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Self-Driving Cars Raise Questions About Who Carries Insurance
April 15, 2017
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, whose company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns the insurance giant Geico, told CNBC in a February interview: "If the day comes when a significant portion of the cars on the road are autonomous, it will hurt Geico's business very significantly." That would seem to make sense. If humans aren't driving the cars, who needs a car insurance policy? "It's certainly a topic of heavy conversation right now," says Rick Gorvett, staff actuary for the Casualty Actuarial Society,...
April 15, 2017
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, whose company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns the insurance giant Geico, told CNBC in a February interview: "If the day comes when a significant portion of the cars on the road are autonomous, it will hurt Geico's business very significantly." That would seem to make sense. If humans aren't driving the cars, who needs a car insurance policy? "It's certainly a topic of heavy conversation right now," says Rick Gorvett, staff actuary for the Casualty Actuarial Society,...
Self-Driving Cars Could Help Transportation Efforts for Aging Americans
April 8, 2017
Self-driving cars might be a viable means of getting from place to place for older adults in the near future. Currently, approximately 16 million Americans sixty-five and older live in communities where the public transportation is poor or nonexistent. That number is expected to grow rapidly as the baby boomer generation continues to remain outside the major cities. Autonomous vehicles could be the key for closing this concerning mobility gap for an aging society, while automakers are vying in the race...
April 8, 2017
Self-driving cars might be a viable means of getting from place to place for older adults in the near future. Currently, approximately 16 million Americans sixty-five and older live in communities where the public transportation is poor or nonexistent. That number is expected to grow rapidly as the baby boomer generation continues to remain outside the major cities. Autonomous vehicles could be the key for closing this concerning mobility gap for an aging society, while automakers are vying in the race...
SXSW Panel: How Attorneys are Crowdsourcing to Increase Access to Justice
April 4, 2017
With wide interest in closing the access to justice gap, lawyers at South by Southwest’s “Crowdsourcing Justice” panel on March 13 discussed creative ways to use technology to meet the rising demand for legal assistance. The panel focused on how lawyers have used several new crowdsourcing projects—which consist of gathering information from a large number of people remotely using the internet—in an effort to meet the needs of a mounting number of immigration clients and cases. “This...
April 4, 2017
With wide interest in closing the access to justice gap, lawyers at South by Southwest’s “Crowdsourcing Justice” panel on March 13 discussed creative ways to use technology to meet the rising demand for legal assistance. The panel focused on how lawyers have used several new crowdsourcing projects—which consist of gathering information from a large number of people remotely using the internet—in an effort to meet the needs of a mounting number of immigration clients and cases. “This...
Review: AT&T Umlimited Data
April 1, 2017
For many years, my iPhone had been on an AT&T data plan where I got 4GB of data a month, and my wife had 2GB/month. Most of the time, that was sufficient for us. But for the last few months, there have been times when we have gone over, especially when traveling and away from Wi-Fi. Every additional 1GB cost another $10, and I got tired of paying that. Thus, I recently switched to one of AT&T's brand new unlimited data plans. The price of the new plan was not much more than my old plan,...
April 1, 2017
For many years, my iPhone had been on an AT&T data plan where I got 4GB of data a month, and my wife had 2GB/month. Most of the time, that was sufficient for us. But for the last few months, there have been times when we have gone over, especially when traveling and away from Wi-Fi. Every additional 1GB cost another $10, and I got tired of paying that. Thus, I recently switched to one of AT&T's brand new unlimited data plans. The price of the new plan was not much more than my old plan,...
Send and Request Money In Gmail App
March 31, 2017
You can already reliably and safely share photos and files on the go with Gmail. Starting today, you can share money, too. Whether you’re splitting a dinner bill or planning a group trip, you now have a fee-free way to work out the details and settle up without ever leaving the Gmail app on Android, just like you can already do on the web. Plus, you can exchange money with anyone—not just people with Gmail addresses. Sending money in Gmail is as easy as sending any other attachment. Just...
March 31, 2017
You can already reliably and safely share photos and files on the go with Gmail. Starting today, you can share money, too. Whether you’re splitting a dinner bill or planning a group trip, you now have a fee-free way to work out the details and settle up without ever leaving the Gmail app on Android, just like you can already do on the web. Plus, you can exchange money with anyone—not just people with Gmail addresses. Sending money in Gmail is as easy as sending any other attachment. Just...
ABA TECHSHOW Post-Mortem: Not Your Granddaddy’s Legal Tech Conference
March 29, 2017
This year at TECHSHOW, sparks were a flyin’ everywhere, it seemed. New programming, new speakers and new features fueled a high level of energy. Yes, this was the venerable TECHSHOW, where you can still find exhibitors who’ve been there every year since 1986, but the atmosphere felt as fresh and energetic as at any contemporary conference. Credit for this goes to the planning board and its chair this year, Adriana Linares. Not without opposition, Linares pushed through several initiatives...
March 29, 2017
This year at TECHSHOW, sparks were a flyin’ everywhere, it seemed. New programming, new speakers and new features fueled a high level of energy. Yes, this was the venerable TECHSHOW, where you can still find exhibitors who’ve been there every year since 1986, but the atmosphere felt as fresh and energetic as at any contemporary conference. Credit for this goes to the planning board and its chair this year, Adriana Linares. Not without opposition, Linares pushed through several initiatives...
The Real Difference Between Google And Apple
March 19, 2017
Google and Apple are both hyper-successful companies, but chart their patents, and they have completely different innovation signatures. It’s a telling statistic about how Apple and Google operate differently. Apple is driven largely by a centralized development structure, stemming from its fabled design studio, whereas Google has a more distributed, open-source approach to new products. And to get a real picture of how this plays out organizationally, the Portland-based data visualization studio...
March 19, 2017
Google and Apple are both hyper-successful companies, but chart their patents, and they have completely different innovation signatures. It’s a telling statistic about how Apple and Google operate differently. Apple is driven largely by a centralized development structure, stemming from its fabled design studio, whereas Google has a more distributed, open-source approach to new products. And to get a real picture of how this plays out organizationally, the Portland-based data visualization studio...
Company Wants to Stop Phone Data Overages
March 18, 2017
A telecommunications tech company headquartered in San Antonio wants to build a wireless world where users stop thinking...
March 18, 2017
A telecommunications tech company headquartered in San Antonio wants to build a wireless world where users stop thinking...
Prof. Richard Susskind on Upgrading Justice
March 16, 2017
Professor Richard Susskind delivered an address at Harvard Law School earlier this month. His talks on the future of law practice are well-known and we have seen many of his predictions already come true. Thanks to Harvard for posting the video. It would have been even better if the camera operator had panned up to give us a glance at his presentation slides. If you are a lawyer and have never listened to Prof. Susskind, you should take advantage of this opportunity. If you have heard him years ago,...
March 16, 2017
Professor Richard Susskind delivered an address at Harvard Law School earlier this month. His talks on the future of law practice are well-known and we have seen many of his predictions already come true. Thanks to Harvard for posting the video. It would have been even better if the camera operator had panned up to give us a glance at his presentation slides. If you are a lawyer and have never listened to Prof. Susskind, you should take advantage of this opportunity. If you have heard him years ago,...
ABA Techshow and the ‘Golden Age of Legal Tech Start-Ups’
March 14, 2017
Hot off the presses is the latest issue of Law Practice magazine, which is the annual Techshow issue. I wrote this month’s cover story, A Golden Age of Legal Tech Start-Ups, which highlights some themes about start-ups that will be familiar to regular readers of this blog, but which also highlights a unique event happening at Techshow this year, the first-ever Startup Alley and startup pitch competition.
March 14, 2017
Hot off the presses is the latest issue of Law Practice magazine, which is the annual Techshow issue. I wrote this month’s cover story, A Golden Age of Legal Tech Start-Ups, which highlights some themes about start-ups that will be familiar to regular readers of this blog, but which also highlights a unique event happening at Techshow this year, the first-ever Startup Alley and startup pitch competition.
