5 O’Clock Roundup: Moving into a networked era, Tumblr envy, Open Web
Watch out Lexis-Nexis and WestLaw! Google’s coming: You can now read full text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state district, appellate and supreme courts with Google Scholar. Expect an oligopoly (as in the legal research industry) to feel some pressure as Google rolls out another free and disruptive service. You can search by cases, topics or specific phrases. You can also explore how different rulings are cited by other judges and later opinions.
Google also experiments… Continue Reading
5 O’Clock Roundup: China may get more iPhones, TypePad goes real-time, stuff not about TechCrunch
Here’s the latest action:
China Mobile says it’s still in talks with Apple’s iPhone — China Mobile chairman Wang Jianzhou told attendees at the World Economic Forum that Apple’s iPhone deal with China Unicom, China’s No. 2 carrier that is a third of the size of China Mobile, is “absolutely not exclusive.” China Mobile is far and away the world’s biggest phone company, as well as the largest Chinese company listed overseas. The WSJ reminds us… Continue Reading
WordPress for iPhone is ready to go, launching upon approval
WordPress for the iPhone is done and has been uploaded to the iTunes App Store for approval, according to the WordPress for iPhone blog. While there is no set time for release, it could be as early as tonight. (Update: It is live now, see the bottom of the post.)
With this announcement, WordPress becomes the second company (TypePad was the first) to offer a dedicated blogging app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. If you… Continue Reading