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Amazon.com buys .Buy for $4.6 million, .Tech sells for $6.8 million
October 12, 2014
Amazon.com paid $4.6 million to win rights to .buy top level domain name, but that wasn’t the most expensive TLD auction on Wednesday. You might think new top level domain names aren’t meeting early expectations, but applicants still apparently value the opportunity very high. ICANN held its second “auction of last resort” for new top level domain names today. Three contention sets were resolved at multi-million dollar prices. Here are the results: .Tech sold for $6,760,000 to Dot Tech...
October 12, 2014
Amazon.com paid $4.6 million to win rights to .buy top level domain name, but that wasn’t the most expensive TLD auction on Wednesday. You might think new top level domain names aren’t meeting early expectations, but applicants still apparently value the opportunity very high. ICANN held its second “auction of last resort” for new top level domain names today. Three contention sets were resolved at multi-million dollar prices. Here are the results: .Tech sold for $6,760,000 to Dot Tech...
Six Financial Steps for the Newly Single
October 12, 2014
It can often be difficult adjusting to life after divorce both emotionally and financially. Here are six financial steps for the newly single: Finalize Finances. Make sure that the terms of your divorce settlement are actually executed, including changing the way financial accounts are titled, transferring divided assets into new accounts, executing any necessary quitclaim deeds, etc. Disinherit Your Ex. Prepare a new will, trust, medical directives, and power of attorney. Select new beneficiaries...
October 12, 2014
It can often be difficult adjusting to life after divorce both emotionally and financially. Here are six financial steps for the newly single: Finalize Finances. Make sure that the terms of your divorce settlement are actually executed, including changing the way financial accounts are titled, transferring divided assets into new accounts, executing any necessary quitclaim deeds, etc. Disinherit Your Ex. Prepare a new will, trust, medical directives, and power of attorney. Select new beneficiaries...
Tesla Prevails in Top Massachusetts Court Over Direct Sales
October 11, 2014
Massachusetts' highest court on Monday threw out a lawsuit seeking to block Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O) from selling its luxury electric cars directly to consumers in the state, enabling it to bypass traditional dealerships. The state's Supreme Judicial Court unanimously concluded that the Massachusetts State Automobile Dealers Association and two dealers lacked standing to block direct Tesla sales under a state law designed to protect franchise owners from abuses by car manufacturers. Justice...
October 11, 2014
Massachusetts' highest court on Monday threw out a lawsuit seeking to block Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O) from selling its luxury electric cars directly to consumers in the state, enabling it to bypass traditional dealerships. The state's Supreme Judicial Court unanimously concluded that the Massachusetts State Automobile Dealers Association and two dealers lacked standing to block direct Tesla sales under a state law designed to protect franchise owners from abuses by car manufacturers. Justice...
Judicial Conference Receives Budget Update, Forwards Rules Package to Supreme Court
October 11, 2014
"The final enacted FY 2014 funding level that Congress provided the Judiciary gave us much needed relief and helped put the judiciary...
October 11, 2014
"The final enacted FY 2014 funding level that Congress provided the Judiciary gave us much needed relief and helped put the judiciary...
Barocas and Selbst on Big Data’s Disparate Impact
October 11, 2014
Solon Barocas and Andrew D. Selbst have posted "Big Data's Disparate Impact," which focues on the relationship between big data mining and Title VII. Here's the abstract: Big Data promises to replace faulty intuitions with facts, granting employers, advertisers, manufacturers, and scientists access to richer, more informed, and less biased decisionmaking processes. But where data mining is used to aid decisions, it has the potential to reproduce existing patterns of discrimination, inherit the prejudice...
October 11, 2014
Solon Barocas and Andrew D. Selbst have posted "Big Data's Disparate Impact," which focues on the relationship between big data mining and Title VII. Here's the abstract: Big Data promises to replace faulty intuitions with facts, granting employers, advertisers, manufacturers, and scientists access to richer, more informed, and less biased decisionmaking processes. But where data mining is used to aid decisions, it has the potential to reproduce existing patterns of discrimination, inherit the prejudice...
5 Reasons to Read “Big Data Analytics for Dummies”
October 11, 2014
Wikipedia describes “Big Data” as a broad term “for any collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using on-hand data management tools or traditional data processing applications.” Forbes identified these “5 Things Managers Should Know About The Big Data Economy” which are great reasons to read IBM’s Dummies book: 1. We Now Create Knowledge Without Expertise 2. We Can Attain “Scale Without Mass” 3. Data Is The New Capital 4. Privacy Will...
October 11, 2014
Wikipedia describes “Big Data” as a broad term “for any collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using on-hand data management tools or traditional data processing applications.” Forbes identified these “5 Things Managers Should Know About The Big Data Economy” which are great reasons to read IBM’s Dummies book: 1. We Now Create Knowledge Without Expertise 2. We Can Attain “Scale Without Mass” 3. Data Is The New Capital 4. Privacy Will...
Time In App Increases by 21% Across All Apps
October 11, 2014
Though 20% of apps are opened only once, people are becoming more attached to apps overall. According to Localytics data, the amount of time people spend in apps has increased by 21% over the last year. People are engaging with mobile so frequently that time spent with mobile apps now exceeds time spent on traditional desktop web. Certain categories are driving this increased time spent in apps. Here is a summary of the findings: Overall time in app has increased by 21% Users open an app on average...
October 11, 2014
Though 20% of apps are opened only once, people are becoming more attached to apps overall. According to Localytics data, the amount of time people spend in apps has increased by 21% over the last year. People are engaging with mobile so frequently that time spent with mobile apps now exceeds time spent on traditional desktop web. Certain categories are driving this increased time spent in apps. Here is a summary of the findings: Overall time in app has increased by 21% Users open an app on average...
FTC Enlists Hackers to Zap Robocallers
October 10, 2014
The Federal Trade Commission held a contest at hacking convention DEF CON22 in Las Vegas this month, calling on participants to help the agency combat illegal, prerecorded telemarketing calls known as robocalls. The contest asked designers to create something called a “honeypot,” an information system designed to attract robocallers, and help law enforcement research and gain insight into robocalling tactics, according to a recent release. The “Zapping Rachel” contest attracted a total of 60 teams...
October 10, 2014
The Federal Trade Commission held a contest at hacking convention DEF CON22 in Las Vegas this month, calling on participants to help the agency combat illegal, prerecorded telemarketing calls known as robocalls. The contest asked designers to create something called a “honeypot,” an information system designed to attract robocallers, and help law enforcement research and gain insight into robocalling tactics, according to a recent release. The “Zapping Rachel” contest attracted a total of 60 teams...
EEOC Issues Annual Report on Federal Workforce
October 10, 2014
The U.S. EEOC just-released portions of its fiscal year 2011 and 2012 report on the federal work force. The report is full...
October 10, 2014
The U.S. EEOC just-released portions of its fiscal year 2011 and 2012 report on the federal work force. The report is full...
Texas Minority Shareholders – Along for the Ride
October 10, 2014
Over the years various theories developed in Texas and other jursidictions that a minority shareholder could try to employ to challenge other shareholders’ conduct. This included the “freeze-out” and “oppression” theories and the claim for an “equitable buyout.” The buyout claim basically went like this – the conduct of other sharholders was so oppresive that the court should order those shareholders to buyout the minority shareholder. This is serious relief. Basically the court...
October 10, 2014
Over the years various theories developed in Texas and other jursidictions that a minority shareholder could try to employ to challenge other shareholders’ conduct. This included the “freeze-out” and “oppression” theories and the claim for an “equitable buyout.” The buyout claim basically went like this – the conduct of other sharholders was so oppresive that the court should order those shareholders to buyout the minority shareholder. This is serious relief. Basically the court...
