flaherty's concern is overspending on work assigned to associates, paralegals and others who bill time, not the high-priced partners whose experience and judgment he values. His unique approach is showing law firms they...
New and Burnished Apps: Labor & Employment, Stop & Frisk, Corruption
September 21, 2013
Another crop of fresh apps and updates! America’s Economy How’s the recovery doing? Some of the U.S. economic numbers may have improved since last summer when the Department of Commerce opened this app warehouse of key indicators released from the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Economic Analysis. Tap into America’s Economy app ( iOS Android) to track trends in manufacturing, employment, housing, inventory, international trade, sales, construction, and more....
September 21, 2013
Another crop of fresh apps and updates! America’s Economy How’s the recovery doing? Some of the U.S. economic numbers may have improved since last summer when the Department of Commerce opened this app warehouse of key indicators released from the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Economic Analysis. Tap into America’s Economy app ( iOS Android) to track trends in manufacturing, employment, housing, inventory, international trade, sales, construction, and more....
Finding Lawyers on Twitter: Two Directories Fall Out of Date But a Third is Very Cool
September 21, 2013
When lawyers who are new to Twitter ask me how to find other lawyers to follow, I point them to either of two directories, LexTweet,...
September 21, 2013
When lawyers who are new to Twitter ask me how to find other lawyers to follow, I point them to either of two directories, LexTweet,...
