Gizmodo: “Google is pretty regularly adds new features to Gmail, but there’s always room for improvement, and third-party developers have been quick to plug the gaps. Here are seven browser add-ons that are polished and powerful enough to be native features (and hopefully will be one day…)…” Continue Reading
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Welcome to the EU Council Library LibGuides
European Council, Council of the European Union: “The Council Library guides provide a selection of information resources relevant to the work of the Council of the EU and the European Council: information databases, (e)journals, (e)books, articles and EU publications. Search the online Eureka catalogue to discover the full collections.” Search All Guides, By Group, By… Continue Reading
Anyone can use this powerful facial-recognition tool and that’s a problem
CNN Business: “You probably haven’t seen PimEyes, a mysterious facial-recognition search engine, but it may have spotted you. If you upload a picture of your face to PimEyes’ website, it will immediately show you any pictures of yourself that the company has found around the internet. You might recognize all of them, or be surprised… Continue Reading
Google will automatically enroll users in two-factor authentication soon
PCWorld – “Most security experts agree that two-factor authentication (2FA) is a critical part of securing your online accounts. Google agrees, but it’s taking an extra step: It’s going to automatically sign Google account holders up for two-factor accounts. In a way, Google sees two-factor authentication as a replacement for passwords, which Mark Risher, Google’s… Continue Reading
Review: Own the Map, by Conrad Samm
Via LLRX – Review: Own the Map, by Conrad Samm – Jerry Lawson highly recommends Conrad Saam’s intriguing new book, Own the Map, which encourages lawyers to think about marketing in new and better ways. The author’s primary thesis is that most lawyers should concentrate appealing to potential clients near the lawyer’s location. Saam develops… Continue Reading
How we fought Search spam on Google in 2020
Google Search Central: “…Hacked spam was still rampant in 2020 as the number of vulnerable web sites remained quite large, although we have improved our detection capability by more than 50% and removed most of the hacked spam from search results….Before we deliver a set of search results on Google, there’s a lot that happens… Continue Reading
USPTO chief information officer most excited about new search algorithms
FedScoop – “New search algorithms for relevant prior art most excite the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s CIO right now. USPTO created the machine-learning algorithms to increase the speed at which patents are examined by importing relevant prior art — all information on its claim of originality — into pending applications sent to art units, said Jamie Holcombe. Filtering… Continue Reading
Adding information from your law blog to Wikipedia
Kevin O’Keefe – Lexblog: “via an existing entry or a footnote makes good sense. Contributing to the advancement of the law. Making reliable and credible legal information more accessible to legal professions and the public. Wikipedia appears on page one of Google’s search results forty-six percent of the time. Others are citing legal blogs, and… Continue Reading
8 Search Engines That Rocked Before Google Even Existed
MakeUseOf: “Google wasn’t always the king. These nostalgic search engines paved the way and we’ll never forget them. Though the web became publicly available in 1990, the first web search engine didn’t arrive until 1993. Up until then, all websites were manually tracked and indexed by people. And while we now recognize Google as the… Continue Reading
Map Engine Visually Charts the Legal World
Artificial Lawyer – “A new product, Map Engine, created by Ryan McClead’s Sente Advisors and Nicole Bradick’s Theory and Principle, allows lawyers to quickly visualise multi-jurisdictional data. It’s another example of the growing interest in using visualisation tools in the legal sector. Initially this is focused on using a map of the US, but other… Continue Reading
5 uses for Google Maps beyond navigation
Popular Science – “Google Maps made a name for itself helping people travel from one place to another, but it can be useful even when you know exactly how to get where you’re going. So strap in, buckle up, or just recline your desk chair to a comfortable position and let us guide you along… Continue Reading
EFF Partners with DuckDuckGo to Enhance Secure Browsing and Protect User Info on the Web
EFF: “Boosting protection of Internet users’ personal data from snooping advertisers and third-party trackers, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today announced it has enhanced its groundbreaking HTTPS Everywhere browser extension by incorporating rulesets from DuckDuckGo Smarter Encryption. The partnership represents the next step in the evolution of HTTPS Everywhere, a collaboration with The Tor Project and… Continue Reading
