According to a report by Yahoo, the plaintiff attorneys in the class action Facebook privacy settlement over the Beacon advertising program are "trying to fend off critics by suggesting...that

Google recently entered the social networking universe, unveiling Google Buzz on Feb. 9, 2010. The network runs through Google's popular Gmail service and allows users to update their status akin to Facebook or Twitter, post photos and link to members of their network.

As more iPhone apps are released for medical purposes such as diagnosis and treatment of symptoms, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), and other health-related purposes, Apple's mobile device is garnering more attention from the FDA.

Apple has announced that the GPS feature in iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS may be accessed only to provide what the company describes as "beneficial information." 

Our client Infomedia has introduced My App Creator, a complete turnkey system that anyone can use to create their own iPhone app and have it placed before tens of millions of iPhone and iPod Touch owners in the Apple iTunes AppStore!

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

A dispute in Canada has brought light to an emerging privacy issue over the use of Facebook photos. Nathalie Blanchard's insurance company cut her disability benefits after their agent found photos of her on vacation through Facebook. 

Several important apps developers are unhappy with Apple and the way the company is still exerting too much control over their App Store. Some developers are so frustrated with Apple and their stringent policies that they are completely halting iPhone development.

While it may seem like an innocent act, a virtual poke on Facebook could have real-world legal implications.  A Tennessee court has held that a Facebook poke violated a protective order and is considered a communication with an opposing party.

A new app has been developed for the iPhone that connects people's faces to their names by using photos from their LinkedIn accounts.  The app is called Learn That Name.