Gizmos… WWDC and Apple Developments 8 Jun 2015 WWDC 15 kicks off with the rather dubious tagline: "The Epicenter of Change." The logo looks like a bunch of Apple Watch bodies and some circles splooshed together to make…
Office Administration… Law Office Technology–It’s Tough Relying on Google (or anyone else) 9 Mar 2015 The fact that GMail and Google Maps are still existent technologies is a somewhat surprising thing given Google's propensity to kill products. Google's Wave (lifespan: May 2009 to approximately August…
Law… Google Books Update 9 Nov 2009 The settlement agreement will not be presented to Judge Chin today as originally planned. Instead, it should be submitted on Friday. (Source) Even when that happens, though, Judge Chin plans…
Gizmos… Google Maps Navigation on Android 2.0 28 Oct 2009 It was only a matter of time, really, before Google Maps became a turn-by-turn mobile application. And now it has. Gizmodo has a good write-up on its features and abilities,…
Law… New Deadline for Google Books 7 Oct 2009 Just a quickie: United States District Judge Denny Chin has set a new deadline for getting the Google Books settlement done. The new date is November 9, 2009. (Source)
Law… New Life for Old Books, but a Question Arises… 7 Oct 2009 As the parties in the Google Books case get back to the drafting table (this time with very special guest, the United States Department of Justice), one of the stated…
Law… More on the Google Books Settlement 8 Sep 2009 The Google Books settlement is generating a lot of ink over the past few days, with Microsoft wading into the waters. According to PC Magazine, Microsoft filed objections with the…
Law… Google Books Settlement and Privacy Concerns 7 Sep 2009 Google has always been a problematic company for me. On one hand, its search engine has become the de facto starting point for the vast majority of internet users, so…
Law… Hiring Practices and Antitrust Concerns 3 Jun 2009 It may not be as sexy as hearing that corporations have colluded with eachother to keep prices high (say in the TFT or DRAM markets), but I see in the…
Software… Bing! 1 Jun 2009 I'm not entirely sure I like the name of Microsoft's new search engine, Bing. Actually, I'm pretty sure I don't. But, whatever, it's new and shiny, and everyone's playing with…