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Microsoft Debuts Office Lens, A Document-Scanning App
April 25, 2015
Microsoft today launched Office Lens, a mobile document scanner app that works with OneNote, for iOS and Android smartphones. The app, which allows users to snap photos of paper documents, receipts, business cards, menus, whiteboards, sticky notes and more, was first launched a year ago as an application designed only for Windows Phone devices. But in conjunction with the company’s newer strategy to embrace other platforms outside its own, the app has now arrived on Apple’s App Store and on Android...
April 25, 2015
Microsoft today launched Office Lens, a mobile document scanner app that works with OneNote, for iOS and Android smartphones. The app, which allows users to snap photos of paper documents, receipts, business cards, menus, whiteboards, sticky notes and more, was first launched a year ago as an application designed only for Windows Phone devices. But in conjunction with the company’s newer strategy to embrace other platforms outside its own, the app has now arrived on Apple’s App Store and on Android...
Planes Without Pilots
April 25, 2015
Mounting evidence that the co-pilot crashed a Germanwings plane into a French mountain has prompted a global debate about how to better screen crewmembers for mental illness and how to ensure that no one is left alone in the cockpit. But among many aviation experts, the discussion has taken a different turn. How many human pilots, some wonder, are really necessary aboard commercial planes? One? None? Advances in sensor technology, computing and artificial intelligence are making human pilots...
April 25, 2015
Mounting evidence that the co-pilot crashed a Germanwings plane into a French mountain has prompted a global debate about how to better screen crewmembers for mental illness and how to ensure that no one is left alone in the cockpit. But among many aviation experts, the discussion has taken a different turn. How many human pilots, some wonder, are really necessary aboard commercial planes? One? None? Advances in sensor technology, computing and artificial intelligence are making human pilots...
Stanford Aluminum Battery Offers Alternative to Conventional Batteries
April 24, 2015
The new aluminum-ion battery could replace many of the lithium-ion and alkaline batteries in wide use today. Stanford University scientists have invented the first high-performance aluminum battery that's fast-charging, long-lasting and inexpensive. Researchers say the new technology offers a safe alternative to many commercial batteries in wide use today. "We have developed a rechargeable aluminum battery that may replace existing storage devices, such as alkaline batteries, which are bad for the environment,...
April 24, 2015
The new aluminum-ion battery could replace many of the lithium-ion and alkaline batteries in wide use today. Stanford University scientists have invented the first high-performance aluminum battery that's fast-charging, long-lasting and inexpensive. Researchers say the new technology offers a safe alternative to many commercial batteries in wide use today. "We have developed a rechargeable aluminum battery that may replace existing storage devices, such as alkaline batteries, which are bad for the environment,...
Adobe Acrobat’s Next Version Puts Paper in the Cloud
April 20, 2015
Sometime in the next 30 days, Adobe will launch the latest version of its popular Acrobat PDF software, and it will be notably...
April 20, 2015
Sometime in the next 30 days, Adobe will launch the latest version of its popular Acrobat PDF software, and it will be notably...
The Internet Has Been a Colossal Economic Disappointment
April 19, 2015
The Internet is one of humanity’s greatest technical advances. Yet compared to great technological inventions of the past, it is also a colossal economic disappointment. I’m talking about jobs. Yes, young programmers are getting jobs straight out of college at salaries in the six figures. But I’m referring to jobs in a deep and sustaining sense — employment well beyond the “1 percent.” For all its economic virtues, the Internet has been long on job displacement and short on job creation....
April 19, 2015
The Internet is one of humanity’s greatest technical advances. Yet compared to great technological inventions of the past, it is also a colossal economic disappointment. I’m talking about jobs. Yes, young programmers are getting jobs straight out of college at salaries in the six figures. But I’m referring to jobs in a deep and sustaining sense — employment well beyond the “1 percent.” For all its economic virtues, the Internet has been long on job displacement and short on job creation....
KPMG Expands Collaboration With Microsoft
April 19, 2015
On March 30, KPMG announced the technology consulting firm plans to expand its relationship with Microsoft Corp. to include a global collaboration to deliver new software and services in data and analytics and cloud compliance to businesses. From Legaltech New York, we know law firms and corporate legal departments require software and services from numerous software manufacturers to run the business and practice of law. But the software and services must integrate to simplify its application...
April 19, 2015
On March 30, KPMG announced the technology consulting firm plans to expand its relationship with Microsoft Corp. to include a global collaboration to deliver new software and services in data and analytics and cloud compliance to businesses. From Legaltech New York, we know law firms and corporate legal departments require software and services from numerous software manufacturers to run the business and practice of law. But the software and services must integrate to simplify its application...
Vital Connect Uses Band-Aid-like Wearable Strip to Monitor Vital Signs
April 18, 2015
Vital Connect is a Silicon Valley chip startup that wants to make a vital signs monitoring device in the shape and size of a Band-Aid. It already has one biosensor device called HealthPatch in the market, and it is intent on creating the most accurate health-tracking wearable in the market. Rather than make a consumer-oriented wearable like the Apple Watch or an uncomfortable chest strap, Vital Connect thinks small. It has focused on making a device that is cheaper and more accurate because it is contained...
April 18, 2015
Vital Connect is a Silicon Valley chip startup that wants to make a vital signs monitoring device in the shape and size of a Band-Aid. It already has one biosensor device called HealthPatch in the market, and it is intent on creating the most accurate health-tracking wearable in the market. Rather than make a consumer-oriented wearable like the Apple Watch or an uncomfortable chest strap, Vital Connect thinks small. It has focused on making a device that is cheaper and more accurate because it is contained...
‘Invisible Girlfriend’ Founder To Launch Legal Spin-Off ‘Intangible Lawyer’
April 17, 2015
Building on the viral success of his start-ups Invisible Girlfriend and Invisible Boyfriend – services that make it look like you are in a relationship even when you are not – founder Matthew Homann will now launch Intangible Lawyer, a service that will make it look like you have a lawyer even if you cannot afford one. IntangibleLawyer“There are far too many people in this country who cannot get access to a real lawyer,” Homann said. “With Intangible Lawyer, at least they’ll be able...
April 17, 2015
Building on the viral success of his start-ups Invisible Girlfriend and Invisible Boyfriend – services that make it look like you are in a relationship even when you are not – founder Matthew Homann will now launch Intangible Lawyer, a service that will make it look like you have a lawyer even if you cannot afford one. IntangibleLawyer“There are far too many people in this country who cannot get access to a real lawyer,” Homann said. “With Intangible Lawyer, at least they’ll be able...
UK Civil Justice Council Recommends eBay-Style Settlement System
April 15, 2015
The European Union, the Netherlands and Canada were the first. Now the UK body responsible for overseeing and co-ordinating the modernisation of the civil justice system is recommending setting up an online dispute resolution service for small civil claims – i.e. an ‘eBay-style’ justice system. The wheels of justice tend to move slowly in all democracies. Many people are therefore now advocating the creation of a sort of Courts 2.0 system, online platforms set up to deal with low value civil...
April 15, 2015
The European Union, the Netherlands and Canada were the first. Now the UK body responsible for overseeing and co-ordinating the modernisation of the civil justice system is recommending setting up an online dispute resolution service for small civil claims – i.e. an ‘eBay-style’ justice system. The wheels of justice tend to move slowly in all democracies. Many people are therefore now advocating the creation of a sort of Courts 2.0 system, online platforms set up to deal with low value civil...
Freescale Launches Quad-Core Processor For Self-Driving Cars
April 12, 2015
Freescale is announcing a processor today that it hopes will be useful in self-driving cars. The big automotive chip maker hopes that its S32V Vision Processor will help steer the auto industry to the first crash-less car. The company unveiled the chip at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain. The chip has features such as reliability, safety, and security that are necessary to “co-pilot” a self-aware car, the company said. It’s also their first step toward cars that will drive...
April 12, 2015
Freescale is announcing a processor today that it hopes will be useful in self-driving cars. The big automotive chip maker hopes that its S32V Vision Processor will help steer the auto industry to the first crash-less car. The company unveiled the chip at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain. The chip has features such as reliability, safety, and security that are necessary to “co-pilot” a self-aware car, the company said. It’s also their first step toward cars that will drive...
