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YouTube Unblocks GTA V Note 7 Sticky Bomb Videos

Sometimes the little guy wins when it comes to some BS going down. I mentioned before that Samsung had videos of the GTA V Galaxy Note 7 sticky bomb mod pulled off YouTube over copyright claims.…

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Samsung Tries to Squash GTA V Note 7 Sticky Bomb Videos on YouTube

I thought that the GTA V mod where someone turned the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 into a sticky bomb was genius. After all, the overheating phone was bursting into flames willy nilly all over the world.…

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Monkey Owns Copyright to Selfie Says Wikimedia

Something weird has happened in the jungles. A photographer was shooting pics of some monkeys when one monkey made off with a camera. Said monkey proceeded to take about 100 images, mostly of the jungle floor…

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Three Uber Passengers Taken on High Speed Chase, Say It Was Like a COPS Episode

Ryan Simonetti and three of his coworkers hailed a ride using the Uber app. When the ride showed up and the men entered the car, a D.C. taxi inspector was talking to the driver. Simonetti says…

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Apple to Pay More than $32.5 Million for Kids’ in-App Charges

Apple and the FTC have announced a settlement that parents who have been charged money for purchases made by children will appreciate. As a parent with a daughter that likes to play games on my iPhone,…

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California Driver Gets Traffic Ticket for Wearing Google Glass

A San Diego driver was cruising down the street recently wearing her Google Glass Explorer headset and was pulled over by the police. The woman, Cecilia Abadie, was primarily pulled over for going 80 in a…

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Was the Half-Life 3 European Trademark Filing a Hoax?

Half-Life is the game that put Valve on the map. The last full game in the franchise was Half-Life 2 way back in October 2007. Ever since that launch, fans have been clamoring for the next…

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Instagram Class-Action Lawsuit Demands Right to File Class-Action Lawsuits

Yowza, it hasn’t been the best month for Instagram. After changing their terms of service to allow them to use images for advertising purposes – and facing a huge backlash by its users, Instagram came back…

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Nintendo Blames German Law for Bizarre Wii U eShop Content Restrictions

If you’re a European owner of the new Nintendo Wii U game console, you may have noticed some odd limitations in the eShop for downloading digital content. If you happen to try and purchase any game…

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Apple to Pay Swiss $21 Million for Copying Clock Design in iOS

I’ve always liked using the clock applications on my smartphone. You never really think about the design of the clock faces, but apparently they can be copyrighted works. Recently, Apple was sued for copying the Swiss…

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Dish Network Wins Against TV Studios Trying to Ban AutoHop

Like many people, I have a serious love-hate relationship with movie and television studios. I love a lot of the content they produce, but they never cease to irritate me when it comes to their heavy-handed…

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Dish Network Settles with AMC, Bringing The Walking Dead Back to Life

Dish Network announced Sunday that the long and drawnout court case between it and AMC Networks along with sister company Cablevision Systems had finally been settled. The court case focused on a now-defunct service called Voom,…

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Disney Awarded Patent for Interactive Cakes

Over the years, we’ve featured some pretty incredible cakes (and cupcakes) here on Technabob, but to date, we’ve never seen one that had projected, interactive images on it. Well, Disney, being Disney, has been working on…

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Digital Book Settlement Gets You $1 Dollar Back on Best Sellers, Lower Prices in Future

You may remember back before Apple jumped into the digital book market, digital books were cheaper. Amazon was selling a digital book for less money than a print book, and rightly so. When Apple stepped in…

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Bruce Willis Not Suing Apple, But Maybe Someone Should

The rumors making the rounds yesterday that actor Bruce Willis was going to sue Apple over who owns digital music libraries after the original buyer passes away. According to the story Willis was angry that rather…

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Marvel and Fox Haggle over Rights to Daredevil and Silver Surfer

I think we can be honest in that one of the worst superhero flicks to be based on a comic book hero ever was Daredevil. As cool as the movie could’ve been, the finished product we…

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Tag: Legal

YouTube Unblocks GTA V Note 7 Sticky Bomb Videos

Samsung Tries to Squash GTA V Note 7 Sticky Bomb Videos on YouTube

Monkey Owns Copyright to Selfie Says Wikimedia

Three Uber Passengers Taken on High Speed Chase, Say It Was Like a COPS Episode

Apple to Pay More than $32.5 Million for Kids’ in-App Charges

California Driver Gets Traffic Ticket for Wearing Google Glass

Was the Half-Life 3 European Trademark Filing a Hoax?

Instagram Class-Action Lawsuit Demands Right to File Class-Action Lawsuits

Nintendo Blames German Law for Bizarre Wii U eShop Content Restrictions

Apple to Pay Swiss $21 Million for Copying Clock Design in iOS

Dish Network Wins Against TV Studios Trying to Ban AutoHop

Dish Network Settles with AMC, Bringing The Walking Dead Back to Life

Disney Awarded Patent for Interactive Cakes

Digital Book Settlement Gets You $1 Dollar Back on Best Sellers, Lower Prices in Future

Bruce Willis Not Suing Apple, But Maybe Someone Should

Marvel and Fox Haggle over Rights to Daredevil and Silver Surfer

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