Technology

By Erin Holbrook | amdlawgroup.com App developers in the health industry are asking for more information and guidance from Congress and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services about HIPAA and how it affects the apps they are creating. With the new year just a few days away, more and more people are getting in shape, working out and tracking a lot of it using their cell phones or other devices like fitbit, etc. There is a surge of new technology that is helping us take better charge of

By: Kristen Daly | www.amdlawgroup.com What defines us as human beings? When the founders put forth that “the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury...”, were there to be restrictions on who could serve on that jury? Will the legal field be able to keep up with advances in both technology and biotechnology? A recent mock article in the “Law practice 2050” section of the American Bar Association regarding altered humans serving on juries, thoug

By Erin Holbrook | amdlawgroup.com Late CEO of Apple Steve Jobs has been in the news lately for the large number of posthumous patents that have been won. A total of 141 patents have been awarded to Steve to be specific. The brilliant mind of Jobs are still being realized since his death in 2011. Jobs was a perfectionist and took great care for each element that went into Apple products. Up until his passing and after his lawyers had still been submitting patents for his ideas and innovations.

By Toshia Smith | www.amdlawgroup.com In an interview with DomainSherpa.com, domain expert Andrew Rosener expressed the keys to evaluating the value of a generic domain name. In the domain selling market, no specific method exists to accurately and consistently value generic domain names. However, Rosener, who works as a consultant with multiple media properties and is the CEO of the domain name brokerage firm Media Options, attempts to explain the method to his madness. Rosener’s method

By Gloria Han | amdlawgroup.com An Italian eyewear luxury brand, Luxottica, announced their future partnership with Intel to create fashionable smart eyewear. Luxottica own many well known brands such like Ray-Ban, Oakley and Persol; the company also collaborates with Chanel, Prada, Giorgio Armani, Miu Miu, Tory Burch, and Stella McCartney. Intel and Luxottica plan to develop smart technology for eyewear designed and perceived to be worn in the future. The first smart technological eyewear is e

By Eliana Rocchi | amdlawgroup.com The billion dollars app boom is far from being over! A recent study carried out by GIGAOM for the European Commission (https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/sizing-eu-app-economy) shows how apps are going to substantially contribute to the future global economy and how app developers are going to take the global lead. It is important, for app developers, to know how to obtain protection for their ideas at first, and in the end for their developed apps.

By Diana Chan | amdlawgroup.com After the much hyped keynote speech last week, Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, introduced the Apple Watch. Companies like Google and FitBit have been trying to promote wearable technology by working together with fashion designers to create wearable technology that is fashionably appealing rather than appearing like a gadget. However, companies have struggled to get consumers to jump on the bandwagon. Will Apple be able to overcome this gap between of wearable technolog

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By Toshia Smith | www.amdlawgroup.com In an interview with Flippa.com broker Ali Zandi, the domain seller explained how Flippa works and how the ordinary consumer can navigate the domain name market. Zandi started out as a novice domain seller earning a couple thousand in revenue. He then found his way to the title of senior broker at Flippa based on his successful portfolio that reached around $400,000 in revenue just a few months later. Based in Hawaii, Zandi is also the founder of the

By Diana Chan | amdlawgroup.com Technology has become key to fashion from creating the designs to marketing the product. But what about wearable technology as part of high-end fashion lines? Fashion leans on incorporating an inspiration into the design of a product line. Technology fused with fashion has been much harder for consumers to embrace.  Wearable technology is much more focused on utility, the future, and how much an individual can get out of a certain product. When you buy a new ce

By Christina Severino | amdlawgroup.com A lawsuit was filed in the New York Supreme Court by the founder of Spotted Friend, a company that offers a search engine tool in which people may find and purchase items found in pictures their friends have posted or shared with them. Spotted Friend has brought the action against Lindsay Lohan, her younger brother Michael Lohan, Jr., and Vigme, Inc (Vigme). Vigme has launched a similar tool, which is a mobile app that allows people to purchase items th

By Chloe Coska | amdlawgroup.com Amazon is buying an online comedy Service Rooftop Media. At first this does not appear as an important transaction; however, Amazon’s goal is aimed toward a broader ambition of becoming a media and entertainment powerhouse. Amazon has concluded the deal through Audible an audiobooks service company that the firm bought for $300 Million in 2008. Amazon has been interested in Rooftop's content and pool of comic talent for a while. Indeed, Rooftop records it

By: Marvin Hooker | Editor: Kristen Daly | www.amdlawgroup.com Let’s face it: with market capitalization of over $2 trillion, virtual reality (VR) has become a major player in today’s technological world. Such technology exists all around us whether we acknowledge it or not. Virtual reality has evolved into something that offers both intrigue and alters human perception by allowing you to see the invisible. Fortune Magazine published an article that highlights some of the advances of virt