Please listen to this informative podcast about eNeturals and Special Masters for eDiscovery featuring US District Judge Arthur J. Schwab, Allison Skinner, and Timothy Opsitnick concerning the American College of eNeutrals’ efforts to training mediators, Special Masters, and discovery referees. Karl Schieneman moderated the panel’s discussion.
Also Karl Schieneman interviewed Allison…
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China’s dominant search engine Baidu announced a new licensing that will permit legal downloads and streaming music to millions of Chinese users. A recent NY Times report described the new deal that will change China’s image for providing illegal downloads:
The agreement between Baidu and One-Stop China, a joint…
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Google’s newest Social Media adventure Google+ is getting rave reviews with millions of users yet not launched to the public. Keep in mind that the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) 20 year oversight of Google’s privacy policy because of Google’s disastrous Buzz – the 2010 failed Social Media attempt by Google. One…
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Google faces antitrust allegations by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the European Union(EU), and in Texas that Google’s search engine favors its own services in search results and charges rivals higher ad rates. So when asked to testify before a US Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee Google initially refused, but…
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Microsoft recently paid $8.5 billion for Skype and even though Facebook and Google lost in the bidding wars offering a measly $3-4 billion, nonetheless nowFacebook announces that Skype will be available for video calling! Mark Zuckerberg said:
Users will be able to click a button in Facebook to call…
My 30+ minute video about the 10 Commandments of IT Contracts is available for viewing thanks to my friends at Financial Management Network (& parent SmartPros Ltd.). For more than 30 years I’ve negotiated and litigated hundreds of IT contracts, and as a result of my experiences I continually…
Apparently not every service offered by Google is a success as Google found that its Google Health did not catch on as expected. So Google Health will be retired January 1, 2012 with data available through January 1, 2013. Google Health’s goal was “to create a service that would give…
Google was the most valuable brand name in the world for 4 years, and now Apple has finally surpassed Google as the most valuable brand. Rounding out the top 10 are very familar names:
1. Apple
2. Google
3. IBM
4. McDonald’s
5. Microsoft
6. Coca-Cola
7. AT&T
8. Marlboro…
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A new lawsuit against Google for Internet location tracking highlights my recent eCommerce Times column that Internet privacy may not be possible. The new class action lawsuit brought by Jon Pessano and others asserts that Google uses its location marketing database to generate billions of dollars in location based…
Steve Jobs’ predicts that Apple’s freeiCloud will allow everyone store all of their music, video, photos, and documents on the Web, which is no surprise in today’s hot cloud world. But many alarms went off around the world with the FBI’s announcement that the hacker group LulzSec breached…
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