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National ConnectForce Claims Announces Integration of Google Glass in Property Claims Inspections
Mar 19 2014 // Alpharetta, GA, 03/19/2014 – National ConnectForce Claims (NCC), a leader in the claims adjusting industry, has begun a pilot evaluation using Google Glass as a way to provide realtime feedback from field adjusters....
The ‘Switching’ Economy: Consumers to Buy Insurance from Google, Amazon, Verizon
Feb 24 2014 // New global research finds that as many as two-thirds (67 percent) of insurance customers would consider purchasing insurance products from organizations other than insurers, including 23 percent who would consider buying...
The ‘Switching’ Economy: Consumers Open to Buying Insurance from Google, Amazon, Verizon
Feb 7 2014 // New global research finds that as many as two-thirds (67 percent) of insurance customers would consider purchasing insurance products from organizations other than insurers, including 23 percent who would consider buying...
Optical Insurer VSP Vision Care to Cover Google Glasses
Jan 29 2014 // Google Inc.’s glasses, computerized eyewear that enables users to check e-mail or listen to music, will be covered by the largest optical insurer in the U.S., VSP Vision Care. VSP Vision, which covers 20 percent of...
Iowa-Based Insurance Company Sues Google over Copyrighted Photo
Jan 9 2014 // A Des Moines, Iowa, insurance company is suing Google, demanding it remove a copyrighted photo from a private blog that mocks corporate headshots. ARAG North America and Ann Dieleman, a senior vice president and chief...
California Woman Ticketed For Driving With Google Glasses
Dec 5 2013 // A California woman has pleaded not guilty to what is believed to be the first traffic citation alleging a motorist was using Google’s computer-in-an-eyeglass. The device known as Google Glass, not yet widely...
FDA Halts Google-Backed 23andMe’s Sales of DNA Test Kit
Nov 26 2013 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned 23andMe, a company backed by Google Inc., to halt sales of its genetic tests because they have not received regulatory clearance. 23andMe, which was founded in 2006 by Anne...
Google’s Schmidt: Insurance About to ‘Explode’ With Uses for Big Data
Nov 25 2013 // Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said new technologies that help companies analyze vast amounts of digital information have the power to bring change to the insurance, health-care and energy...
Google Reaches $17M Privacy Settlement with 37 States
Nov 19 2013 // Google Inc. has reached a $17 million settlement with 37 U.S. states over its circumvention of privacy settings for some Internet users. The company, based in Mountain View, California, overrode default settings for Apple...
Google Wins Copyright Scanning Case Against Authors; Judge Finds ‘Fair Use’
Nov 15 2013 // Google Inc. on Thursday won dismissal of a long-running lawsuit by authors who accused the Internet search company of digitally copying millions of books for an online library without permission. U.S. Circuit Judge Denny...
PLUS Conference: Global Risks, Governance and Hypocrisy
Nov 5 2013 // America’s European allies are being hypocritical in their complaints about the U.S. spying on them because they all have their own surveillance programs, according to two former top officials in the Clinton...
Webinar: 75% of U.S. Workers Say Employer Unprepared for Disaster
Sep 25 2013 // Driving home the notion that most U.S. employees believe their employers aren’t prepared for a disaster or a major crisis may be one of the best way to get people to take notice that September is National...
Google Tests Self-Driving Car at Virginia Tech
Sep 5 2013 // Google is working with Virginia Tech researchers to bring its vision of cars that can drive themselves one step closer to reality. The technology company spent the past month in Blacksburg testing one of its self-driving...
Court Dismisses Class Action Status in Google Digital Books Case for Now
Jul 1 2013 // A federal appeals court on Monday said a lawsuit against Google Inc.’s effort to create the world’s largest digital books library should not have been allowed to proceed as a class action. The 2nd U.S. Circuit...
Silicon Valley At Front Line Of Global Cyber War
Jun 5 2013 // Chinese President Xi Jinping and American counterpart Barack Obama will talk cyber-security this week in California, but experts say the state’s Silicon Valley and its signature high-tech firms should provide the...
50 Top Apps for Independent Agents
May 14 2013 // Mobility technology is changing the way the insurance industry operates. But when it comes to working on the go, nothing is as important as mobile device applications. But what apps do independent agents use most? What...
Feds Rule Apple Did Not Violate Google Patent
Apr 23 2013 // Apple Inc scored a win on Monday when the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that it did not violate a Google patent to make the popular iPhones. Apple had initially been accused of infringing on six patents for...
50 Top Apps For Independent Agents
Apr 22 2013 // Mobility technology is changing the way the insurance industry operates. And when it comes to working on the go, nothing is as important as mobile device applications. But what apps do independent agents use most? What...
Google Again Beats Viacom in YouTube Copyright Case
Apr 19 2013 // A federal judge has thrown out Viacom Inc.’s lawsuit accusing Google Inc. of posting its programs on YouTube without permission, a year after a federal appeals court had revived the landmark copyright infringement...
Governments Getting Into Patent Buying Business: Reuters
Mar 20 2013 // Patent competition in the United States is usually a fierce arena for private companies, but now the South Korean and French governments are suiting up. Both countries have launched patent-acquisition companies, with the...
