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Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 69 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: CosmoLex

13 Microsoft Word Tips You Need to Learn Now

Apps for My Poolside Law Firm

The Smartphone Is the Computer

Congratulations to Fastcase on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: TL Publisher Neil Squillante Among the Fastcase 50 Winners

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Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 63 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: InfoQube (Ecco Pro Reincarnated)

How to Create Saved Search Folders

How to Take Notes With Siri

Snowden FAQ and His Impact on Law Practice

Congratulations to Heidi Alexander of Legal Toolkit on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: Top New Legal Technology Products of 2014

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Coming today to BigLaw: In January 2014, BigLaw will celebrate its fifth anniversary. In February 2014, a revamped version of BigLaw will launch. The new BigLaw will use proprietary software to cover large law firms in a way that no other publisher ever has. In this last issue of the old BigLaw, former large firm litigator and BigLaw publisher Neil Squillante discusses the next-generation large firm reporting coming your way. Also, don't miss the BigLaw Pick of the Week for an in-depth article published yesterday about the challenges confronting large law firms.

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Large and midsize law firms have achieved unprecedented success yet they still have tremendous growth potential. Written by insiders, corporate counsel, and other industry experts, BigLaw unearths best practices in leadership, marketing, strategy, and technology, and features detailed product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. BigLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to insightful articles (and podcasts and videos) about large and midsize law firms, as well as notable press releases issued by the world's largest law firms. The BigLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: David Sparks is a bonafide productivity guru. Only someone with a mastery of time management could practice law, co-host a popular weekly podcast about productivity, and publish three best-selling multimedia ebooks on productivity topics in the past 18 months. His latest ebook — Email Field Guide — covers our favorite technology. David has graciously agreed to publish an excerpt in this issue of SmallLaw. Taken from the second chapter, Tactical Email, David offers some unconventional advice about email notifications. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for the antidote to seat-of-the-pants management.

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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.

Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 113 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.

Should Law Firms Use the Cloud or Not? (Video)

Telephone History: The Number Layout (Video)

The Importance of Being Early

Top 100 Places to List Your Law Firm Web Site

Congratulations to Robert Ambrogi of Robert Ambrogi's LawSites on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: Legal Blogs Are Dead; Long Live Legal Blogs

Don't miss today's issue or any future issues of BlawgWorld.

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Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 166 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.

Legal Technology Pioneer Ross Kodner Dies at Age 52

2013 ABA Survey: Smartphone and Tablet Usage Statistics

Handling Minor Matters for Major Clients

How to Measure Your Online Marketing Efforts

Congratulations to Jeff Krause of Jeff Krause's Practice Management Blog on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: In Memoriam: Ross Kodner (July 27, 1961 – July 29, 2013)

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Today's issue of Fat Friday contains these articles:

Eamon Wall, Let's Not Forget Android's Advantage In The GPS Navigation World

Stephen Seldin, The Truth About The Scansnap S1500 Series Plus PDF Software

William Henderson, A Conundrum: Flat Fees For Litigation

Question Of The Week: Please Share Your Top Technology Tip

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Today's issue of Fat Friday contains these articles:

Roy Greenberg, Review: Acrobat.com V. Oneeko for Web Presentations

Molly DiBianca, TechnoLawyer's Blawg 100 Endorsements and BlawgWorld Newsletter

Simon Laurent, Gift Recommendation: Civilization V

David Hirsch, Gift Recommendation: Abraham Lincoln and the Structure of Reason

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