iPad Flies Off Top Of Car And Into Passing Motorist’s Bumper & More On The Aereo vs. Broadcaster Battle

iPad Flies Off Top Of Car And Into Passing Motorist’s Bumper: Have you ever left your smartphone or tablet on top of your car and then drove away with the device still on top of your car? If so then, or even if not, you’ll appreciate the link to the video that follows! It seems that a gal in South Carolina was driving down the road  and heard a moderate noise but didn’t feel anything hit her car so she drove on to her destination and when she stopped she found an iPad lodged into the bumper of her car! The iPad, which was still in working condition, was so tightly embedded into her bumper she had to get a hammer to knock it out – and then she looked up the owner’s information on the iPad and called him. It seems to owner put the iPad on top of his car and forgot to put it in his car before he left home!

Here’s the link:

http://www.abc57.com/news/national-world/iPad-stuck–202194801.html

More On The Aereo vs. Broadcaster Battle: And here a links to two mainstream (aka not tech news sites or magazines) stories on the battle between the upstart Aereo Streaming services that offers its customers access to the free broadcast television content – streamed to all their tech gadgets and on demand – and the traditional networks who are not pleased with the service!

The first link is to a New York Times article titled Broadcasters Circle Wagons Against a TV Streaming Upstart:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/business/media/aereo-has-tv-networks-circling-the-wagons.html?ref=technology&_r=0

And the second is to a news story that appeared on NBC Nightly news last night titled Aereo presents challenge to broadcasters: Some broadcasters are considering moving their product exclusively to cable now because of a new way of distributing TV programs online.  NBC’s John Yang report:

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/51485531/#51485531

Have a great day!

Linda R.

References

Johnson, Peter. (2013, April 10). iPad stuck in car bumper. ABC 57 News. Online.

Nightly News. Aereo presents challenge to brodcasters. NBC. Online.

Stelter, Brian. (2013, April 9). Broadcasters Circle Wagons Against a TV Streaming Upstart. New York Times. Online.