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Instagram tells Brit app maker to bin LitterGram name in trademark spat

Facebook has disputed a UK-based app's registration of the name LitterGram by claiming that it infringes the trademark of its photo-sharing service Instagram.

LitterGram's creator Danny Lucas responded to the complaint with a video plea to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, asking him to allow the app to keep on trucking with its current name.

The app—which was launched in...

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GeekWire Calendar Picks: MOHAI Maker Day, State of Tech, May the Fourth Be With You and more

Ever wanted an in-house microscope for all yourunnamed-3 home science needs? Search no longer.

Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry will be hosting their April Maker Day event this Saturday, April 30th. Museum visitors can create homemade devices that will turn any smartphone into a microscope, no skill necessary.

This all-ages event features minds from...

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How a game-playing robot coded “Super Mario Maker” onto an SNES—live on stage

The star of the show, and some of the men behind the 'bot.

DULLES, Va.—Regular watchers of the annual Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) video game speedrun marathon are probably intimately familiar with the power of TASBot (short for tool-assisted speedrun robot). Two years ago, the emulator-fueled bot used its controller-port interface to write a simple version of...

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