8 Great Mobile Technology Articles You Must Read This Week 8.25.2012
As originally published in Forbes.com on August 23, 2012. Mobile technology—devices, apps, operating systems, payment systems, mHealth, security, privacy, etc.—could not be any more at the fore, so here are eight great articles from this week that I recommend highly. Aaron Press, Commentary: How ‘Squarebucks’ May Fix What’s Really Wrong With Payments (Mobile Payments Today Aug. 14, 2012). Aaron.. read more →
How Instant Mobile Commerce Will Disrupt The Way You Do Business
Jay Callum doesn’t like smartphones. “I don’t like being connected all the time,” he told me recently. “I like to have a life.” Yet as co-owner with Mike Bard of Waltham, Massachusetts-based EP Levine (founded 1954), a tech-savvy photographic supply house that works with photographers of all skill levels, Callum understands that there is no viable technological.. read more →
Big Data And Health Care Get Engaged
As originally published on Forbes.com on June 12, 2012. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and MIT announced recently a joint initiative to tackle the enormous opportunities presented by Big Data. “The hour of big data has arrived in Massachusetts and it’s a very, very exciting time,” said Democratic Governor Deval Patrick. With a particular focus on creating jobs and.. read more →
How Intellectual Property (IP) Enables And Protects Open Innovation Platforms
As originally published on Forbes.com on April 23, 2012. For decades, Bell Laboratories, a research and development subsidiary of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) formally organized in 1925, had an extraordinary stream of talent enter its ranks. Most of its scientists in the early years were young PhDs in physics who had studied under.. read more →
Your Ethical And Legal Duties When Using Wireless Networks
As originally published on Forbes on December 12, 2011. The cat-and-mouse relationship between technology and the law requires attorneys to examine how their use of new technologies triggers professional duties and responsibilities. This article will focus on attorneys’ use of wireless networks in particular, which is the focus of the The State of California Standing.. read more →
Should Freedom of Information Requests Extend to Technology and Software Systems?
As originally published in Forbes on December 8, 2011. The New York Supreme Court recently considered whether the principles that underlie freedom of information requests apply to obtaining software systems that contain records that otherwise would have to be produced by the government. Applying a two-part litmus test, the court answered that question in the affirmative. This.. read more →
Surviving e-Discovery With the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division
As originally published in Forbes (Feb. 14, 2011). The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has aggressively requested the electronic production of corporate data over the past decade. The Antitrust Division is a perfect example, having experienced exponential growth in the amount of discovery and information that it receives in response to Second Requests. In turn, the.. read more →
Can The Government Seize Your Email Without A Warrant? You’ll Be Surprised.
As originally published in Forbes (Feb. 8, 2011). Is your email safe from a warrantless seizure thereof by the federal government? The Fourth Amendment provides that “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon.. read more →