Batangas Today: “Instagram to sell photos of users without notifying and not paying them, based on their new Terms of Service” plus 5 more |
- Instagram to sell photos of users without notifying and not paying them, based on their new Terms of Service
- Apple demand denied: Samsung smartphones sale allowed by judge, citing no link between sales loss and patent case
- ‘Raiders’ mystery solved: Source of Indiana Jones package to University of Chicago known
- Jimmy Clausen T-shirt ‘Catholics vs Cousins’ criticized on Twitter, apologized later (Photo)
- Columbia’s $200 million gift from Mortimer Zuckerman announced, pledge for the Mind Brain Behavior Institute
- Submarine wreck found: Russian submarine wreckage found in Baltic Sea (Video)
| Posted: 18 Dec 2012 09:04 AM PST Instagram will have the right to sell photos of users without paying them or even not informing them. This new Instagram rule is only a part of its new Terms of Service, which will be implemented starting January 16, 2013, and is notably the biggest changes since Facebook bought Instagram last September. According to a post by Instagram on its official blog on Tuesday, December 18, 2012, the free photo-sharing site said that there will be no changes on users’ photo ownership and who can view them, and that the aim of their new Terms of Service is help protect their users and to prevent spam and abuse. However, Instagram‘s new Terms of Service is now being criticized after the site announced that they may sell users' photos without asking their permission and will not even give a share from the cost of the photos that will be sold. These photos will also be under copyright and users cannot remove or change them. In addition, Instagram users who will upload their photos after the given date and will delete their accounts later will mean that they have granted Facebook an irrevocable right to sell their photos in perpetuity. Below are excerpts from Instagram‘s new Terms of Service, which apparently alarmed most of its users.
 Instagram’s new Terms of Service Screenshot Credit: Blog.Instagram.com |
| Posted: 18 Dec 2012 07:10 AM PST A US federal judge denied Apple‘s demand of banning the sale of Samsung phones, reportedly noting that there was no evidence that there was a connection between the patent infringement and a loss of iPhone sales. Last August, Samsung was ordered to pay over $1 billion in damages to Apple over a patent case.  Apple iPhone (left) and Samsung Galaxy S II Image Credit: CNN Money According to Apple Insider on Monday, December 17, 2012, which obtained a copy of the 23-page court order, Judge Lucy Koh denied that day the request of Apple to ban the sales of 26 Samsung products permanently and also rejected a request motion by Samsung for a new trial over the alleged jury misconduct. As noted in the report, the judge said on her decision that Apple‘s argument on their claim that the iPhone sale decline and revenue from lost customers over alleged Samsung‘s infringement in design is not sufficient enough to ban the sale of the affected Samsung products, which include the Galaxy S II. “While Apple has presented evidence that design, as a general matter, is important to consumers more broadly, Apple simply has not established a sufficient causal nexus between infringement of its design patents and irreparable harm,” Judge Lucy Koh was quoted on her court order. “Though evidence that Samsung attempted to copy certain Apple features may offer some limited support for Apple‘s theory, it does not establish that those features actually drove consumer demand.” Judge Koh added, with Apple saying that future iPhone sales would be lesser because of the alleged violation of Samsung. Apparently, this latest development of the Apple vs Samsung case series comes after Samsung won a patent case over Apple in Tokyo, Japan also last August, which was related to transferring media content between devices. The US judge is yet to announce on what will happen to the $1.05-billion fine to Samsung. |
| ‘Raiders’ mystery solved: Source of Indiana Jones package to University of Chicago known Posted: 18 Dec 2012 02:22 AM PST The so-called ‘Raiders‘ mystery is now solved, after the University of Chicago revealed on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 that they already know how the Indiana Jones package was sent to them last week, which was addressed to Henry Walton Jones, Jr., the name of Harrison Ford in the 1981 movie Raiders of the Lost Ark.  Marion Ravenwood journal replica Image Credit: UChicagoAdmissions.tumblr.com According to a post by University of Chicago on its official Tumblr page today, Tuesday, the Indiana Jones package, a replica of Marion Ravenwood‘s journal in the Indiana Jones movie, was owned by “Ravenbar” (real name: Paul, from Guam), who placed the item on eBay auction and was sold last last October 24. “After several days we were able to get in touch with Paul, who confirmed with us on Saturday that this was, indeed, his work, but that he did not know how it had gotten to us.” A statement reads at UChicagoAdmissions.tumblr.com, noting that he informed them that he received a letter from the USPS sorting service in Honolulu, Hawaii. “According to Paul (the man from USPS), this package was en route from him in Guam to his intended recipient in Italy when it must have fallen out of the package in Hawaii. Our address had originally been put on the Manila wrapping of the journal just for cosmetic effect.” The statement added. “Paul has graciously let us know that he will make the intended recipient a new journal, and that we are welcome to keep this one.” The university further stated, noting that Ravenwood‘s journal replica may be placed in their upcoming exhibit in Oriental Institute at University of Chicago. |
| Jimmy Clausen T-shirt ‘Catholics vs Cousins’ criticized on Twitter, apologized later (Photo) Posted: 18 Dec 2012 12:34 AM PST The so-called ‘Jimmy Clausen T-shirt‘ with “Catholics vs Cousins” on it, as shown in the photo below, was criticized on Twitter. The said T-shirt is reportedly for the upcoming BCS Championship Game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Alabama Crimson Tide, to be held on Saturday, January 2, 2013.  Catholics vs Cousins t-shirt, with Jimmy Clausen’s tweet Image Credit: Matt Fairchild/Sports Crack “Some people have to much time on your hands! It’s a shirt people lol” Jimmy Clausen (@JimmyClausen) tweeted on Monday, December 17, 2012, as a reply to his haters after he deleted the photo, adding later, “The shirt was sent to me! I was saying Thank you #calmdown” Clausen, 25, is a former Notre Dame quarterback and is now playing for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Panthers in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He was not selected in the first round of the draft, despite predictions that he will be among the Top-10 pick. Meanwhile, the “cousins” in the said Notre Dame BCS t-shirt, which reportedly became an idea when almost similar t-shirt surfaced, which was referred from the controversial football match between the Notre Dame and the Univeristy of Miami held on October 15, 1988, where Notre Dame won, 31-30. Apparently, the 1988 Notre Dame vs Miami football match was dubbed as “Catholics vs Convicts” after some Notre Dame students created t-shirts with Catholics vs. Convicts on them and were sold before the game. Both teams were undefeated when they faced each that time at Notre Dame Stadium in Indiana. Meanwhile, some football fans criticized Jimmy Clausen for posting a photo of the Notre Dame t-shirt, which started to be sold early this month. Clausen tweeted the company that time, saying “pretty sweet shirt!!! Might need to get a few of those.” He later removed the photo of the t-shirt and apologized. “I’m sorry if I offended anyone by posting that shirt, I didn’t mean anything by it at all…Looking forward to a great game in Miami!” Clausen tweeted on Monday afternoon.  Catholics vs Cousins Jimmy Clausen t-shirt Image Credit: Jimmy Clausen Twitter |
| Posted: 17 Dec 2012 04:44 PM PST Columbia University was given a $200 million gift from Mortimer B. Zuckerman, a Canadian-born American businessman and is currently the Chairman of Boston Properties and the owner of the New York Daily News since 1993. The said fund will be used for a Mind Brain Behavior Institute for the university.  Mortimer B. Zuckerman Image Credit: News.Columbia.com According to a press release at News.Columbia.com this Monday, December 17, 2012, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Columbia‘s $200 million gift from Zuckerman in a university forum, which was attended by Zuckerman, Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger, among others. “This country has provided me with extraordinary opportunities, and I am glad for the chance to support scientific leadership in a field I believe is so essential to all our lives. With an inspiring team of neuroscientists at its core, Columbia’s Mind Brain Behavior Institute is not only researching vital questions about diseases of the brain, especially as we age, it is bringing together talented researchers across many academic fields to address the central questions we face as a society.” Zuckerman was quoted in the report. “At its root, this is an investment in accomplished scholars whose collective mission is both greater understanding of the human condition and the discovery of new cures for human suffering. I can hardly think of anything more important than that. I feel deeply privileged to participate in this path-finding venture.” Zuckerman added. “On behalf of the University, I want to express our gratitude to Mort Zuckerman for this historic gift and also acknowledge the profound responsibility we have to marshal these resources to expand our knowledge of the mind, brain, and human behavior.” Bollinger said of the pledge from Zuckerman. As noted in the report, the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute will be located within the 450,000 square-foot Jerome L. Greene Science Center, now under construction of Columbia University‘s new campus in Manhattanville, New York City. |
| Submarine wreck found: Russian submarine wreckage found in Baltic Sea (Video) Posted: 17 Dec 2012 03:34 PM PST  Soviet Sub found in Baltic Sea Image Credit: Reuters/Swedish Defence Forces A Soviet sub found off the coast of Sweden in the Baltic Sea was a submarine that sank 71-years ago, according to a Sweden report on Monday, December 17, 2012. The submarine wreckage was reported earlier by a civilian diver. Swedish authorities confirmed that a submarine wreckage was found in the southeast area of the Baltic Island of Oland, a Swedish economic zone where the German forces mined during World War II. According to the Swedish military, “There is much to indicate that the submarine headed straight into the minefield while on the surface and was blown apart by a mine.” The Swedish military published a video and several images of the submarine wreckage that had been broken in two. HMS Belos, a submarine salvage ship, was used by Sweden to confirm and photographed the submarine wreckage. Video Credit: VideoTopNews/YouTube Swedish authorities reportedly notified Russia of the recent discovery, adding that several Soviet submarines sunk in the Swedish waters during World War II. |
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