After digitizing 5.2 million books Google now offers new tools that permit a fascinating view of language, culture, and evolution of thought unlike anything known before. Now anyone can analyze “500 billion words contained in books published between 1500 and 2008 in English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese and Russian…
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As 2010 comes to an end Facebook now reports about $2B in revenue which is amazing for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that Facebook estimated revenue of closer to $1.5B (which was double the 2009 revenue) and not all that long ago Facebook was criticized…
My recent interview about "Internet Privacy" by CNN’s anchor Brooke Baldwin was very timely since the next day the Department of Commerce called for the creation of a Federal Office to Guide Online Privacy and published a white paper entitled: “Commercial Data Privacy and Innovation in the Internet…
Mashable reports that Zeta Interactive released its Top 10 most buzzed Social Network list and Craigslist, Friendster, MySpace all dropped out of the Top 10 from 2009! This is a fascinating list:
As Social Media evolves this list will change, but it’s interesting that Google Buzz in #10 given its…
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A recent NY Times report is critical of the daily use of the military’s use social security numbers (SSN)and birthdates, and how poorly Personal Identifiable Information (PII) is managed. Army intelligence officer turned West Point professor Lt. Col. Gregory Conti co-authored a report entitled “The Military’s Cultural Disregard for…
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Please join the webcast about Social Media Use with my good friends Michelle Cheng, Yvonne Gierczyk-Skasko, and me sponsor by the ALI-ABA (American Law Institute – American Bar Association) which be live on December 7, 2010 at 12:30pm CST. Michelle, Yvonne, and I will discuss our experiences with Facebook…
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Hitwise recently reported that 1 in every 4 pageviews in the US is on Facebook, and also incredible is Facebook’s claim that people spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook. Astonishing growth made even more amazing by realizing that the second place, and far behind Facebook, is…
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Last week I posted a guest blog on Karl Bayer’s Blog about Dispute Resolution concerning Michael Geigerman’s ADR program at Washington University School of Law on October 29, 2100.
Michael Geigerman was the Moderator for a half day seminar at the Washington University School of Law regarding complexities created by eDiscovery and…
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) issued its second annual privacy report card with lower grades of “C for consumer data protection efforts and a D on civil liberties.” Mark Rotenberg, executive director of EPIC said "Our bottom-line assessment is that with respect to privacy, things are getting worse.” The…
Google settled a dispute about rejecting ads with the French Competition Authority including a 3 month notification period for the future when rejecting ads. Navx bought ads from Google to help drivers avoid speeding tickets by providing “online maps pinpointing the location of radar and camera systems the authorities use…
