Many data-loss horror stories have emerged from Christchurch post-earthquakes. Due to not being allowed back into a quake-stricken building some law firms lost all of their files and others were only lucky enough to snatch a crucial USB upon escape. In a world becoming increasingly fraught with natural disasters information ... More about Everything you need to know about cloud computing.
Global law firm Clifford Chance has announced its deployment of IntApp Wall Builder to manage internal confidentiality controls and track compliance across the firm. With 33 offices in 23 countries and 3 200 legal advisers Clifford Chance is one of the biggest law firms in the world. A press release ... More about Wall Builder info barriers software adopted by Clifford Chance.
Norton has released a free security application for Android-based smartphones. Norton Mobile Security Lite is said to combine selected anti-theft features with antimalware. “In the same day a smartphone user can stream their favourite music station get the high score hurling birds through the air and then file their taxes ... More about Norton available as app for free Android download.
Research in Motion (RIM) – the Canadian company which produces the BlackBerry mobile device – has announced that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is available in New Zealand. The PlayBook is Wi-Fi only and models available in New Zealand are 16GB 32GB and 64GB. Owners of the PlayBook will need a ... More about BlackBerry PlayBook available in New Zealand.
The American Bar Association Law Practice Management Section and Apple have announced a partnership which will make e-books available in the Apple iBookstore. A news release on the partnership says the first title is called “iPad in One Hour for Lawyers” and it is now available for purchase. IPad in ... More about ABA and Apple publish lawyers iPad guide.
First enjoyed as a consumer device the new breed of tablet computers is rapidly expanding into the workplace. The US Federal Aviation Authority has even authorised the iPad for pilots replacing the usual heavy bag full of paper charts and manuals and our Civil Aviation Authority is reportedly considering it ... More about Is the iPad 2 an effective replacement for a laptop?.
LinkedIn operates the world’s largest professional network on the Internet with more than 100 million members in over 200 countries and territories. Almost 1.5 million LinkedIn users are lawyers and there are over 350 000 LinkedIn members in the New Zealand market. At a rate of one new member per ... More about LinkedIn, your online business card.
A number of great legal blogs are infiltrating the blogoshere. There are also many people who assert how important the New Zealand legal blogging community is for engaging the profession. “Lawyers are very fond of being a little verbose.” This comes from ‘LawGeek’ Rick Shera (lawgeeknz.posterous.com) who says that writing ... More about Lifting the fog with a blog.
Modernity and gearing up to welcome the next generation of lawyers (and those that need them) is a key focus for firms and individuals investing time in social media. Businesses usually use both Twitter and Facebook to disseminate information about their organisation services products or brand. In fact the different ... More about Twitter and Facebook key to communication with Gen-Y.
Australian law firm Allens Arthur Robinson (Allens for short) has launched an iPhone and iPad app called Phrase Buster which targets the student recruitment market. Phrase Buster can be downloaded free at Apple’s App Store. The app requires users to unscramble well-known phrases in a range of categories including the ... More about Phrase Buster app targets student recruitment market.