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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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In the name of free speech, Adblock serves up ads, just for a day

Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, in an Amnesty International ad that will be distributed by Adblock. (credit: Amnesty International via Mashable)

Users of the Adblock browser extension may see something today they're not used to when they surf the web: ads.

The ad-blocking giant, which claims to have 50 million users, will still remove advertisements from the web. But instead...

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Adobe ditches ‘Flash’ name as it tries to catch up with a web built on open standards
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Adobe is getting rid of Flash, at least in name. The company announced today it’s changing the name of its Flash Professional CC software to Animate CC, reflecting better tools for creating content with HTML5 instead of Flash. With the rise of mobile computing and smartphones, Flash has seen steep competition from open web standards like HTML5, which can...
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