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Small Firm Whips Out Live Tiles Patent Challenge

"The timing of a suit concerning a product launch relates to when actual infringement occurs," technology and patent attorney Raymond Van Dyke, principal at Van Dyke Law, told the E-Commerce Times. SurfCast could have alleged imminent harm previously but "it's easier and better to wait until the actual infringement." That also will "achieve maximum publicity and obtain considerable leverage in negotiating a settlement."

EMC Grabs Silver Tail

"I doubt EMC would have made anyone's list of companies interested in real-time fraud detection if they had been asked a few days ago," he told the E-Commerce Times. "EMC is a company that has done well at surprising and surpassing people's expectations with these kinds of de...

ItsOn Snags VC Funding for a la Carte Mobile Data Service

Why the secrecy about the technology, and why is it taking so long to come to market? "We've been trialing with some of the major carriers, [but] can't say who for now, perfecting the product and waiting for the market to be ready for us," ItsOn spokesperson Joe Volat told the E-Commerce Times...

SC Weighs Antique Copyright Issues in eBay Textbook Case

"The publishing industry is globalizing," he told the E-Commerce Times. "This is a battle to determine whether the first-sale doctrine is an antique and obsolete legal concept in a global and digital age, or if it still has some life and utility. It's a question as to whether the laws of the U.S. can reach beyond the U.S. borders to illegalize something abroad that would be perfectly legal here." ...

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FCC Draws mHealth Road Map, Part 1

"Although the mHealth industry has grown significantly over the past couple of years, there are still many advances that need to be made. The FCC's primary responsibility should be to support the industry through regulations that promote innovation, not stifle it," Jennifer Covich Bordenick, CEO of the eHealth Initiaitve, told the E-Commerce Times...

Feds Collar Would-Be Facebook Fraudster

"In fraud cases, a key driver in sentencing is the defendant's intended gain or intended loss," he told the E-Commerce Times. "In fraud case like this one, where he is claiming 50 percent of a multi-billion dollar company, that could take his sentence closer to the 20-year range [for each count], or at least the recommended sentence." ...

Apple Competition May Slam the Lid on Pandora

Pandora and its stockholders have reason to be afraid of Apple's entry into this space, Bruce White,professor of computer information systems at Quinnipiac University, told the E-Commerce Times Pandora makes money by selling ads on its service. However, its content costs are ...

Companies Quake Under Social Sword of Damocles

"Social media has an amplification effect that turns customer service into a critical market tool," Steven L. Johnson, assistant professor of management information systems at Temple University, told the E-Commerce Times "When a customer raises a customer support issue via soc...

Hacking by the Books: Barnes & Noble PIN Pads Bugged

"We're not commenting because of the FBI investigation that's ongoing," Mary Ellen Keating, Barnes & Noble's senior vice president with corporate communications and public affairs, told the E-Commerce Times. Old Technology or Sophisticated Criminals?...

Hacking by the Books: Barnes & Noble PIN Pads Bugged

"We're not commenting because of the FBI investigation that's ongoing," Mary Ellen Keating, Barnes & Noble's senior vice president with corporate communications and public affairs, told the E-Commerce Times. Old Technology or Sophisticated Criminals?...

Sprint Customers Flee to Speedier Networks

"The good news is that wireless services revenue is still growing by double-digits, and Sprint will have the iPad on its network starting next month," Mike Tarsala, Chartered Market Technician at Covestor, told the E-Commerce Times. Also, "the turnaround plan is still on track at this point, and the company may start to turn a profit again in 2014."

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Feds Find Email Encryption Can Backfire

"The encryption enigma is that most agencies believe email encryption at the desktop will improve security, but it actually opens a big security hole if you're unable to scan the content to be encrypted," Dayton told the E-Commerce Times. "Agencies spend a huge amount of money on data loss prevention solutions and email inspection gateways, but those products are rendered useless if they can't inspect the content of an email after it has been encrypted on the desktop," he said...

Windows 8 Embarks on Perilous Journey

Now that Microsoft has officially unveiled Windows 8, it has to sell it, Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times "I think it has created a great product with Windows 8, but now it needs to make the case to consumers and businesses. It needs to create buzz ar...

AT&T Slips in Subscriber Growth, Dials In on Current Customers

"I think the slow subscription growth is a combination of market saturation and pretty strong competition," Enderle told the E-Commerce Times. "The competition is likely to strengthen next year." Step Up Its Game...

AT&T Slips in Subscriber Growth, Dials In on Current Customers

"I think the slow subscription growth is a combination of market saturation and pretty strong competition," Enderle told the E-Commerce Times. "The competition is likely to strengthen next year." Step Up Its Game...

It’s a Mobile, Cloudy, Appy, Thingy World

"Remember ATM? The token ring local area network? These were supposed to supersede the Ethernet not that long ago," Laura DiDio, principal with ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times. "We know how that turned out." At the same time, there have been trends that analysts have missed, ...

Facebook Gets Its Mobile Mojo Working

It is a better report than many in the industry expected, Andreas Scherer, managing partner with Salto Partners, told the E-Commerce Times. Even its net loss can be justified as it was due to share-based compensation costs and related tax roll expenses.

Apple’s Big Mini Mystery Solved

"Apple will sell a bunch just because it is Apple," he told the E-Commerce Times, "but it's not a great move for Apple, which wants to expand its successful iPad franchise." The obvious question coming out of the iPad mini announcement is what Jobs would be saying about it now...

Compete Swallows Hard to Settle FTC Privacy Charges

If there are financial penalties for Compete, they probably pale in comparison to the other terms of the agreement, Griffith told the E-Commerce Times. "For a company whose business model is to collect information from consumers and sell it, being required to get consumers' express permission is very onerous." ...

Investors Give Mayer Vote of Confidence After Earnings Win

"We remain highly skeptical that the company can meet or exceed industry growth rates on an organic basis," Wieser told the E-Commerce Times. "The industry's orientation away from premium display advertising is unfavorable for Yahoo. The opportunity associated with mobility is somewhat limited for Yahoo. It can plausibly seek to establish itself as a dominant publisher of mobile display inventory, but this would only amount to hundreds of millions in revenue, not billions."

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