Automation anxieties concerning the impact of technology on the labor force go back to the Industrial Revolution. More recent technological advancements have helped to decrease the separation between work and home life. However, it seems unlikely technology will lead to widespread unemployment. Irving Wladawsky-Berger, contributor to CIO Journal, discusses the angst driven by continual automation improvements and what the future may hold for the human workforce. To find out more on The Wall Street Journal article, click: The Future of Jobs: Lessons from History.
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“It’s a Huge Case for the Patent-Law Community.” On One Side: Google, Facebook, Intuit. On the Other? IBM. “Because the patents are often unclear, there’s no way to know whether an infringement claim by a competitor or a troll is legitimate until you’ve spent $8 million in litigation fees,” said Mr. Schruers Ashby Jones in the Wall Street Journal reports this morning that a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., will hear arguments Friday over a fundamental question that has vexed the technology industry for nearly two decades: When is a piece of software patentable?
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Solid revenue growth last year following strong performance in 2010 and 2011 after a severe revenue decline in 2009 Michael Cohn at Accounting Today reports this growth according to a newly published analysis. The report, from the social networking forum Big4.com, analyzed the 2012 financial performance of Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers. It found that after a strong 2011, fiscal year 2012 saw increases in revenue for all four firms, with revenues increasing between 1.4 percent and 7.8 percent from 2011, as firms leveraged the global economic recovery, improved equity markets, liquid credit conditions, stricter regulations, globalization and…