Gartner Inc. reports good news for the apps industry. The world's leading information technology research and advisory company predicts that the mobile application stores will take in $6.2 billion in consumer spending in 2010 and another $0.6 billion in worldwide advertising revenue.

To understand why Sen. John McCain introduced a bill on dietary supplements, read the press releases. The legislation announced Feb. 3  addresses public safety, but mostly it's about the reputation and revenue of professional and Olympic sports.

Facebook recently modified its privacy settings; so should you. What may seem private may very well be public to all of cyberspace. In an interview with e-Commerce Times, Arnstein & Lehr attorney Misha Kerr made the point abundantly clear that "what you think is a private page is not private, and you never know who has access to it."

Google has announced that its Chinese service will no longer censor its search results, according to the British news site Guardian. The decision follows recent cyber-attacks against Google and an increase in Chinese government controls on Internet access for its citizens. 

If you are an established supplement company looking for assistance with an intellectual property issue, or a brand new supplement firm trying to break into the market, we are here to help!

If you are an apps developer, marketer, or just want to be one, then sooner or later you will have questions or need assistance registering a trademark or copyright for your app. 

On February 25, 2010 from 1-2:30 EST, ALI-ABA will offer a cutting-edge seminar on best legal practices for employers concerned about employee use of social networking.

Billable hours just became more mobile.  It was announced today that  Fastcase has released the first ever legal research app for the iPhone and all other Apple mobile devices. 

The Today Show has broadcast a piece about Dan Woolley, a filmmaker with Compassion International, who was making a film in Haiti about the impact of poverty there when the earthquake hit and trapped him for 65 hours in an elevator shaft.

To make app development more accessible, Minneapolis' Mobile On Services BuildAnApp provides novices with simple templates for use by businesses and organizations.  The template works on several platforms including the iPhone, Blackberry, as well as Windows Mobile.

Your's truly is featured in a front page article in today's National Law Journal by Jenna Greene entitled "Rule Reversal: Obama's agencies after one year."  The article provides a look at six key regulatory areas since Obama took office.

GUEST POST BY DAVID MARK The Washington Post recently published an article asserting that vitamin D is shaping up to be the nutrient of the year, if not the decade.

Marketers of nutritional supplements often complain that they do not know what the FDA wants. Even after the agency sends a warning letter about misleading claims and advertising, its staff does not explain what would fall within the rules.

I received an interesting email today from a very astute reader who clearly understands how important it is to read licensing agreements.  The reader asked: Am I reading Apple's iPhone Developer agreement correctly?

Call it crowdsourcing, online rating or real-time reporting. The Web allows for immediate, detailed consumer commentary on products and services.  That feedback has extended to cell phones and reached the airline-security experience through the "Survey on the Spot" app for the iPhone.

2009 was an incredible year for the dietary supplement industry.  While the rest of American business floundered amidst the depths of a recession, the dietary supplement business thrived. 

The rules are different here in the United States. Hyde Park Holistic Center in Cincinnati recently received a warning letter from the Food & Drug Administration that read like many others having to do with nutritional supplements and the H1N1 virus.

The Feds are again looking at how companies market foods to kids. Concerned by reports on child obesity, the FTC in 2010 will take a look at what the food companies sell for kids and how those products are marketed.

Although Apple's review process for iPhone apps seems to elude most developers, some help is in sight. In addition to the FCC's ongoing investigations since Google Voice was rejected by Apple, a very useful Web site was recently created to publicize the details of such rejections.

The first paragraph in the New York Times story said it all: "The Drug Enforcement Administration has classified as controlled substances three steroids that are marketed as dietary supplements, but an antidoping official warned that new steroids have taken their place on the shelves of nutrition stores."