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Google’s Android Seizes Smartphone Market
August 8, 2013
Google Inc.'s GOOG +0.33% Android software continues to steamroll the competition in smartphones, posing bigger problems for companies like Apple Inc. AAPL -0.82%and BlackBerry Ltd. BB.T 0.00% Google's Android software continues to steamroll the competition in smartphones, posing bigger problems for companies like Apple and BlackBerry. George Stahl reports on MoneyBeat. New data Wednesday from research firm IDC found that Apple's share of the global market slid to 13.2%...
August 8, 2013
Google Inc.'s GOOG +0.33% Android software continues to steamroll the competition in smartphones, posing bigger problems for companies like Apple Inc. AAPL -0.82%and BlackBerry Ltd. BB.T 0.00% Google's Android software continues to steamroll the competition in smartphones, posing bigger problems for companies like Apple and BlackBerry. George Stahl reports on MoneyBeat. New data Wednesday from research firm IDC found that Apple's share of the global market slid to 13.2%...
Here’s What Brick-and-Mortar Stores See When They Track You
August 7, 2013
RetailNext, Euclid, Brickstream, Nomi, WirelessWerx, Mexia Interactive, andShopperTrak are just a handful of services that provide brick-and-mortar stores with analytics akin to website traffic reports. By tracking movement within stores, they help retailers better understand how to optimize their layouts, staff their registers, attract returning customers, and more. Some extract turnstile-type traffic data from video feeds. Others, like Euclid, rely on devices’ unique mobile Wi-Fi addresses...
August 7, 2013
RetailNext, Euclid, Brickstream, Nomi, WirelessWerx, Mexia Interactive, andShopperTrak are just a handful of services that provide brick-and-mortar stores with analytics akin to website traffic reports. By tracking movement within stores, they help retailers better understand how to optimize their layouts, staff their registers, attract returning customers, and more. Some extract turnstile-type traffic data from video feeds. Others, like Euclid, rely on devices’ unique mobile Wi-Fi addresses...
Federal Court Issues Sanctions for Failure to Preserve Text Messages
August 7, 2013
Earlier this year, a federal district court issued a decision sanctioning defendants in an antitrust suit for failure to preserve their text messages. The case serves as a reminder that parties should carefully preserve relevant information, including information that may be contained on handheld devices. In Christou v. Beatport, LLC, 2013 WL 248058 (D. Colo. Jan. 23, 2013), the plaintiff sought an adverse inference sanction because defendants failed to preserve text messages on a key witness’s...
August 7, 2013
Earlier this year, a federal district court issued a decision sanctioning defendants in an antitrust suit for failure to preserve their text messages. The case serves as a reminder that parties should carefully preserve relevant information, including information that may be contained on handheld devices. In Christou v. Beatport, LLC, 2013 WL 248058 (D. Colo. Jan. 23, 2013), the plaintiff sought an adverse inference sanction because defendants failed to preserve text messages on a key witness’s...
Labor Firm’s App Calculates FMLA Leave
August 7, 2013
In a recent article about mobile marketing I wrote for Law Practice Magazine, I explained why I am skeptical about the marketing value of law firm apps. I made an exception, however, for apps that provide a useful or practical function, whether for existing or potential clients. The new Fisher & Phillips FMLA Leave App is a good example of the kind of practical app I had in mind. From the national labor and employment law firm Fisher & Phillips, the app enables employers and human...
August 7, 2013
In a recent article about mobile marketing I wrote for Law Practice Magazine, I explained why I am skeptical about the marketing value of law firm apps. I made an exception, however, for apps that provide a useful or practical function, whether for existing or potential clients. The new Fisher & Phillips FMLA Leave App is a good example of the kind of practical app I had in mind. From the national labor and employment law firm Fisher & Phillips, the app enables employers and human...
Posner Tells How Internet Research Has Helped Him Draft Opinions
August 6, 2013
Judge Richard Posner thinks judges and lawyers are too often ignoring a valuable source of information: the Internet. In a forthcoming book, Reflections on Judging, the Chicago-based federal appeals judge writes that the Internet is “an incredible compendium of data” that isn’t going away, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog (sub. req.) reports. Posner acknowledges that Internet research can lead to errors, but so can the traditional fact-finding process at trial, he says. Witnesses may lie,...
August 6, 2013
Judge Richard Posner thinks judges and lawyers are too often ignoring a valuable source of information: the Internet. In a forthcoming book, Reflections on Judging, the Chicago-based federal appeals judge writes that the Internet is “an incredible compendium of data” that isn’t going away, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog (sub. req.) reports. Posner acknowledges that Internet research can lead to errors, but so can the traditional fact-finding process at trial, he says. Witnesses may lie,...
When Facebook (et al.) Attacks
August 6, 2013
In 1975, PepsiCo began one of the most successful and well-known head-to-head business competitions of all time, challenging its chief rival Coca-Cola to the “Pepsi Challenge.” The ads had an immediate effect on Pepsi’s sales. A survey in Dallas in 1976 showed a jump in market sales of Pepsi from 8 percent to 12–13 percent. The challenge had the hallmarks of good advertising in that it was open to public scrutiny and could be—and was—easily put to the test by anyone with a can of Coke,...
August 6, 2013
In 1975, PepsiCo began one of the most successful and well-known head-to-head business competitions of all time, challenging its chief rival Coca-Cola to the “Pepsi Challenge.” The ads had an immediate effect on Pepsi’s sales. A survey in Dallas in 1976 showed a jump in market sales of Pepsi from 8 percent to 12–13 percent. The challenge had the hallmarks of good advertising in that it was open to public scrutiny and could be—and was—easily put to the test by anyone with a can of Coke,...
New Legal Research Site Combines Case Law with Crowdsourcing
August 5, 2013
Imagine if you could combine a full-text case law library for research with crowdsourced editing and annotating in the style of Wikipedia and user rankings of annotations and references in the style of a site such as Digg? That, roughly speaking, is the idea behind Casetext, an innovative legal research site launched this week that provides free access to court opinions together with a platform for crowdsourcing references and annotations. Casetext is the brainchild of two lawyers, Jake...
August 5, 2013
Imagine if you could combine a full-text case law library for research with crowdsourced editing and annotating in the style of Wikipedia and user rankings of annotations and references in the style of a site such as Digg? That, roughly speaking, is the idea behind Casetext, an innovative legal research site launched this week that provides free access to court opinions together with a platform for crowdsourcing references and annotations. Casetext is the brainchild of two lawyers, Jake...
World’s Thinnest LCD Panel Unveiled By LG
August 4, 2013
LG unveils world's thinnest Full HD LCD smartphone panel | Mobile - CNET News. LG is known for its LCD screen technology, and its new panels don't disappoint. In a computer world in which you can't be too thin or too light, this 5 inch panel is only 2.5 mm thick. It isn't a stretch to see this form factor becoming part of some really thin smart phone and TV products in the near future.
August 4, 2013
LG unveils world's thinnest Full HD LCD smartphone panel | Mobile - CNET News. LG is known for its LCD screen technology, and its new panels don't disappoint. In a computer world in which you can't be too thin or too light, this 5 inch panel is only 2.5 mm thick. It isn't a stretch to see this form factor becoming part of some really thin smart phone and TV products in the near future.
The Future of Printed Law Reviews
August 4, 2013
Even the most prestigious law reviews may have 2000 or fewer paid subscribers. And with online access, how often do any of us consult a hard copy? Moreover, hard copy printing costs cash-strapped law schools $$. The obvious prediction: within the next few years, almost all law reviews will be online and not in hard copy. The development promises at least two positive consequences. First, the current concern about limiting the number of pages in an issue( for economic reasons) will disappear....
August 4, 2013
Even the most prestigious law reviews may have 2000 or fewer paid subscribers. And with online access, how often do any of us consult a hard copy? Moreover, hard copy printing costs cash-strapped law schools $$. The obvious prediction: within the next few years, almost all law reviews will be online and not in hard copy. The development promises at least two positive consequences. First, the current concern about limiting the number of pages in an issue( for economic reasons) will disappear....
Google Databoard: A New Way to Explore Industry Research
August 4, 2013
It’s important for people to stay up to date about the most recent research and insights related to their work or personal...
August 4, 2013
It’s important for people to stay up to date about the most recent research and insights related to their work or personal...
