As reported in the ABA Journal, the unprecedented runaway success of the mobile augmented-reality game Pokemon Go is beginning to create problems in the workplace. For example, as the app directs you to certain places, you could end up in "off limits" areas or a location with...
It may just be as important a development as the first mass production of cars by the Ford Motor Company in the 1920s. That same company, Ford, announced yesterday it will build a fleet of driverless cars for ride sharing or ride-hailing by 2021. That...
So much to consider with the passing of nearly 117-year old Susannah Mushatt Jones here in New York City the other day. There's now only one person documented alive who was born before 1900 (Ms. Jones was born in 1899). Though blind in recent years she...
The ABA Journal reports that California may be the first state to approve the use of autonomous or self-driving cars within just a few years. As faithful blogees know, I'm fascinated, excited and maybe a little scared by the prospect of this, as many others...
As reported by Bloomberg, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has now ruled that bitcoin, the peer-to-peer digital currency, is a commodity. This means the CFTC can regulate it and punish evildoers. Several in the bitcoin industry intend to challenge the CFTC's jurisdiction. They say it's...
Interesting report in The New York Times today about the greatest challenge facing the advent of driverless cars. The effort, mostly driven (pun intended) by Google, seems to be going well overall as hundreds of cars have been tested for a number of years now....
Enter Ross, a so-called "artificially intelligent attorney," which students at the University of Toronto developed, according to the ABA Journal. This is for real. The students worked with IBM and the Watson computer, you know, the one that won on TV's Jeopardy. Ross can learn...
The Washington Post Sunday had a fascinating story about one of the just five public wifi locations in the city of Havana and how locals flock there daily to get on Facebook and communicate with loved ones. You still can't go to your cell provider and...
Samsung recently had to warn its "smart TV" customers that they should be careful what they say in front of the TV. Apparently anything you say is recorded and retained and could be forwarded to third parties. It is still recorded even if you turn...
Two good friends and clients of mine run a rapidly growing social media agency. They work mostly with companies with consumer-driven products but also a number who sell business to business. There are still some in my worlds of law and finance who believe it...