Technology
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Leaked FCC Documents Signal Bad News for Startups
Teerah Goodrum | April 30, 2014The difference between believing that the internet is vital to life and just accepting it as a useful tool is...
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RIP Net Neutrality?
Imran Ahmed | April 29, 2014Net neutrality is back on the scene in a big way this week. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently...
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Aereo Technology Drives Innovation, But How Will SCOTUS Rule?
Teerah Goodrum | April 25, 2014Tech startup Aereo continued to disrupt the market this week when the Supreme Court heard arguments in the American...
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Want to Hook Up? Better Get on Tinder
Teerah Goodrum | April 17, 2014I recently discovered Tinder, the latest dating app craze, after a friend tweeted about her shame over having to create a...
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Are You Sure You Want to Pin That?
Imran Ahmed | April 16, 2014Attention companies using Pinterest as part of your marketing strategy: proceed with extreme caution. The popular social network, or...
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Why Did USAID Actually Create Zunzuneo, the Cuban Twitter?
Teerah Goodrum | April 10, 2014It seems like the US just can’t catch a break on the international relations front these days. Just in...
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New App Mahana Takes Fine Dining Into the Tech Age
Teerah Goodrum | April 3, 2014Mahana, the latest development in the race to serve millions of diners, will be the most tech-friendly way to...
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Copyright is Killing the Internet Viewer’s Experience
Imran Ahmed | April 1, 2014I was recently scanning YouTube for content on Daniel Day-Lewis and I came across his best actor Academy Award...
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Spokefly, Austin Tech Startup, Spreads Peer-to-Peer Bike Sharing
Teerah Goodrum | March 26, 2014Austin, Texas is home to many innovative tech startups. Recently I discovered a wonderful peer-to-peer bike sharing startup with...
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Facebook Controls Your Privacy Settings Even After You Die
Imran Ahmed | March 26, 2014“A friend who dies, it’s something of you who dies.” – Gustave Flaubert Death is serious, and in contemporary...
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Watch List: 5 Crazy, Cool, or Just Plain Bizarre Startups to Watch
Ashley Powell | March 14, 2014Here at Law Street, we love startups (probably because we are one). So of course we furiously followed Interactive...
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New York Court OKs Revenge Porn; Will the Legislature Act?
Imran Ahmed | March 14, 2014Revenge porn is now legal in New York. The issue occurs when a person posts nude photographs of an...
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Keep the Love Between Us
Teerah Goodrum | March 13, 2014Couples in long distance relationships don’t have the luxury of taking for granted a goodnight kiss or comforting embrace....
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Movies Are About to Get 80 Percent More Visually Exciting
Teerah Goodrum | March 10, 2014Temporarily escaping the real world while sitting in a theater enveloped by the kind of darkness that can make...
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James Dean Sues Twitter From the Grave
Imran Ahmed | March 5, 2014The fact that James Dean died in 1955 hasn’t prevented his fans from following his active Twitter account. A passionate...
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Security Breach: The Senate Wants to Protect Your Information
Teerah Goodrum | February 27, 2014In response to Target’s massive data breach affecting nearly 110 million consumers, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act...
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The Seedy Side of Bitcoin
Teerah Goodrum | February 20, 2014Bitcoin — the cryptocurrency in the form of digital coins — allows financial transactions to be completed over the...
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Feeling Extorted by Yelp’s Business Practices? Help May be on the Way
Imran Ahmed | February 20, 2014Yelp suffered a crucial loss in a recent Virginia Court decision. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, a small business in Virginia,...
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Alcohol Apps Can Save Your Rep & Your Life
Teerah Goodrum | February 12, 2014Have you ever woken up after a night of drinks and fun, reached for your phone, and were mortified...
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Courtney Love is Free to Tweet
Imran Ahmed | February 11, 2014Be careful what you tweet because you might be sued for defamation. At least that’s what happened to Courtney...
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Star Trek Lifestyle: When Shirts Start Communicating
Teerah Goodrum | February 6, 2014Whenever I search for the latest technology, I realize that we’re about to live a Star Trek-like existence. Live...
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What is Net Neutrality & Why Should You Care?
Imran Ahmed | February 4, 2014To the average internet user, the exact mechanics of the internet remain a complicated mystery. A certain abracadabra happens...
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SOTU: Sizeable Opportunities in Technology Unfilled
Teerah Goodrum | January 29, 2014The President’s State of the Union address sounded similar to some of his previous addresses, but that’s not necessarily a...
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Did Your Toaster Just Spam Me?
Teerah Goodrum | January 27, 2014I was watching television recently when I saw an awesome AT&T commercial that summed up the greatness that is...