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Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 57 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week.

Review of StartMail (Encrypted Email)

Beyond Touchscreens

Portable Storage for the Paranoid

13 States Adopt Duty of Technology Competence

Congratulations to Michael S. Lasky of Wired on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: Review of Zagg Pocket Mobile Keyboard

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Coming today to LitigationWorld: Legal research services offer lawyers a lot of data — and a lot of ways to access this data. In this issue of LitigationWorld, appellate lawyer Joshua Auriemma unearths several hidden gems in Fastcase, including some known only by Fastcase personnel. For example, you'll learn how to find the cases judges cite most often, preview law review articles for free, and much more. He also has the inside scoop on what's coming in Fastcase 7. Also, don't miss the LitigationWorld Pick of the Week to read about a litigator who changed her mind about juries after serving on one.

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All practice areas evolve, but none faster than litigation. Written by successful litigators and other litigation experts, LitigationWorld provides you with practical tips related to electronic discovery, depositions, litigation strategy, litigation technology, and trial presentations. LitigationWorld also features in-depth litigation product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings, as well as links to the most noteworthy litigation articles in other publications so that you'll never miss anything. The LitigationWorld newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Today's issue of TL Answers contains these articles:

Steven Schwaber, Review: Brother 7860DW

Neil Squillante, How to Eliminate Duplicate Contacts in iOS and Outlook

Douglas Morrison, How I Archive Client Email in Outlook

Doug Duncan, Limits of Copernic: Database Size and Number of Documents

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Do you believe in the wisdom of crowds? In TL Answers, TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers. This newsletter's popularity stems from the relevance of the questions and answers to virtually everyone in the legal profession. The TL Answers newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: In this issue of SmallLaw, Gadsden lawyer Clark Stewart provides an update on his new personal injury practice. He also reports on his new smartphone, a killer scanning app that has eliminated his need for a portable scanner, two bundles of joy, a nightmare office construction project, and facing up to his greatest fear. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for 10 golden rules for your intake process.

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Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Today's issue of TL NewsWire covers a cloud PDF service with tools for paperless workflows (see article below), practice and project management software for midsize and large law firms, a portable Bluetooth keyboard that fits in your pocket, and Windows virtualization software. Don't miss the next issue.

RETHINKING PDF SOFTWARE FOR A MULTI-DEVICE WORLD

Unlike most technologies, the PDF format becomes more powerful and downright invaluable with each new leap forward. Digital signatures, scanners, mobile devices, and of course the cloud have all made the mighty PDF even mightier. The biggest player in the PDF software world (and inventor of the format) just took the wraps off its next-generation PDF platform.

Adobe Document Cloud … in One Sentence

Announced this week and launching soon, Adobe Document Cloud is a service for creating paperless workflows.

The Killer Feature

Adobe offers a cloud storage service called Acrobat.com, a digital signature service called EchoSign, and a mobile app called Adobe Reader. Adobe Document Cloud replaces all three with the mobile app renamed Acrobat DC. Acrobat XI and Microsoft Office 365 also integrate with Adobe Document Cloud.

Other Notable Features

A number of apps exist that can scan a document using the camera on your smartphone or tablet. However, these scans never look as good as the output from a dedicated scanner because of shadows and imperfect perspectives when snapping the photo. Adobe claims that Acrobat DC eliminates these imperfections so well that the resulting documents are suitable for archival purposes.

Acrobat DC supports editing of documents you scan thanks to automatic optical character recognition. If you scan a document with form fields, Acrobat DC can convert it into a form on the fly that you can fill out on your mobile device. You can also electronically sign both Word and PDF documents, the former thanks to the integration with Office 365.

Because your documents reside in the cloud, any changes you make become available everywhere, including on your Mac or PC via your web browser, Acrobat XI (PDF), and Word (DOCX). The document manager in Adobe Document Cloud supports nested folders for organization.

What Else Should You Know?

You can gain access to Adobe Document Cloud by subscribing to Acrobat XI for $14.99 per month. This also enables you to install Acrobat XI Professional on your Mac or PC. Alternatively, you can subscribe to Adobe Document Cloud alone at a lower but as of yet unannounced price. Learn more about Acrobat Document Cloud.

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Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 40 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

Review of Alice for Front Desk Automation

How to Get More Business From Current Clients

Mobile-Friendliness Now a Ranking Factor

The Ultimate List of Content Marketing Tools

Congratulations to John Healy of Law Practice Advisor on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: How to Promote a New Law Firm

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Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to LitigationWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 31 articles from the past two weeks worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our LitigationWorld Pick of the Week.

Submit a Courthouse Photo for LitigationWorld

Case Analysis Meets the Cloud

Courts Issue Rules on Device Use

Eight Arbitration Surprises for Newbies

Congratulations to Craig Ball of Ball in Your Court on winning our LitigationWorld Pick of the Week award: The Conundrum of Competence in Ediscovery

How to Receive LitigationWorld
All practice areas evolve, but none faster than litigation. Written by successful litigators and other litigation experts, LitigationWorld provides you with practical tips related to electronic discovery, depositions, litigation strategy, litigation technology, and trial presentations. You'll also receive in-depth litigation product reviews as well as links to the most noteworthy articles in other online litigation publications so that you'll never miss anything. The LitigationWorld newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 58 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week.

80-Lawyer Firm Switches to Virtual Desktops

Tricks for a Better Gmail Inbox

Apple Watch's Battery Life Deconstructed

Review: Imation Link Power Drive

Congratulations to Paul Thurrott of Thurrott on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: Retina MacBook v. Surface Pro 3

How to Receive BlawgWorld
Our newsletters provide the most comprehensive coverage of both legal technology and mainstream technology of interest to the legal profession (e.g., monitors, smartphones, scanners, the iPad, and more). But not the only coverage. BlawgWorld enables you to stay on top of all the noteworthy legal and mainstream technology articles (and podcasts and videos) published elsewhere without having to hire a research assistant. Even when you're busy, you won't want to miss each issue's Pick of the Week. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Look down below your nose. Do you see it? No? Well, you will by the time you finish reading this issue of SmallLaw in which legal technology consultant Jack Schaller discusses five hidden gems in your legal billing software. From delivering invoices more efficiently to analyzing the profitability of your employees to capturing billable time on the go and much more, it's time to put your billing software to better use. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for new research on lawyer well being.

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Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Today's issue of TL Serendipity contains these articles:

Fredric Gruder, Review: Bitcasa Personal for Secure Cloud Storage

Derrick Jackson, Review: Scalar iPad Calculator App

Matthew Appleton, Two Document Management Systems for Law Firms

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Our most serendipitous offering (hence its name), TL Serendipity consists of contributions by TechnoLawyer members who have important information to share. You'll no doubt enjoy it because of its mix of interesting topics and genuinely useful knowledge, including brutally honest product reviews and informative how-tos. The TL Serendipity newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.