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One Hour Deal on My New Favorite Phone: Moto X
January 27, 2014
Motorola’s Moto X phone is one of the best phones you can purchase. Now, Motorola’s making sure they sell more devices: This Moto X deal runs for one hour on January 27 at 3-4 pm ET, so set your calendar alarms. As you can see, if you miss that deal, you can still get the phone for $70 off ($329), which is awesome. If you’re still not sure you want Moto X, check out my review.
January 27, 2014
Motorola’s Moto X phone is one of the best phones you can purchase. Now, Motorola’s making sure they sell more devices: This Moto X deal runs for one hour on January 27 at 3-4 pm ET, so set your calendar alarms. As you can see, if you miss that deal, you can still get the phone for $70 off ($329), which is awesome. If you’re still not sure you want Moto X, check out my review.
9th Circuit Issues a Blogger-Friendly First Amendment Opinion
January 26, 2014
This case involves defamation claims brought by Kevin Padrick of Obisidian Finance Group against Crystal Cox. Obsidian (Padrick) was the Chapter 11 Trustee for Summit Accomodators, and Cox wrote a series of posts accusing Padrick and Obsidian of fraud, corruption, money-laundering, and other improper activities. Obsidian and Padrick sued. Cox, representing herself, raised some First Amendment defenses. The district judge found that a slew of the posts were figurative and hyperbolic, but allowed the case...
January 26, 2014
This case involves defamation claims brought by Kevin Padrick of Obisidian Finance Group against Crystal Cox. Obsidian (Padrick) was the Chapter 11 Trustee for Summit Accomodators, and Cox wrote a series of posts accusing Padrick and Obsidian of fraud, corruption, money-laundering, and other improper activities. Obsidian and Padrick sued. Cox, representing herself, raised some First Amendment defenses. The district judge found that a slew of the posts were figurative and hyperbolic, but allowed the case...
Crowdfunded Online Legal Service Aims to Raise Another £120k
January 26, 2014
LawBite – www.lawbite.co.uk – the plain English online legal service for SMEs, has launched a second round of crowdfunding via the Crowdcube platform. Last May investors pumped £240,000 into LawBite in just ten days, in one of the fastest funding rounds in Crowdcube history. In total LawBite raised £450k in cash and in kind in that funding round. Since then the business has seen a surge in international interest and has agreed partnership agreements with a string of affiliates in the UK. Having...
January 26, 2014
LawBite – www.lawbite.co.uk – the plain English online legal service for SMEs, has launched a second round of crowdfunding via the Crowdcube platform. Last May investors pumped £240,000 into LawBite in just ten days, in one of the fastest funding rounds in Crowdcube history. In total LawBite raised £450k in cash and in kind in that funding round. Since then the business has seen a surge in international interest and has agreed partnership agreements with a string of affiliates in the UK. Having...
What You May Have Missed in the World of Android
January 26, 2014
Google bought Nest for $3.2 billion. I wonder what that bidding war was like. You’d have to believe that Apple and others were in on the purchase plan. And here’s why you might get a little concerned with this buyout. Will our devices spay on us? Perhaps. Google’s jumping in the spending lead of acquisitions for the past 2 years. Including Nest, Google spend $16.2 billion. Google also announced that it’s developing a bionic contact lens, which is waiting for FDA approval. Google released the...
January 26, 2014
Google bought Nest for $3.2 billion. I wonder what that bidding war was like. You’d have to believe that Apple and others were in on the purchase plan. And here’s why you might get a little concerned with this buyout. Will our devices spay on us? Perhaps. Google’s jumping in the spending lead of acquisitions for the past 2 years. Including Nest, Google spend $16.2 billion. Google also announced that it’s developing a bionic contact lens, which is waiting for FDA approval. Google released the...
Have You Switched to Chrome for Your Browser of Choice Yet?
January 25, 2014
Sometimes lawyers are ahead of the techonology adoption curve. We have a higher percentage of smart phones than the general...
January 25, 2014
Sometimes lawyers are ahead of the techonology adoption curve. We have a higher percentage of smart phones than the general...
73% of Adults Use Social Networks
January 25, 2014
A couple days ago. I blogged how the next wave of a social law firm required going from the corporate use of social to a personal...
January 25, 2014
A couple days ago. I blogged how the next wave of a social law firm required going from the corporate use of social to a personal...
Lenovo Said to Beat Fujitsu to IBM Servers After Dell Passed
January 24, 2014
Lenovo Group Ltd. (992), which agreed to buy International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)’s low-end server unit yesterday, beat out prospective bidder Fujitsu Ltd. (6702) because that company would have needed several more weeks to conduct due diligence, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said. Fujitsu expressed a willingness to pay more than the $2.3 billion Lenovo offered, though it wasn’t yet ready to make a firm bid, said the person, who asked not to be named because the talks...
January 24, 2014
Lenovo Group Ltd. (992), which agreed to buy International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)’s low-end server unit yesterday, beat out prospective bidder Fujitsu Ltd. (6702) because that company would have needed several more weeks to conduct due diligence, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said. Fujitsu expressed a willingness to pay more than the $2.3 billion Lenovo offered, though it wasn’t yet ready to make a firm bid, said the person, who asked not to be named because the talks...
DOJ Sues Firm That Vetted Snowden For NSA Work
January 24, 2014
It may not have been the best screening job. At least, the U.S. government doesn’t think so. The Department of Justice is accusing the largest private provider of security checks —in fact, the organization that vetted Edward Snowden—of not doing the job properly, according to Sakthi Prasad of Reuters. The United States Investigations Services has had a contract with the federal government since 1996 and checks the backgrounds of people applying to work with government agencies, says Prasad,...
January 24, 2014
It may not have been the best screening job. At least, the U.S. government doesn’t think so. The Department of Justice is accusing the largest private provider of security checks —in fact, the organization that vetted Edward Snowden—of not doing the job properly, according to Sakthi Prasad of Reuters. The United States Investigations Services has had a contract with the federal government since 1996 and checks the backgrounds of people applying to work with government agencies, says Prasad,...
Apple And Samsung In Settlement Talks
January 24, 2014
Apple insists on anti-cloning provision in Samsung settlement | Apple - CNET News. Okay, the settlement talks are court ordered. And, the parties can't even agree on the parameters of the previous talks. But, it is a given that the consumers have moved on, and that the patent litigation between Apple and Samsung is not top of anybody's mind anymore. I know that I am tired of writing about it. When will these companies get it? We are headed for another trial in March, and the parties are still fighting...
January 24, 2014
Apple insists on anti-cloning provision in Samsung settlement | Apple - CNET News. Okay, the settlement talks are court ordered. And, the parties can't even agree on the parameters of the previous talks. But, it is a given that the consumers have moved on, and that the patent litigation between Apple and Samsung is not top of anybody's mind anymore. I know that I am tired of writing about it. When will these companies get it? We are headed for another trial in March, and the parties are still fighting...
So How Does Bitcoin Work, Anyway?
January 21, 2014
Bit-what? It’s the world’s largest digital currency, and it’s confusing. To clarify how the “currency” could be monopolizing your business in the future, Lata Nott on Chadbourne & Parke’s TMT Perspectives Blog has written a primer on what, exactly, is a Bitcoin. The futuristic currency was created in 2009 by a person or group with the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto with “the goal of creating a currency that could run independently from banks and governments,” explains Nott. Written...
January 21, 2014
Bit-what? It’s the world’s largest digital currency, and it’s confusing. To clarify how the “currency” could be monopolizing your business in the future, Lata Nott on Chadbourne & Parke’s TMT Perspectives Blog has written a primer on what, exactly, is a Bitcoin. The futuristic currency was created in 2009 by a person or group with the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto with “the goal of creating a currency that could run independently from banks and governments,” explains Nott. Written...
