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Analyzing LTNY: Lawyers Want Easy Tech With More Tools – Picture It Settled
March 3, 2014
Donald Philbin, a dispute resolution expert, showed me the latest version of the Picture It Settled website featuring the Settlement...
March 3, 2014
Donald Philbin, a dispute resolution expert, showed me the latest version of the Picture It Settled website featuring the Settlement...
Edge: What Scientific Idea is Ready for Retirement?
March 2, 2014
Everything? Well, wait a minute. Questioning A Theory of Everything may be beating a dead horse since I’m certainly not the first to be bothered by its implicit hyperbole but let’s face it, referring to one’s field of study as The Theory of Everything smacks of arrogance and naivité. Although it’s only been around for a relatively short period and may already be dying a natural death, the phrase, though certainly not the endeavour, should be retired from serious scientific literature...
March 2, 2014
Everything? Well, wait a minute. Questioning A Theory of Everything may be beating a dead horse since I’m certainly not the first to be bothered by its implicit hyperbole but let’s face it, referring to one’s field of study as The Theory of Everything smacks of arrogance and naivité. Although it’s only been around for a relatively short period and may already be dying a natural death, the phrase, though certainly not the endeavour, should be retired from serious scientific literature...
Why Google Kept Motorola’s Research Lab
March 1, 2014
Google’s $2.9 billion sale of Motorola Mobility to Chinese PC maker Lenovo might seem like lousy business, given Google’s $12.5 billion purchase in 2012 and losses in the interim. But it leaves Google with a mobile research unit and a war chest of patents arguably bought at a very good price. And it gives a boost to Android in developing countries. Google earlier sold off the Motorola Mobility Home unit for $2.35 billion (see “Why Google Wants Motorola”). With losses and other factors...
March 1, 2014
Google’s $2.9 billion sale of Motorola Mobility to Chinese PC maker Lenovo might seem like lousy business, given Google’s $12.5 billion purchase in 2012 and losses in the interim. But it leaves Google with a mobile research unit and a war chest of patents arguably bought at a very good price. And it gives a boost to Android in developing countries. Google earlier sold off the Motorola Mobility Home unit for $2.35 billion (see “Why Google Wants Motorola”). With losses and other factors...
Twitter Acquires Raft of Patents From IBM
March 1, 2014
PALO ALTO — Ending an infringement spat first disclosed in November as Twitter worked toward its massive initial public...
March 1, 2014
PALO ALTO — Ending an infringement spat first disclosed in November as Twitter worked toward its massive initial public...
When No One Is Just a Face in the Crowd
March 1, 2014
Hey, big spenders. Facial recognition technology, already employed by some retail stores to spot and thwart shoplifters, may soon be used to identify and track the freest spenders in the aisles. The NEC Corporation, for instance, is working on “V.I.P. identification” software, based on face recognition, for hotels and other businesses “where there is a need to identify the presence of important visitors.” And companies like FaceFirst, in Camarillo, Calif., hope to soon complement their...
March 1, 2014
Hey, big spenders. Facial recognition technology, already employed by some retail stores to spot and thwart shoplifters, may soon be used to identify and track the freest spenders in the aisles. The NEC Corporation, for instance, is working on “V.I.P. identification” software, based on face recognition, for hotels and other businesses “where there is a need to identify the presence of important visitors.” And companies like FaceFirst, in Camarillo, Calif., hope to soon complement their...
Big Data and Analytics: Opportunities and Challenges
February 27, 2014
Big Data and Big Analytics can be used for a wide array of purposes, including increasing sales, improving competitive intelligence and managing workforces, by all sorts of entities. McKinsey reports that retailers adopting Big Data can increase operating margins by more than 60 percent. During the past holiday season, for example, Macy’s and J.C. Penney partnered with a shopping app provider to reward customers with discounts, or song downloads, for trying on clothes and making purchases. Best...
February 27, 2014
Big Data and Big Analytics can be used for a wide array of purposes, including increasing sales, improving competitive intelligence and managing workforces, by all sorts of entities. McKinsey reports that retailers adopting Big Data can increase operating margins by more than 60 percent. During the past holiday season, for example, Macy’s and J.C. Penney partnered with a shopping app provider to reward customers with discounts, or song downloads, for trying on clothes and making purchases. Best...
Google’s Ray Kurzweil Predicts How the World Will Change
February 24, 2014
2017: Self-driving cars “Google self-driving cars have gone half a million miles without human drivers on highways and city...
February 24, 2014
2017: Self-driving cars “Google self-driving cars have gone half a million miles without human drivers on highways and city...
The New Formula to Create a Billion Dollar Firm: Tesla, Nest, Harry’s and Matternet
February 23, 2014
The challenge for the CEO of a traditional larger enterprise whatever sector is to reimagine their industry as an ecosystem, identify their natural allies, ask what they can do to make in their interests to work collaboratively, and to open themselves up to consumer-orientated applications to run over them. British Gas could have created Nest. British Telecom could have created Skype. Volkswagen or General Motors could have created Tesla. But they didn’t. They didn’t reimagine their industries...
February 23, 2014
The challenge for the CEO of a traditional larger enterprise whatever sector is to reimagine their industry as an ecosystem, identify their natural allies, ask what they can do to make in their interests to work collaboratively, and to open themselves up to consumer-orientated applications to run over them. British Gas could have created Nest. British Telecom could have created Skype. Volkswagen or General Motors could have created Tesla. But they didn’t. They didn’t reimagine their industries...
Lawyer up online: Startups Aim to Make the Law Less Confusing, Expensive
February 22, 2014
When Jim Angelopoulos opened his first restaurant 10 years ago, he hired a lawyer to help him incorporate. When he later decided to trademark the name with an eye toward expansion, he used a different route: A website called LegalForce. "The cost itself is night and day," said Angelopoulos, who owns Scrambl'z Diner in south San Jose. Angelopoulos said LegalForce helped him register his trademark nationally and block another restaurant from using a similar moniker. "I thought registering a name...
February 22, 2014
When Jim Angelopoulos opened his first restaurant 10 years ago, he hired a lawyer to help him incorporate. When he later decided to trademark the name with an eye toward expansion, he used a different route: A website called LegalForce. "The cost itself is night and day," said Angelopoulos, who owns Scrambl'z Diner in south San Jose. Angelopoulos said LegalForce helped him register his trademark nationally and block another restaurant from using a similar moniker. "I thought registering a name...
#WhyCounselNeedToFollowTwitter
February 22, 2014
Managing media relations is important—and not something that lawyers are always good at. Often you have to balance the legal risk of a statement against the business risk of not making one to the brand. You have to understand your client and their business—a $10 million fine may hurt much less than a three-month drop in sales or loss of certain clients. Effective compliance professionals understand the benefits and dangers of both social media and traditional media. Social media can serve as an outlet...
February 22, 2014
Managing media relations is important—and not something that lawyers are always good at. Often you have to balance the legal risk of a statement against the business risk of not making one to the brand. You have to understand your client and their business—a $10 million fine may hurt much less than a three-month drop in sales or loss of certain clients. Effective compliance professionals understand the benefits and dangers of both social media and traditional media. Social media can serve as an outlet...
