Monster sues Beats and more In This Issue... Monster sues Beats Beam Smart Presence Systems let you be there when you're not LG won CES 2015 Quitbit smart lighter helps you quit smoking UE MEGABOOM takes top slot for all things mega at CES 2015 Microsoft tries to revive feature phones with $29 Internet-ready Nokia 215 Google Play available without rooting on Fire Phone More Recent Articles Search GadgeTell Monster sues Beats Jimmy Iovine, Noel Lee and Dr. Dre in happier times. After Beats by Dr. Dre sold out to Apple, a lot of people felt badly for Monster, the company that originally invented Beats and subsequently got royally screwed, locked out of the financial windfall by a bad contract. Well, now Monster, which never met a lawsuit it didn't like, is taking the whole sordid mess to court. And it sounds like it's gonna get ugly. To wit, the press release states, "The Complaint alleges that, other than his celebrity status as a rapper, Dr. Dre's primary contribution was to bless Monster's headphones when he exclaimed: 'That's the shit!'" To quote George Takei, "Oh my." Here's the full release that just came over the wire: MONSTER, LLC v. BEATS ELECTRONICS & DR. DRE   MONSTER FILES FRAUD SUIT AGAINST BEATS ELECTRONICS, JIMMY IOVINE & DR. DRE FOR PIRATING THE "BEATS BY DR. DRE" LINE OF HEADPHONES SAN FRANCISCO, CA – January 6, 2015 – Monster, LLC and Monster CEO, Noel Lee, brought a lawsuit alleging fraud against Beats Electronics, rapper and record producer Andre Young, a/k/a Dr. Dre, and music mogul Jimmy Iovine, among other defendants.  Monster and Lee invented the break-through technology behind the "Beats By Dr. Dre" headphones.  The action, filed today in San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City, CA, claims the Defendants' scheme involved pirating the "Beats By Dr. Dre" line of headphones from Lee and Monster.  The Complaint alleges that, other than his celebrity status as a rapper, Dr. Dre's… Continue reading Monster sues Beats Related posts: Peep Show: Monster and Dr. Dre team up on new studio headphones, meet ‘Beats by Dr. Dre’ The Beats Tour by Monster, Jimmy Lovine, and Dr. Dre Monster stays starstruck: Adds "Heartbeats by Lady Gaga" to Beats by Dr. Dre line The post Monster sues Beats appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments •   Beam Smart Presence Systems let you be there when you're not The CES booth of Suitable Technologies was spacious. And it had to be, because there were a bunch of people walking around who weren't there. Well, the essential parts of them were there, even if their physical bodies weren't. What the hell am I talking about? The Beam Smart Presence System. Imagine robots that look kinda like Segways, somewhere between five and six feet tall, with screens. Now imagine that someone is on that screen and is not only talking to you, but can follow you around. From the insane environs of the Las Vegas Convention Center, I genially chatted with an… Continue reading Beam Smart Presence Systems let you be there when you’re not Related posts: Samsung launches the Galaxy Beam, smartphone with projector Samsung Galaxy Beam To Make Direct Leap from Gingerbread to Jelly Bean This Month Shuttle PC booth tour: A booth full of cube-style PC’s The post Beam Smart Presence Systems let you be there when you’re not appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • LG won CES 2015 This year's International CES is, as usual, rife with large and beautiful "booths", if you can even call them that. LG's booth, which happens to be bigger than most office buildings with the ambience of being in Disney World, displayed everything from TVs and phones to dishwashers and watches. The most exciting to debut from more » Continue reading LG won CES 2015 Related posts: New Samsung OLED TVs not coming in 2015 Microsoft booth tour: Windows 7, Windows Live, Sync CES 2012 will be the last for Microsoft The post LG won CES 2015 appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments •   Quitbit smart lighter helps you quit smoking Hi, my name is Joe. I'm a smoker and I hate myself for it. I've tried a bunch of quitting solutions and none of them have stuck. The Quitbit "smart lighter" might be the latest innovation coming to my… Continue reading Quitbit smart lighter helps you quit smoking Related posts: The government wants to make smoking e-cigarettes on planes illegal Rumor: iPhone 5 launching in third quarter, is thinner and lighter Amazon launches New, Lighter and Faster Kindle Fire HDX tablets The post Quitbit smart lighter helps you quit smoking appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • UE MEGABOOM takes top slot for all things mega at CES 2015 When it comes to products that are mega, there are some pretty badass options out there. First, you've got yourself Mega Man. Then there's also the Nerf N-Strike Mega Centurion. Heck, even the kiddies have Mega Bloks. So when you're Ultimate Ears and want to juice up one of your best-ever inventions, you go mega. Everything you've ever loved about the UE Boom… Continue reading UE MEGABOOM takes top slot for all things mega at CES 2015 Related posts: Ultimate Ears Unveils World's First Social Music Player The new home of Kim Dotcom’s Mega will be Mega.co.nz UE MINI BOOM Bursts With Serious Sound, Cheery Colors The post UE MEGABOOM takes top slot for all things mega at CES 2015 appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments •   Microsoft tries to revive feature phones with $29 Internet-ready Nokia 215 While the "real" Nokia (or whatever's left of it) looks set to pursue its Android dream at last, Microsoft reckons the name of the once mighty Finnish mobile player is still worth milking. Not in the smart niche, though, where Lumias are now fully Redmond-powered, but in the entry-level feature phone market segment that refuses to die. Meet the Microsoft-manufactured Nokia… Continue reading Microsoft tries to revive feature phones with $29 Internet-ready Nokia 215 Related posts: Nokia announces four new Asha feature phones Nokia puts Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync on S60 mobile phones Nokia gives Series 40 phones an Internet Radio Client The post Microsoft tries to revive feature phones with $29 Internet-ready Nokia 215 appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • Google Play available without rooting on Fire Phone For the first time, Google Play has been made installed on the Amazon Fire Phone without rooting. The Fire Phone has been unsuccessful for a few reasons, but one of the big complaints about the phone is that it does not include Google Play, the Android application store. Amazon's phone runs on Android but doesn't include the same features as other Android devices. Continue reading Google Play available without rooting on Fire Phone Related posts: Amazon says bad pricing hurt Fire Phone sales Google Requires All App Updates to Go Through the Play Store Google Play for Android gets a few new features The post Google Play available without rooting on Fire Phone appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • More Recent Articles My top five favorite moments of CES Press Day 2015 Monster unveils new headphones at CES 2015 HTC starts 2015 slow with Desire 320 announcement at CES

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