When entering into website development contracts, the more you know, the more likely you will be able to avoid common pitfalls. It is your website, but ownership of the intellectual property on the site is not always apparent or obvious. When you engage an information technology vendor to build a new website you probably expect that you will own the IP in the end product.http://dlvr.it/RYFlCX Continue reading Website Development Contracts, Part 2: Who Owns the IP on Your Site?

Google is facing a class-action lawsuit for tracking people who used the Chrome browser’s Incognito mode. Law firm Boies Schiller Flexner filed the complaint on behalf of people who used the privacy mode during the past four years. “Google tracks and collects consumers’ history and other Web activity no matter what safeguards consumers undertake to protect their data privacy,” it states.http://dlvr.it/RY7ZcF Continue reading Google Sued for Tracking Chrome Users While Incognito

London (AFP) June 2, 2020 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday he would offer millions of Hong Kongers visas and a possible route to UK citizenship if China persists with its national security law. “Many people in Hong Kong fear their way of life – which China pledged to uphold – is under threat,” he wrote in an article for The Times newspaper and … Continue reading UK’s Johnson offers visas for millions in Hong Kong

When entering into website development contracts, the more you know the more likely you will be able to avoid contract disasters that could prevent your website from launching on time or working properly. There are many stories about failed software development projects, not just in connection with website development contracts, but with all information technology projects.http://dlvr.it/RXwctj Continue reading Website Development Contracts, Part 1: How to Avoid Major Disasters

Google has undertaken a pilot program for Voice Match. A limited number of users can use the tool with Google Assistant-enabled smart speakers and smart displays to make in-app digital purchases on Google Play, or to make purchases from restaurants that enable food ordering through Google. “Many folks used to Google Assistant will take advantage of this convenience,” said tech analyst Ray Wang.http://dlvr.it/RXcTRs Continue reading Google Aims to Secure Voice Purchases Through Match Feature

Facebook has announced Facebook Shops, which will let small businesses set up a single online store accessible from both Instagram and Facebook. Businesses can choose products they want to feature and customize the look and feel of their online shop. Consumers can find Facebook Shops on a business’ Facebook page or Instagram profile, or through stories or ads.http://dlvr.it/RXD6pJ Continue reading Facebook Shops Seeks to Cash In on Online Bonanza

Paris (AFP) May 18, 2020 Due to global warming, the United States is today more than twice as likely to endure a devastating “dust bowl” scenario than during the Great Depression, researchers said Monday. Nearly a decade of heatwaves and massive dust storms across the US Great Plains in the 1930s ruined agricultural land and drove tens of thousands of farming families far and wide … Continue reading Climate change makes repeat ‘Dust Bowl’ twice as likely

Paris (AFP) May 15, 2020 The humble mask has become a universal symbol of the new coronavirus pandemic and a crucial means of limiting contagion. But where do they come from? Where are they mandatory? What do they cost and where do they end up? Contrasting cover-up rationales Wearing a mask has been quite common in much of eastern Asia since the SARS epidemic of … Continue reading From producer to wearer — lifecycle of the humble face mask

Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2020 To enter many offices, restaurants, parks or malls in China nowadays, people must show their status on an app that determines whether they are a coronavirus threat. There is often a moment of tension before opening the app on arriving at a location. A green light lets you in anywhere. A yellow light could send you into home confinement. The … Continue reading Green or red light: China virus app is ticket to everywhere

Washington (AFP) May 6, 2020 The US Air Force said Wednesday it would be sending its high-tech X-37B space drone back into orbit this month – the sixth trip for the reusable vehicle that maneuvers around the Earth on secretive missions. The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, which looks like a small version of the manned space shuttles retired in 2011, will be launched from Cape … Continue reading Pentagon announces new mission for secretive space drone