New Scientist reports that HP may use the Autonomy pattern-recognition eDiscovery tool to develop a new search engine which would work in tandem with HP’s text-based search. The report includes this example:
…the ability to point your phone at an image and having it return web links, documents, and…
Effective in December 2011 OnStar GPS navigation-and-emergency-services company will collect vehicle data for those customers who terminate their agreements.
The 10 page OnStar Privacy Statement states that:
Unless the Data Connection to your Vehicle is deactivated, data about your Vehicle will continue to be collected even if you do…
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Trademark owners must act to avoid adult brands creating .xxx domains and can take advantage of the sunrise phase from September 7 through October 28, 2011.
I welcome you to read the Gardere Intellectual Property Alert entitled “Prevent the XXX Industry from Using Your Trademark” written by my…
All Social Media and Internet businesses rely on TOS and Click Agreements to protect their legal rights, but few businesses take the time to make sure that the TOS and Click Agreements actually protect their business operations. I welcome you to read my eCommerce Times column entitled “Your Customers May…
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After filing more than 275 copyright infringement lawsuits, it now turns out that Righthaven was not the owner of the copyrights asserted in the lawsuit, and as a result is now on the verge of bankruptcy. The copyright infringement claims were made for reposting pictures and stories previously published…
Google paid an estimated $100-200 million to expand its reach by purchasing Zagat Survey that potentially increases Google’s Social Media power. Pew Research recently report that 92% of adults on the Internet use search engines every day, so couple that information with Google’s “estimates that about 20 percent of…
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Google’s Eric Schmidt said in a recent interview that Google+ users should be not be anonymous since it would be better “if we had an accurate notion that you were a real person as opposed to a dog, or a fake person, or a spammer.” Schmidt’s comments thoughts reinforce one…
LinkedIn boasts +120 million members who all agree to be bound to their User Agreement, but few LinkedIn members noticed that on June 16, 2011 the LinkedIn User Agreement changed. LinkedIn’s new User Agreement is not radically different from previous versions. However since the LinkedIn User Agreement binds +120 million…
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