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UpCounsel Expanding Legal Services to San Antonio Entrepreneurs
December 11, 2014
A San Francisco-based online portal that provides legal services to venture-backed and pre-IPO stage companies plans to expand...
December 11, 2014
A San Francisco-based online portal that provides legal services to venture-backed and pre-IPO stage companies plans to expand...
UpCounsel Raises $2.4M, Plans Expansion of Legal Marketplace to Illinois, Texas
December 10, 2014
Entrepreneurs don’t have a lot of time, and dealing with attorneys takes plenty of it. Enter UpCounsel, a two-year-old startup in San Francisco, that’s created a marketplace of attorneys for business owners seeking legal help, big or small. And today, the company is announcing it has raised $2.4 million in additional seed funding. Traditionally, businesses in need of legal counsel or services have to manually find an attorney. They collect recommendations from friends, the Yellow Pages,...
December 10, 2014
Entrepreneurs don’t have a lot of time, and dealing with attorneys takes plenty of it. Enter UpCounsel, a two-year-old startup in San Francisco, that’s created a marketplace of attorneys for business owners seeking legal help, big or small. And today, the company is announcing it has raised $2.4 million in additional seed funding. Traditionally, businesses in need of legal counsel or services have to manually find an attorney. They collect recommendations from friends, the Yellow Pages,...
Amazon Has Launched A GrubHub Rival For Food Takeout & Delivery
December 6, 2014
Back in June, we wrote about how Amazon was preparing to take on companies like Seamless, Grubhub and DeliveryHero with a restaurant takeout and delivery service that would sit within its Amazon Local app and website. Now that service is live. The Takeout & Delivery feature was quietly turned on over last weekend — when many were probably still working their way through Thanksgiving leftovers. “The holidays are busy. We can help,” the company notes in the app. We have tried out different...
December 6, 2014
Back in June, we wrote about how Amazon was preparing to take on companies like Seamless, Grubhub and DeliveryHero with a restaurant takeout and delivery service that would sit within its Amazon Local app and website. Now that service is live. The Takeout & Delivery feature was quietly turned on over last weekend — when many were probably still working their way through Thanksgiving leftovers. “The holidays are busy. We can help,” the company notes in the app. We have tried out different...
Rage Against The Machines [VIDEO]
December 5, 2014
This is an excerpted chapter from “The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don’t” by Nate Silver, editor in chief of FiveThirtyEight. The book was published in September 2012 by Penguin Press, and this chapter was the inspiration for “The Man vs. The Machine,” a short documentary film directed by Frank Marshall and produced by FiveThirtyEight and ESPN Films.
December 5, 2014
This is an excerpted chapter from “The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don’t” by Nate Silver, editor in chief of FiveThirtyEight. The book was published in September 2012 by Penguin Press, and this chapter was the inspiration for “The Man vs. The Machine,” a short documentary film directed by Frank Marshall and produced by FiveThirtyEight and ESPN Films.
How to Give a Stellar Presentation
December 5, 2014
Tell a story A growing body of research points to the power of stories to change our attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. Bear this in mind as you create your slides and talking points. “Stories wrap information in meaning and help your audience absorb your message in a memorable way,” says Duarte. First-person anecdotes about overcoming hardships or obstacles “build tension,” and give the audience something or someone to cheer for, she adds. The common alternative to stories — overloading...
December 5, 2014
Tell a story A growing body of research points to the power of stories to change our attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. Bear this in mind as you create your slides and talking points. “Stories wrap information in meaning and help your audience absorb your message in a memorable way,” says Duarte. First-person anecdotes about overcoming hardships or obstacles “build tension,” and give the audience something or someone to cheer for, she adds. The common alternative to stories — overloading...
Apple Patents Active Fall Protection System That Shifts iPhones in Midair
December 3, 2014
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially awarded Apple U.S. Patent No. 8,903,519 for a "Protective mechanism for an electronic device," which looks to safeguard expensive computer hardware from accidental drops, a problem that has become all too familiar with the latest slim iPhone designs. Apple's invention can not only estimate where a device will make impact, but actively shift the unit's center of gravity so that sensitive components like glass screens and cameras are not damaged. As...
December 3, 2014
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially awarded Apple U.S. Patent No. 8,903,519 for a "Protective mechanism for an electronic device," which looks to safeguard expensive computer hardware from accidental drops, a problem that has become all too familiar with the latest slim iPhone designs. Apple's invention can not only estimate where a device will make impact, but actively shift the unit's center of gravity so that sensitive components like glass screens and cameras are not damaged. As...
IBM’s Watson Coming to a Firm Near You
December 3, 2014
IBM's Watson may play a part in helping firms better manage pricing. Early this year, IBM sunk $1 billion into creating a new business unit, the IBM Watson Group, to develop and commercialize Watson in several specific industries, including legal. Rich Holada, vice president of transformations for the legal industry in the IBM Watson Group, said the unit is targeting three sets of customers: large law firms, legal service providers, and corporate law departments. Holada stresses that Watson is not a product,...
December 3, 2014
IBM's Watson may play a part in helping firms better manage pricing. Early this year, IBM sunk $1 billion into creating a new business unit, the IBM Watson Group, to develop and commercialize Watson in several specific industries, including legal. Rich Holada, vice president of transformations for the legal industry in the IBM Watson Group, said the unit is targeting three sets of customers: large law firms, legal service providers, and corporate law departments. Holada stresses that Watson is not a product,...
Robothespian: The Robot That Sings, Does Impressions and Mimics You
November 29, 2014
The machines aren’t taking over just yet, but a robot called Norris does a mean Gene Kelly impression and uses technology that could help end car crash insurance disputes. Robot technology is something we’re seeing more and more, be it testing instructions on the International Space Station, rounding up sheepdogs or even playing rock-paper-scissors. An interactive robot called ‘Norris’ has been on show at the Flux Innovation Lounge in London. Norris is robothespian: in his chest...
November 29, 2014
The machines aren’t taking over just yet, but a robot called Norris does a mean Gene Kelly impression and uses technology that could help end car crash insurance disputes. Robot technology is something we’re seeing more and more, be it testing instructions on the International Space Station, rounding up sheepdogs or even playing rock-paper-scissors. An interactive robot called ‘Norris’ has been on show at the Flux Innovation Lounge in London. Norris is robothespian: in his chest...
Do Experts or Collective Intelligence Write with More Bias?
November 28, 2014
Britannica and Wikipedia are sources that aspire to provide comprehensive information. They both face similar challenges...
November 28, 2014
Britannica and Wikipedia are sources that aspire to provide comprehensive information. They both face similar challenges...
Simple Circuit Could Double Cell Phone Data Speeds
November 27, 2014
A relatively simple circuit invented by researchers at the University of Texas could let smartphones and other wireless devices send and receive data twice as fast as they do now. The circuit makes it possible for a radio to send and receive signals on the same channel simultaneously – something known as “full-duplex” communications. That should translate to a doubling of the rate at which information can be moved around wirelessly. Today’s radios must send and receive at different...
November 27, 2014
A relatively simple circuit invented by researchers at the University of Texas could let smartphones and other wireless devices send and receive data twice as fast as they do now. The circuit makes it possible for a radio to send and receive signals on the same channel simultaneously – something known as “full-duplex” communications. That should translate to a doubling of the rate at which information can be moved around wirelessly. Today’s radios must send and receive at different...
