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As sales professionals, many of you want to use social media to engage with your customers and prospects. And I can imagine that some of you are also a bit anxious about running afoul of our social media policies & guidelines or saying something that...

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LexisNexis® Legal & Professional and Courtroom Connect recently announced an agreement in which LexisNexis will license, feature and promote Courtroom Connect CVN Law School content within law school eBooks and through other channels under the...

Will The New Amazon Fire Phone Move The Needle On Ebooks? "This is the best phone yet for bibliophiles," said Thad McIlroy, a Vancouver-based digital publishing consultant, of the new Amazon Fire Phone, the company's long awaited first...

Digital Book World has posted the results of a recent survey that reports the e-reading habits about soccer during the World Cup. Among the findings were: Weekly sales of soccer eBooks nearly doubled the week the World Cup started – up 88...

Lawyers and other legal professionals use all types of mobile devices, and mobile device companies are continually updating and improving their apps. PC World has published a story on the latest on what Samsung is doing for their Galaxy apps.

Is using open, unsecured wi-fi ethical? Legal? Both? Neither? Check out the recent piece by Above the Law for recent developments.

New ways to get and use eBooks are being launched all the time. One of the big players, Amazon, may be getting into the subscription game. The Digital Reader has the latest info in their story .

Reading content via a mobile device continues to grow, according to THIS STORY by Forbes . This is interesting background on the general trends in eReading as more and more lawyers adopt and use eBooks.

The annual Fastcase 50 highlights entrepreneurs, innovators, and trailblazers — people who have charted a new course for the delivery of legal services. This year, Scott Meiser, senior director of research information at LexisNexis has been named...

Time has more on the developing story around the potential for an Amazon eBook subscription service. As use of eBooks increases generally and in the legal profession, staying up to date on the latest and potential ways titles could be available is...

PC World reports on a significant development regarding litigation over eBook pricing from one of the largest provider of electronic titles.

It's official. Amazon today announced the launch of Amazon Unlimited - a new eBook and audiobook subscription service. The Wall Street Journal runs down the story today in their article HERE . While this is a broad offering with titles of all...

GoodEReader provides a first look at the new Firefox Flame smartphone by Alcatel in their general review article. Lawyers, like the public in general, choose and use a wide diversity of smartphones for work and personal purposes. With so many options...

The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) held its 2014 annual meeting recently in San Antonio, Texas. Sean Doherty from Law Technology News runs down product and service news from the gathering.

Despite the proliferation of so many different smartphones over the past several years, one brand continues to dominate...the iPhone. The Digital Book World story about the latest numbers from Apple for iPhone sales is informative. As law firms...

Recently, Amazon launched a new subscription-based eBook service. But they aren't the only one doing so. The Next Web now reports that a company called Oyster has launched a similar service and offers a similar number of titles. As the eBook...

Lawyers use smart phones, laptops, tablets, desktop computers and other technologies to manage their personal and professional business. But what's next? What is a new technology that may help lawyers and other legal professionals get information...

Digital libraries are becoming more prevalent - at law firms, in corporations and in academic institutions. And it's not just in the USA or western Europe. For example, ZDNet has a story today about a university system in Thailand that has implemented...

The tide of libraries adopting digital platforms and "e-lending" is rising. Yesterday, the American Library Association distributed a news release announcing results of a survey they recently conducted. Among the most interesting findings...

The presiding judge in the recent court case over alleged price manipulation for eBooks by Apple has expressed concern over the negotiated settlement - in particular that it may mean far less money being paid to consumers if the case is appealed CNET...