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Canadian Judge Allows Thumbs Up Emoji As Legal Form of a Contract Agreement
A judge in Canada has ruled that the “thumbs-up” emoji is an official form of a contract agreement and has cost a farmer C$82,000. Thumbs Up Contract Agreement As reported by The Guardian, the thumbs up emoji has been ruled as a valid form of a signature to agree to…
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Microsoft CEO Defends Army HoloLens Contract
Microsoft CEO Defends Army Contract While the Microsoft AR headset, the HoloLens, hasn’t really had much to talk about in the last few months, it’s been all go in the last few days. On the more positive side of things (at least from Microsoft perspective) they have just announced that…
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US Army Accepting Bids For $500m Robot Contract
US Army Accepting Robot Contract Bids Whether you like the idea of it or not, recent years have seen various armed forces across the world looking more towards robots. Fortunately, in most instances these robots have been used for either recognisance or, on a much more understandable level, doing the…
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Microsoft Lands $480m Hololens Contract From US Army
Microsoft Lands Hololens Contract From US Army Over the last year, we’ve seen rather a lot of news surrounding augmented reality headsets. Of these, perhaps the two most notable examples are the Magic Leap and Microsoft’s Hololens. While it might anger some people though, it’s very nieve to think that…
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EE, Three and Vodafone Accused Of Excessive Phone Charges
EE, Three and Vodafone Accused Of Excessive Phone Charges One of the main factors of getting a mobile phone contract, other than the minutes, data and texts, is the fact that you can often get a brand new, state of the art, phone with it. This can be a relatively…
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Vodafone Customers May Be Able to Break Contract Early
Vodafone Contract Vodafone represents one of the UK’s largest mobile phone network providers. Providing phones and contracts, they have many, many, customers. There is, however, of course, a charge for the service they provide. Vodafone recently announced some changes to their billing. Increasing them, as if that was a surprise. As a…
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UK Mobile Phone Companies Questioned Amid Accusations of Overcharging Customers
The true cost of your mobile phone A mobile phone contract these days is as common a utility bill as gas or electric. For many, it is a convenient means of getting a shiny new phone (worth several hundreds) as well as having internet, minutes and text messages at a fixed…
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22,000 Use Free Wi-Fi Fail to Notice Sewage Cleaning Clause
Finding free Wi-Fi is always awesome, but maybe you should beware the hidden costs. A Manchester-Based company has recently offered free Wi-Fi which thousands signed up to use, however, the terms and conditions might have them regretting that decision. Free Wi-Fi, as long as you don’t mind cleaning sewage! The…
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The LAPD Favouring Electric BMWs Over Tesla!
With electric vehicles being adopted all over the place and with companies like Tesla reporting thousands of pre-orders for their new model 3, it’s not hard to see why people are excited about the future of electric vehicles. One group that seems to have jumped on the electric vehicle wave…
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Even the FTC’s Chief Technologist Mobile Number Can be Hijacked
When it comes to identity theft, people can do all kinds of things. From having your card picked up on the site of the road after it drops from your pocket, buying games and food with contactless technology to having your bank details intercepted online to have your card charged…
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UK Company Gives Employees Time Off To Watch Game Of Thrones
So that new TV series has come out, be it the latest season of a show or an entirely new show and you end up at work or school just counting down the minutes hoping that no one spoils the episode for you. Well if you work for +rehabstudios, a…
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Apple Could Be Fined Millions for Strict iPhone Marketing Contract
Did you ever look at a phone provider catalogue and think, where have I seen that advert before? If the phone in question is an iPhone then you may have noticed its prominent placement in the catalogue along with the near identical adverts in every single catalogue. There is a…
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AT&T Will No Longer Let You Pay A Fraction Of Your Phones Cost Upfront
First it was pay as you go, with people topping up an amount and fearing that text telling them that they would soon be unable to text. Then came the contracts, offering you the ability to pay a monthly fee in order to get a set amount of minutes and…
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Hideo Kojima is “Contractually Forbidden” From Discussing Konami Split
There’s a great deal of intrigue surrounding Hideo Kojima’s public fallout with Konami and the events which led to them parting ways. One unverified theory is, Konami wanted to integrate microtransactions into Metal Gear Solid V, but Kojima refused. Despite this, it’s unclear what really transpired and it doesn’t look…
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Virgin Media Increases Broadband Prices by 5.4%
Virgin Media recently implemented a significant speed increase for customers on 50Mbps, 100Mbps and 152Mbps connections to 70Mbps, 150Mbps and 200Mbps. Initially, the speed boost appeared to be a free promotion to encourage more customers to join Virgin Media. However, Virgin Media has admitted there will be a price hike…
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