Hootsuite – A comprehensive look at the state of the internet, mobile devices, social media, and ecommerce. “4.5 billion internet users around the globe. 3.8 billion people on social media. What are the best opportunities in digital? Which platforms are growing fastest? And what new consumer behaviors should your brand be paying attention to? Steer… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2020
Securely Collaborate and Communicate Remotely: A How-To for Lawyers
Via LLRX – Securely Collaborate and Communicate Remotely: A How-To for Lawyers – Attorney and Legal Technology Evangelist Nicole L. Black delves into how collaborating effectively and confidentially has always been an important part of practicing law. The COIV-19 pandemic has significantly increased the focus on identifying and implementing tools and techniques that enable secure… Continue Reading
Join Us on April 23 for a Foreign Law Webinar on Fighting Pandemics
“Please join Laney Zhang and Nicolas Boring for the Law Library’s upcoming webinar, Fighting Pandemics: Foreign and International Legislative Frameworks, at 2:00 PM on Thursday, April 23, 2020. This webinar is the latest installment in the Law Library’s new series of webinars focused on foreign and comparative law. Focusing on select European and Asian jurisdictions,… Continue Reading
Harvard Researchers Say Some Social Distancing May Be Needed Into 2022
Bloomberg: “People around the world might need to practice some level of social distancing intermittently through 2022 to stop Covid-19 from surging anew and overwhelming hospital systems, a group of Harvard disease researchers said Tuesday. Lifting social-distancing measures all at once could risk simply delaying the epidemic’s peak and potentially making it more severe, the… Continue Reading
How Apple And Google Are Going To Enable Contact Tracing
JOEKENT.NYC: “This post is a technical translation of the contact tracing specification Apple and Google recently released, aimed at folks that are interested in understanding the implications for security, privacy, and usage. If you are not familiar with contact tracing, I suggest you first read this blog post that explains the topic and the various… Continue Reading
Rapid Expert Consultation on the Effectiveness of Fabric Masks for the COVID-19 Pandemic
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Rapid Expert Consultation on the Effectiveness of Fabric Masks for the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 8, 2020). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25776. “In response to a request from the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a… Continue Reading
Verizon introduces open-source, big data coronavirus search engine
ZDNet -“As we struggle to get a grip on exactly how COVID-19 makes us ill and what we can do about it, researchers have created over 50,000 articles. That’s a lot of information! So, how do you make sense of it all? Verizon Media is doing it by using Vespa. This is an open-source, big data… Continue Reading
How is COVID-19 affecting your ZIP code in Illinois and Arizona
The Chicago Reporter – “The Illinois Department of Public Health is now publishing daily counts of confirmed cases of COVID-19 by ZIP code. Look up your ZIP code and explore your area below..” See also MAP: Coronavirus cases in Arizona by zip code Continue Reading
The Judge Will See You On Zoom, But The Public Is Mostly Left Out
The Marshall Project – Volunteers who monitor courts across the country say they are getting little access to online-only proceedings. “…Monitoring court hearings has become difficult, in some cases even impossible, for dozens of court watch programs scattered throughout cities and towns in the country. They rely on volunteers to sit in open court and… Continue Reading
SCOTUS to Break Tradition Hold Oral Arguments by Teleconference
“The Court will hear oral arguments by telephone conference on May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13 in a limited number of previously postponed cases. The following cases will be assigned argument dates after the Clerk’s Office has confirmed the availability of counsel: 18-9526, McGirt v. Oklahoma 19-46, United States Patent and Trademark Office… Continue Reading
American Banker Coronavirus Impact Site is Free
Please see American Banker’s Coronacvirus Impact site – read articles free and sign up for alerts as well. Continue Reading
Demand sharing unleashes the “power of pull” for your science research
Bruce Aron – Medium – PLEASE NOTE: This is a draft of a bit of the Open Scientist Handbook. There are references/links to other parts of this work-in-progress that do not link here in this blog. Sorry. But you can also see what the Handbook will be offering soon. “Why is Demand Sharing so important… Continue Reading
