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Avvo Launches Service Providing On-Demand Legal Advice for a Fixed Fee
October 31, 2014
Avvo Inc., has launched a new on-demand service that provides legal advice at a fixed rate. In a Monday post at Law Sites, Robert Ambrogi provided details of Avvo’s latest venture, Avvo Advisor. Available as an online tool or through an iOS app, users of Avvo Advisor pay $39 for a 15-minute conversation with an attorney. Users enter their ZIP code and the nature of their legal inquiry before providing their credit card and contact information. Users then get a phone call from an attorney within...
October 31, 2014
Avvo Inc., has launched a new on-demand service that provides legal advice at a fixed rate. In a Monday post at Law Sites, Robert Ambrogi provided details of Avvo’s latest venture, Avvo Advisor. Available as an online tool or through an iOS app, users of Avvo Advisor pay $39 for a 15-minute conversation with an attorney. Users enter their ZIP code and the nature of their legal inquiry before providing their credit card and contact information. Users then get a phone call from an attorney within...
LegalZoom Teams up With Sam’s Club to Provide Legal Solutions for Small Businesses
October 28, 2014
LegalZoom, the leading provider of online legal solutions, has teamed up with Sam’s Club to offer small business members...
October 28, 2014
LegalZoom, the leading provider of online legal solutions, has teamed up with Sam’s Club to offer small business members...
New Relic Launches Data Apps Platform, Acquires Ducksboard
October 26, 2014
You hear a lot these days about “big data,” and as I often say, it’s essentially a catchphrase for a big idea: That the more information you have, the better decisions you can make about your business. But big data in its rawest form is typically hard to work with, which means there are lots of software companies raising big money and making big plans around organizing it. One I’ve written about before is New Relic. Its conceit comes down to this: If every company under the sun is at some...
October 26, 2014
You hear a lot these days about “big data,” and as I often say, it’s essentially a catchphrase for a big idea: That the more information you have, the better decisions you can make about your business. But big data in its rawest form is typically hard to work with, which means there are lots of software companies raising big money and making big plans around organizing it. One I’ve written about before is New Relic. Its conceit comes down to this: If every company under the sun is at some...
Ultrafast Internet Opens Up New Possibilities
October 26, 2014
Superfast Internet connections are likely to open up new kinds of communication such as "telepresence" and improve services such as remote health care, a survey of experts showed Thursday. The ultrafast connections, expected to be widely deployed in the coming years, can open up a range of possibilities by delivering "immersive" experiences and virtual reality, according to the experts polled by the Pew Research Center and Elon University. "People's basic interactions and their ability to 'be together'...
October 26, 2014
Superfast Internet connections are likely to open up new kinds of communication such as "telepresence" and improve services such as remote health care, a survey of experts showed Thursday. The ultrafast connections, expected to be widely deployed in the coming years, can open up a range of possibilities by delivering "immersive" experiences and virtual reality, according to the experts polled by the Pew Research Center and Elon University. "People's basic interactions and their ability to 'be together'...
Berners-Lee: ‘Computers Are Getting Smarter. We’re Not’
October 26, 2014
“Companies,” says web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, “are increasingly going to be run by computers. And computers are getting smarter and we are not.” The only solution, he argues, is for people to embrace new technology, and accept that some jobs will simply disappear. Sir Tim is, as he puts it, “in London to think about the future”. Today he will speak at IP Expo, last month he addressed senior technology executives at a dinner organised by digital agency SapientNitro, but the over-riding...
October 26, 2014
“Companies,” says web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, “are increasingly going to be run by computers. And computers are getting smarter and we are not.” The only solution, he argues, is for people to embrace new technology, and accept that some jobs will simply disappear. Sir Tim is, as he puts it, “in London to think about the future”. Today he will speak at IP Expo, last month he addressed senior technology executives at a dinner organised by digital agency SapientNitro, but the over-riding...
Elon Musk: a Machine Tasked with Getting Rid of Spam Could End Humanity
October 26, 2014
Tesla and SpaceX C.E.O. Elon Musk said he was worried that people didn’t understand how fast artificial intelligence was progressing, and expressed his concern that, in a worst-case scenario, a “super-intelligent” machine might decide to destroy human life. Musk was speaking to Walter Isaacson, the president and C.E.O. of the Aspen Institute, on stage at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit in San Francisco. Musk, uncharacteristically wearing a suit, detailed his fears after teasing...
October 26, 2014
Tesla and SpaceX C.E.O. Elon Musk said he was worried that people didn’t understand how fast artificial intelligence was progressing, and expressed his concern that, in a worst-case scenario, a “super-intelligent” machine might decide to destroy human life. Musk was speaking to Walter Isaacson, the president and C.E.O. of the Aspen Institute, on stage at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit in San Francisco. Musk, uncharacteristically wearing a suit, detailed his fears after teasing...
Race is on to Build World’s First Driverless Car
October 25, 2014
Who will build the self-driving car of the future? Fired-up by Google’s driverless prototype, carmakers such as Mercedes-Benz and Volvo are already testing autonomous vehicles on public roads. But the advanced sensors and electronics that form the building blocks of self-driving cars are often made by suppliers, not the car manufacturer. Some fear that, in the long term, carmakers that lag behind in autonomous vehicle technology face a future akin to today’s PC assemblers – with the big profits...
October 25, 2014
Who will build the self-driving car of the future? Fired-up by Google’s driverless prototype, carmakers such as Mercedes-Benz and Volvo are already testing autonomous vehicles on public roads. But the advanced sensors and electronics that form the building blocks of self-driving cars are often made by suppliers, not the car manufacturer. Some fear that, in the long term, carmakers that lag behind in autonomous vehicle technology face a future akin to today’s PC assemblers – with the big profits...
Marriott to Pay $600K for Blocking Guests’ Personal Wi-Fi Access at Opryland Hotel
October 25, 2014
Marriott International has agreed to pay the government $600,000 to resolve allegations that it blocked access to guests’ personal Wi-Fi networks at its Gaylord Opryland Hotel. The Federal Communications Commission says the hotel used a monitoring system to block Internet access via guests’ Wi-Fi hotspots while charging $250 to $1,000 for a wireless access point, depending on the plan. A press release is here (PDF) and the order and consent decree are here (PDF). Publications with stories...
October 25, 2014
Marriott International has agreed to pay the government $600,000 to resolve allegations that it blocked access to guests’ personal Wi-Fi networks at its Gaylord Opryland Hotel. The Federal Communications Commission says the hotel used a monitoring system to block Internet access via guests’ Wi-Fi hotspots while charging $250 to $1,000 for a wireless access point, depending on the plan. A press release is here (PDF) and the order and consent decree are here (PDF). Publications with stories...
FCC Busts Marriott for Blocking Wi-Fi Hotspots
October 25, 2014
It’s uncanny how often otherwise zippy mobile hotspots suddenly fail once you walk into a hotel conference room. Could somebody be blocking their signal? The FCC has found at least one hotel that actually did it. Marriott’s Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. And the commission busted the hotel for doing so. Marriott will pay a $600,000 fine for the offense. You can read the FCC Order here. The investigation started when the FCC got a complaint in 2013 from...
October 25, 2014
It’s uncanny how often otherwise zippy mobile hotspots suddenly fail once you walk into a hotel conference room. Could somebody be blocking their signal? The FCC has found at least one hotel that actually did it. Marriott’s Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. And the commission busted the hotel for doing so. Marriott will pay a $600,000 fine for the offense. You can read the FCC Order here. The investigation started when the FCC got a complaint in 2013 from...
Surveys: Law Firm Tech Adoption Sluggish
October 25, 2014
Although good business sense should lead law firms toward legal technology innovation and investment, firms are largely static in their adoption of technology, said recent blog posts from Boston-based Blue Hill Research. The three-part blog series called “Why Do Law Firms Struggle With Strategic IT?” was penned by David Houlihan, principal analyst at Blue Hill Research. Houlihan examines the last several years of the annual purchasing surveys from the International Legal Technology Association...
October 25, 2014
Although good business sense should lead law firms toward legal technology innovation and investment, firms are largely static in their adoption of technology, said recent blog posts from Boston-based Blue Hill Research. The three-part blog series called “Why Do Law Firms Struggle With Strategic IT?” was penned by David Houlihan, principal analyst at Blue Hill Research. Houlihan examines the last several years of the annual purchasing surveys from the International Legal Technology Association...
