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Over the next month, I plan to discuss the technologies and the historical context that led to the mass adoption of cloud computing. Last week, our exploration began in 1995. This week, in Part 2 of this series, we’ll learn about how the technology changed, making the Internet revolution, and life as we now know it, possible.

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On Feb. 27, 1995, Newsweek magazine published an article written by Clifford Stoll entitled “The Internet? Bah! Hype Alert: Why cyberspace isn’t, and will never be, nirvana." In the article, Stoll, an astronomer and well-known author of the book ...

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Last May, I discussed the North Carolina State Bar’s Proposed 2010 Formal Ethics Opinion 7, which was issued in response to a lawyer’s inquiry as to whether it was permissible for a firm to use Software as a Service (SaaS) products in its law practice.

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Do lawyers have a duty to supervise cloud computing providers? In a column that I wrote last October, I explained that the American Bar Association’s Commission on Ethics 20/20 was eliciting comments on the issue ...

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Maintaining the confidentiality of digital data — it’s an ever-present conundrum for lawyers as cloud computing increases in popularity and mobile use becomes ubiquitous. In fact, for many lawyers, the thorny ethical issues presented by these technologies ...

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An online reader asked me to write an article about apps for lawyers who use Android phones. I thought it was a great idea, especially since I’ve been predicting for the last few months that Android-based phones will eventually outsell iPhones — perhaps within the next year.

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I’m pleased to report that my third-grader’s teacher is very tech savvy. He sends out frequent emails with links to a classroom website that updates parents about our children’s activities. He uploads pictures of the kids, images of projects and sometimes provides links to useful online content.

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Recently, I’ve encountered a number of people who claim that the only way lawyers can responsibly use cloud computing services in their law practice is if all files are encrypted before sending them to the cloud.

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A friend of mine from my Public Defender days who still works at the PD’s office recently emailed me and asked to write an article about iPad apps for lawyers. I was happy to oblige — especially since I regularly write about topics like this at my blog ...

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The legal blogosphere has been atwitter lately over the results of a survey conducted by the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services. The goal of the survey was to determine how people go about finding a lawyer to handle their personal legal matters.

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Approximately 14.8 million iPads were sold in 2010, with 7.3 million being sold in the last quarter of 2010. One year ago, industry experts predicted far smaller numbers, ranging from 3 million to 9 million. In 2010, iPad sales were so high that its revenues actually surpassed ...

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Just like the general population, more lawyers are using mobile devices than ever before and their use of smart phones and mobile devices is increasing every year. According to the American Bar Association’s 2010 Legal Technology Survey Report, released in July 2010 ...

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