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Jul15

Roger Clemens Mistrial Demonstrates the Importance of Using Quality Trial Technology Consultants

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How important is trial technology? More so than you think - just look at the Roger Clemens mistrial

The trouble of using inexperienced or non-detailed oriented Trial Presentation Consultants has become national news – and you may not have even realized it. Arguably one of the major news stories of the past few days has been the abrupt declaration of a mistrial in the case against Roger Clemens for federal perjury . Most of the blame for this Roger Clemens mistrial has been laid at the foot of the prosecutors themselves, but as a Trial Technology Consultant trying to picture what happened in...

Jul10

Tablet Choices Expand

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iPad still leader, but others challenge

Apple changed the face of mobile computing when it introduced the iPad.  The evolutionary improvements in the iPad 2 solidfied its lead in tablets.  But after a slow start, tablets running Google's Android operating system are finally starting to catch up.  There are three new Android tablets that present serious challenges to the iPad.  All have Wi-Fi (3G/4G versions may be coming), dual-core processors, 10.1 inch screens, and 16 GB of onboard storage to match the least expensive $500 Wi-Fi only iPad 2...

Jul06

Office 2010 Annoyance and Fix - Protected View & Read Only Attachments

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by Barron K. Henley, Esq., Affinity Partner

You may have noticed that when you open many email attachments, you can’t do anything with them because they’re in “Protected View”.  Protected View is a feature added in the name of security that is incredibly annoying and screws up other programs (like HotDocs).  If you want to turn it off (which we recommend), follow these steps...

Jul01

Beware Roaming Charges When Using Smart Phone in Canada

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Temporary Change in Voice/Data Plan May Be Key to Savings

The July Affinity Consultng Group email newsletter included an article with technology travel tips.  The article caused one of our readers to inquire about warnings he received concerning roaming charges if he used his smart phone to sync data or handle voice calls while on a trip to Canada...

Jul01

Simplified Gmail Theme Released by Google

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Clean uncluttered look may please business users

As reported in today's Lifehacker blog, Google released two new ultra-clean Gmail themes.  They are accessible from the Gmail Settings menu on the Themes tab.  The two new themes are found at the bottom of the theme list.  They are Preview and Preview (Dense)...

Jun29

Affinity Consulting Sponsors Lawyer Incubator in Columbus, Ohio

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Affinity Partners with the Columbus Bar to give New Lawyers a Career Jump Start

Affinity Columbus is proud to be a sponsor of a new lawyer incubator program launched by the Columbus Bar Association called "Columbus Bar, Inc.". This program offers new lawyers a one year term to work in space and with technology provided by the Inc. program as well as the opportunity to receive mentoring and training...