Technology
LinkedIn Engagement on the Rise for Lawyers
December 3, 2016
The amount of engagement on LinkedIn is on the rise. More comments and likes on posts, more requests to connect and more messages exchanged between connections. This is all good for lawyers. LinkedIn’s been a “safer” and more “understandable” social network for lawyers and law firms than Facebook and Twitter. Rather than trying to figure out offline who to meet and how to meet them, lawyers are meeting people and building relationships from their desktop or iPhone.
December 3, 2016
The amount of engagement on LinkedIn is on the rise. More comments and likes on posts, more requests to connect and more messages exchanged between connections. This is all good for lawyers. LinkedIn’s been a “safer” and more “understandable” social network for lawyers and law firms than Facebook and Twitter. Rather than trying to figure out offline who to meet and how to meet them, lawyers are meeting people and building relationships from their desktop or iPhone.
Daniel Katz Launches Fin [Legal] Tech
November 19, 2016
aw/Illinois Institute of Technology, started at 7:30 a.m.—as planes, trains, cars and feet were delivering exuberant fans to the Major League Baseball’s World Series parade to celebrate the Chicago Cubs’ win after a 108-year drought. (Their last win was in 1908, seven years before James Fields Smathers of Kansas City invented a new technology: the power-operated typewriter.) But even though a few dads and moms decided to skip the conference to take their kids to the historic event, the inaugural...
November 19, 2016
aw/Illinois Institute of Technology, started at 7:30 a.m.—as planes, trains, cars and feet were delivering exuberant fans to the Major League Baseball’s World Series parade to celebrate the Chicago Cubs’ win after a 108-year drought. (Their last win was in 1908, seven years before James Fields Smathers of Kansas City invented a new technology: the power-operated typewriter.) But even though a few dads and moms decided to skip the conference to take their kids to the historic event, the inaugural...
The ‘Growing Pains’ of San Antonio’s Fiber Optic Network
November 11, 2016
San Antonio is the largest and one of the most complicated cities that Google Fiber has selected to roll out its super fast internet service in, City Manager Sheryl Sculley told City Council on Wednesday during a briefing on the internet giant’s progress towards its goal of installing 4,000 miles of fiber-optic cable across the sprawling city. “We have witnessed some of the growing pains of that process with fiber deployment and we’re seeing progress, though, in the business development...
November 11, 2016
San Antonio is the largest and one of the most complicated cities that Google Fiber has selected to roll out its super fast internet service in, City Manager Sheryl Sculley told City Council on Wednesday during a briefing on the internet giant’s progress towards its goal of installing 4,000 miles of fiber-optic cable across the sprawling city. “We have witnessed some of the growing pains of that process with fiber deployment and we’re seeing progress, though, in the business development...
Techstars Accelerator Program Sshutting Down in San Antonio
October 29, 2016
Techstars, an international accelerator program that has been running a three-month mentorship program in San Antonio for cloud-centric startups is shutting down that local program after five years of operation, the company confirmed today. "The city now has more active angel investors, more seed funds and more infrastructure for startups," Techstars said in a statement. "We've been thrilled to be a part of that."
October 29, 2016
Techstars, an international accelerator program that has been running a three-month mentorship program in San Antonio for cloud-centric startups is shutting down that local program after five years of operation, the company confirmed today. "The city now has more active angel investors, more seed funds and more infrastructure for startups," Techstars said in a statement. "We've been thrilled to be a part of that."
Lex Machina IP Litigation Report Reflects a Downward Trend in Patent, Trademark Suits
October 27, 2016
On October 11th, legal analytics firm Lex Machina released an intellectual property litigation report covering the third quarter of 2016. The report indicates that IP litigation in U.S. district courts is declining across the board, although the potential for volatility still exists in certain sectors thanks to some important players. During 2016’s third quarter, U.S. district courts received a total of 1,127 new patent infringement suits. This was greater than the 960 patent infringement cases...
October 27, 2016
On October 11th, legal analytics firm Lex Machina released an intellectual property litigation report covering the third quarter of 2016. The report indicates that IP litigation in U.S. district courts is declining across the board, although the potential for volatility still exists in certain sectors thanks to some important players. During 2016’s third quarter, U.S. district courts received a total of 1,127 new patent infringement suits. This was greater than the 960 patent infringement cases...
AI, Start-ups and Incubators: The Legal Geek Conference
October 23, 2016
Artificial Lawyer spent 12 happy hours at the Legal Geek Conference on Brick Lane in East London yesterday and can confirm to those who might be wondering, that yes, this was the best legal tech event of the year. Jimmy Vestbirk, Legal GeekThe success of the event was very much driven by entrepreneur, Jimmy Vestbirk, who created Legal Geek and set the tone from the get-go, with a great Truman Brewery space for the event and mandatory high fives to the attendees sitting on either...
October 23, 2016
Artificial Lawyer spent 12 happy hours at the Legal Geek Conference on Brick Lane in East London yesterday and can confirm to those who might be wondering, that yes, this was the best legal tech event of the year. Jimmy Vestbirk, Legal GeekThe success of the event was very much driven by entrepreneur, Jimmy Vestbirk, who created Legal Geek and set the tone from the get-go, with a great Truman Brewery space for the event and mandatory high fives to the attendees sitting on either...
The Circuit: ReInventing Dan Katz & Thanksgiving
October 20, 2016
Daniel Martin Katz has a knack of drawing a big audience, and the now that he has settled into his new job he’s already ramping up his latest agenda. On Friday, Nov. 4, Katz will launch Fin (Legal) Tech – A Conference About Law’s Future. In August, Katz hit a home run at ILTACON (the International Legal Technology Association annual conference) with his keynote discussing his current passion: Fin (Legal) Tech — The Financialization of the Law. The time has come to rethink the economics...
October 20, 2016
Daniel Martin Katz has a knack of drawing a big audience, and the now that he has settled into his new job he’s already ramping up his latest agenda. On Friday, Nov. 4, Katz will launch Fin (Legal) Tech – A Conference About Law’s Future. In August, Katz hit a home run at ILTACON (the International Legal Technology Association annual conference) with his keynote discussing his current passion: Fin (Legal) Tech — The Financialization of the Law. The time has come to rethink the economics...
How Southwest Airlines Is Changing Modern Science
October 16, 2016
What’s causing the dramatic increase in scientific collaboration? One possibility is that the rise of teams is a response to the increasing complexity of modern science. To advance knowledge in the 21st century, one has to master an astonishing amount of information and experimental know-how; because we have discovered so much, it’s harder to discover something new. (In other words, the mysteries that remain often exceed the capabilities of the individual mind.) This means that the most important...
October 16, 2016
What’s causing the dramatic increase in scientific collaboration? One possibility is that the rise of teams is a response to the increasing complexity of modern science. To advance knowledge in the 21st century, one has to master an astonishing amount of information and experimental know-how; because we have discovered so much, it’s harder to discover something new. (In other words, the mysteries that remain often exceed the capabilities of the individual mind.) This means that the most important...
Google and AT&T Fiber Investing Heavily to Capture Share of Gigabit-Internet
October 15, 2016
Gigabit speed is a huge leap compared to the average internet download speed in the San Antonio metro area, which in 2014 was 18 Mbps of data transfer, according to a report from The Brookings Institution. That’s slightly below the 23 Mbps seen in the Houston and Dallas-Forth Worth areas and well below the 48 Mbps reported in the Austin-Round Rock metro area. Until now, San Antonio has been largely left behind in the race for internet and access to broadband. Only 556,900 households in the local...
October 15, 2016
Gigabit speed is a huge leap compared to the average internet download speed in the San Antonio metro area, which in 2014 was 18 Mbps of data transfer, according to a report from The Brookings Institution. That’s slightly below the 23 Mbps seen in the Houston and Dallas-Forth Worth areas and well below the 48 Mbps reported in the Austin-Round Rock metro area. Until now, San Antonio has been largely left behind in the race for internet and access to broadband. Only 556,900 households in the local...
BMW Revealed a Self-Correcting Motorcycle
October 14, 2016
The BMW Motorrad is designed to fit right into the near future, blending the analog with the digital experience and offering unprecedented safety features for the rider. The biker will not even require a helmet, or any other protective gear for that matter, as the bike, which also self-balances, will be able to suggest and make corrections in case of impending danger. The bike is stripped down almost entirely, with most information provided to the rider via an augmented reality headset, called...
October 14, 2016
The BMW Motorrad is designed to fit right into the near future, blending the analog with the digital experience and offering unprecedented safety features for the rider. The biker will not even require a helmet, or any other protective gear for that matter, as the bike, which also self-balances, will be able to suggest and make corrections in case of impending danger. The bike is stripped down almost entirely, with most information provided to the rider via an augmented reality headset, called...
