Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Apple sues Samsung, says stop copying us

Apple has sued Samsung Galaxy saying that it is a copy of the Iphone and Ipad. The reason that Apple is watching Samsung very carefully is because right now Samsung is Iphone's main competitor, and if Apple can't stop them it could find themself in a situation. The lawsuit filed says that Samsung has violated Apple's patents and trademarks. Samsung has made the Galaxy to look and work exactly like Apple products. It's a shock because just last year Apple brought in around $6.2 million of sales to Samsung in 2010 mainly by purchasing semi conductors and now they are suing them. To compete with Apple Samsung came out with a tablet February 2nd copying the iPad 2.

I think that this is surprising because Apple has been such a good customer to Samsung as it says they brought in $6.2 million of sales to Samsung and then Samsung goes and copies them. this is kind of bad on Samsung's part because now I don't see Apple help to bring in customers for Samsung which will cause Samsung not only to lose money from getting sued but also because Apple is not going to help them get sales. All in all this is a really bad move by Samsung.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Another toddler served alcohol at restaurant in U.S.

Once again alcohol has been served to a toddler at a restaurant in the United States. Sangria was served to a 2 year old, it contained white wine, in Lakeland, Fla. The mother of the kid started to become worried when the 2 year old started to act out and even when she told him to stop he didn't. Then the waiter and manager told her that instead of giving the kid orange juice they gave him alcohol by mistake. Right away Van Heest parent of the child rushed him to the hospital. The Olive Garden takes full responsibility for the mistake. Van Heest wants to sue.

I think that this is really bad because giving a child alcohol can really harm a child of that age. Restaurant's have to start being careful in what they are serving to people. They have to be careful also because they can get sued for a very large amount and it could also make the restaurant lose their reputation. This is a concern for both the restaurant and the people.

http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/newsfeatures/article/973998--another-toddler-served-alcohol-at-restaurant-in-u-s