Google has redesigned its search interface yet again - and not for the better. A little over two years ago, in an effort to unify the design of all of its products, Google added a standardized black bar across the top of all of those products. In that black bar ...
On a recent visit to Fastcase, I noticed a number of new features and services available for users. Alerts The first was something new on the search results page—an Add Alert option. When you click the Add Alert button, you are saving your search and asking Fastcase to alert you ...
USA.gov’s search engine is powered by Bing, so to search effectively at USA.gov, you would need to be a proficient Bing searcher. For those of you used to Google searching, you will find that searching at Bing/USA.gov is very different in some instances. USA.gov provides no search tips and we ...
One of the most popular "hidden" Google search feature we discuss in our live Cybersleuth Investigative Research MCLE Seminars is the ability to use the tilde (~) in a Google search to indicate that you want Google to return results for the keyterm you've entered AND any synonyms that Google ...
Facebook has released its first-ever "transparency report" detailing the numbers of requests for subscriber information it has received from the world's governments. This first report covers only the first six months of 2013 (January 1-June 30, 2013). According to the Facebook report, police and other governmental agencies in the United ...
The fee-based online investigative research database TLO.com has unveiled a searchable database of motor vehicle license plates. The collection encompasses "a massive database of one BILLION vehicle sightings and the addition of up to 50 million new sightings each month," according to a company press release announcing the new addition. ...
Internet For Lawyers principals Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch have been selected as 2013 Fastcase 50 award recipients. The peer-nominated award recognizes "50 of the smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders in the law." Industry leaders, law firm managers, legal technology influencers, law school professors, and entrepreneurs around ...
On July 8, 2013, Altavista ceased to exist. 1995 2013 On that day, Yahoo, which acquired the pioneering search engine as part of its 2003 purchase of Overture, began redirecting all traffic to the altavista.com domain to a custom Yahoo search page. Altavista was launched in ...
The American Bar Association’s TECHSHOW is seeking the legal community’s input to continue the event’s tradition of bringing together outstanding faculty to educate lawyers on the most current technology information that will be useful in their practice. Today, ABA TECHSHOW is launching an open call for submissions for both topics ...
The Digital Public Library of America offers access to millions of photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, and moving images from hundreds of libraries, archives, museums, and other "knowledge institutions" across the country. Access to the site is free. A free account is required to save searches for future retrieval. ...
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