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Smartphones Not All That Security Smart; Major Threats Revealed
Aug 8 2014 // Security researchers revealed two separate threats last week they say could put up to 90 percent of the world’s 2 billion plus smartphones at risk of password theft, stolen data and, in some cases, let hackers take...
Google, Detroit Take Different Routes on Driverless Cars
Jul 1 2014 // In 2012, a small team of Google Inc. engineers and business staffers met with several of the world’s largest car makers to discuss partnerships to build self-driving cars. In one meeting, both sides were enthusiastic...
Google Loses Appeal to Supreme Court Over Email Privacy Lawsuits
Jun 30 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Google Inc., leaving the company to face lawsuits accusing it of violating a federal wiretapping law by secretly collecting personal data while developing its Street View...
Google Begins Complying with EU ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Ruling
Jun 26 2014 // Google has begun removing some search results to comply with a European Union ruling upholding citizens’ right to have objectionable personal information about them hidden in search engines. The so-called...
Supreme Court Limits Patent Claims in 2 Rulings
Jun 3 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against patent holders in two cases, rejecting a legal theory used to sue technology companies and requiring patents to be written with more specific language. The rulings come in a Supreme...
The Insurance Implications of Google’s Self-Driving Car
May 28 2014 // Google has announced a truly “driverless” car that lacks a steering wheel, brakes or anything else that allows a driver to control its movements. This actually strikes me as a much bigger deal for the insurance...
‘Look, Ma, No Steering Wheel’ in Google’s Autonomous Car
May 28 2014 // Google Inc. is building cars that don’t have steering wheels, accelerator pedals or brake pedals, in an ambitious expansion of the Internet company’s efforts to develop self-driving cars. The small electric...
Europe Moves Ahead with Self-Driving Cars in Reponse to Google
May 19 2014 // Cars could be driving themselves down the world’s streets far sooner than expected, thanks to a change in a global treaty backed by European countries. A little-noticed amendment to the United Nations Convention on...
EU Court Backs ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ in Ruling Against Google
May 13 2014 // Google Inc. may be ordered to remove personal information from its search engine after the European Union’s top court paved the way for citizens to have a “right to be forgotten.” “Links and...
Jury Affirms Samsung Must Pay Apple $119M in Damages for Patent Infringement
May 6 2014 // A U.S. jury on Monday left the total damages Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. must pay Apple Inc. unchanged at $119.6 million, after additional deliberations in a trial where the South Korean smartphone maker was found to have...
Now Mastering City Streets: Google’s Driverless Cars
Apr 30 2014 // Google says its self-driving cars are motoring along: they can navigate freeways comfortably, albeit with a driver ready to take control. But city driving – with its obstacle course of stray walkers, bicyclists and blind...
Supreme Court Facing Additional Patent Issues This Week
Apr 27 2014 // Even as it deals with hot-button issues like campaign financing and affirmative action, the U.S. Supreme Court has patents on its mind these days. The court, which has already heard four patent-related cases this term,...
Google Escapes Privacy Class Action with Judge’s Ruling
Mar 19 2014 // Google Inc. won a significant legal victory as a U.S. judge decided not to combine several lawsuits that accuse the Internet search company of violating the privacy rights of hundreds of millions of email users into a...
Viacom Settles $1B Copyright Suit Against Google Over YouTube Videos
Mar 19 2014 // Google Inc. and Viacom Inc. settled Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit claiming YouTube violated copyrights by letting users post video clips from television shows without authorization after a federal judge twice threw out...
National ConnectForce Claims Announces Integration of Google Glass in Property Claims Inspections
Mar 19 2014 // Alpharetta, GA, 03/19/2014 – National ConnectForce Claims (NCC), a leader in the claims adjusting industry, has begun a pilot evaluation using Google Glass as a way to provide realtime feedback from field adjusters....
The ‘Switching’ Economy: Consumers to Buy Insurance from Google, Amazon, Verizon
Feb 24 2014 // New global research finds that as many as two-thirds (67 percent) of insurance customers would consider purchasing insurance products from organizations other than insurers, including 23 percent who would consider buying...
The ‘Switching’ Economy: Consumers Open to Buying Insurance from Google, Amazon, Verizon
Feb 7 2014 // New global research finds that as many as two-thirds (67 percent) of insurance customers would consider purchasing insurance products from organizations other than insurers, including 23 percent who would consider buying...
Optical Insurer VSP Vision Care to Cover Google Glasses
Jan 29 2014 // Google Inc.’s glasses, computerized eyewear that enables users to check e-mail or listen to music, will be covered by the largest optical insurer in the U.S., VSP Vision Care. VSP Vision, which covers 20 percent of...
Iowa-Based Insurance Company Sues Google over Copyrighted Photo
Jan 9 2014 // A Des Moines, Iowa, insurance company is suing Google, demanding it remove a copyrighted photo from a private blog that mocks corporate headshots. ARAG North America and Ann Dieleman, a senior vice president and chief...
California Woman Ticketed For Driving With Google Glasses
Dec 5 2013 // A California woman has pleaded not guilty to what is believed to be the first traffic citation alleging a motorist was using Google’s computer-in-an-eyeglass. The device known as Google Glass, not yet widely...
