Grounded by malfunctioning iPads, Google purchases patents, Dropbox adds comments, Star Wars games land on Steam, stream Seinfeld on Hulu, and the Apple Watch gets blended. Buggy iPads Down AA Flights Dozens of American Airlines flights were grounded after the iPads used by the pilots crashed without warning. American Airlines use iPads as electronic flight bags, with pilots switching from using the weighty paper-based alternative in 2013. According to Quartz, this was intended to prevent pilots from getting injured carrying heavy flight bags. Dumping the 35-pound bags also saves on fuel costs. Unfortunately, the switch to iPad has invited other...
Read the full article: Apple iPad Crashes Down Planes, Google Buys Up Patents, & More… [Tech News Digest]
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