Sorry for the delayed In the news post this week; I first had to finish up the papers for the sessions I'm teaching at ABA TECHSHOW in March. It's been fun working with my co-presenters, and as we brainstorm and collaborate, I'm getting very excited for the conference. I hope to see many of you in Chicago. And now, the news of note from the past week:
- Illinois and Wisconsin attorney Nerino Petro discusses the pros and cons of lawyers using an iPhone or an Android phone in an article for the Wisconsin Lawyer magazine.
- Daniel Sockwell, a student at Columbia Law School, suggests in an article in the Columbia Business Law Review that you make some changes to how you write your brief if you know that the judge will be reading it on an iPad (as more and more judges are doing nowadays). (via Sara Austin).
- John Edwards of Law Technology News recommends time and billing apps.
- If you are looking for a really cool way to share photos, videos and text that you write, check out the new (free) iPad app called Storehouse. Find more info on Storehouse.co. Neat stuff.
- Michael Andronico of Yahoo Tech shows off 15 bizarre iPhone cases.
- MG Siegler explains that if you want to use a tablet in place of a computer, you need to give up some of you old habits.
- Gregory Schmidt of the New York Times reviews the Typo Keyboard for the iPhone 5, a device that aims to add a BlackBerry-like hardware keyboard to the iPhone.
- Joanna Stern of the Wall Street Journal also reviews the Typo Keyboard.
- The iPhone is now available on China Mobile, the biggest cellphone carrier in the world. Paul Mozur of the Wall Street Journal interviews Apple CEO Tim Cook to discuss the implications.
- And finally, wouldn't it be nice if your iPhone or iPad could make you a cocktail? Now it can. The new Perfect Drink from Brookstone is a scale that attaches to the headphone port on your iPhone or iPad. You place a glass on the scale and a special app tells you how much to pour of each ingredient. If you overpour, the app helps you to adjust other ingredients. The app can also suggest recipes based on the ingredients you have at your bar, you can add your own recipes, and it works with any size glass you put on the scale, so you can make an entire pitcher of a cocktail if you want.
