When Facebook copied Snapchat in 2016

Facebook has been busy trying to out smart Snapchat in every way possible since the time Snapchat rejected Facebook's offer of  $3 Billion .Snapchat is still a very small company compared  to Facebook but it has its own thing going. Snapchat rolled over many new features and even "Spectacles". Snapchat has a constant growth, it's parent company may file for IPO next year.

Here are all the things Facebook copied from snapchat
http://www.businessinsider.in/here-are-all-the-times-facebook-copied-snapchat-in-2016/articleshow/56170772.cms?format=slideshow

PayPal alleges that PayTm copied it's logo

PayPal has filed a case against Paytm for alleged trademark infringement.

The logo might look different but the colors used are more or less the same. As both the entities are in the same industry i.e payments the case would be treated with more attention and detail.

The recent rise of Paytm due to demonetization in India, would have been the cause for the case filed by the California company PayPal which was initially founded by Elon Musk and later sold. PayPal was one of the initial pioneers of the online payment industry and payment wallets mainly.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/paypal-files-case-against-paytm-for-alleged-trademark-infringement/article9430703.ece

 

Cisco claims Arista copied it's Command Line Interface (CLI)

Arista has won the battle over  Cisco's infringement accusation.


In Cisco's blog it has said that

"By contrast, the extent of Arista’s copying of our CLI sets them apart from others in the industry. They have directly lifted more than 500 multi-word command line expressions. By comparison, networking products from HP, Brocade, Alcatel-Lucent, Juniper Networks and Extreme each have only a small fraction of overlapping commands."

More details

John Oliver looks like Vector Perkins

After posting the post on Gru and John, I ended up watching "Despicable Me" movie again.

I noticed that the villain Vector Perkins, looks very much like John Oliver. I do like John Oliver's "Last week tonight show"  and watch it without fail. However the resemblance never occurred to me till day. If you haven't watched the movie or the show; you should watch it right now.

 

John Lithgrow looks like Gru

 

John Lithgrow from "The Crown" tv series looks like Gru from "Despicable Me"

Source: Mindy Kaling's Twitter feed.

Amazon Go was forseen by IBM?

Here is a commercial by IBM on the future of shopping which was aired 10 years ago. While today Amazon announced

Amazon Go

which enables user to pick goods off the shelf and walkout of the store without standing in the checkout line.


IBM RFID commercial

Amazon Go

How the Tech works: The tech in Amazon Go uses Deep Learning and RFID and few other key technologies at start the user uses the app provided to identify himself with the store and then goes on about picking the goods/items he needs, the items picked by the customer and gets added  to the virtual cart. Once the customer exits the store the cart gets checked out and the customer is charged accordingly. More Details

"Martian" and the "Red Planet"

So I happened to watch Red Planet movie recently and couldnt help but notice a wide range of similarities between in the Martian Movie starring Matt Damon and the Red Planet movie. For starters, it is about a group of astronomers doing research on the forsaken planet mars. When things go south they need to rely on their basic human instincts for survival. I liked both the movies, they are different in their own way.

Reddit user darthstrayder has summarised all the similarities I could possibly think off.

Similarities:

• Female mission commanders
• Crew of six
• Pre-launch HABs
• HAB explosions
• Crew stranded on Mars
• Radio communications re-established using Pathfinder
• Long travel between past and future Mars mission locations
• Relaunch into orbit using existing rocket that must be stripped down
• Relaunch causes front of vehicle to be exposed
• Relaunch fainting
• Retrieval in orbit using tether by lead commander
• Crew member love interest sub-plot

ABCD song of Hum Saath Saath Hain copied from a Spanish song

It is a sad day indeed today, when I discovered the overly famous song ABCD from Hum Saath Saath Hain (HSSH) movie is copied from a spanish song "Porque te vas" 
Porque te vas (Why are you Leaving?)is a song composed by José Luis Perales in 1974

Below is the ABCD song from hum saath saath hain movie which you used to sing till ..YZ 

After all these years :( this hurts more than it is supposed to! Anyways I like the original now. Try it.

Rise of the Mac Book Air competitors

Xiaomi Launches Their MacBook Air Competitor, The Mi Notebook Air

Its not just the name, i.e alike but the look and feel too.
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2016/07/xiaomi-mi-notebook-air-launched/




Asus Launches ASUS ZENBOOK 3

This one too imitates Mac Book air.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/macbook-vs-zenbook-3/


Due to Apple's high pricing of their devices such as the Mac Book Air when compared to the same specs of other devices, these two devices may just hit it off. The key difference is that these 2 run windows. Which makes it more appealing to the masses.

Call of Duty Poster copied by Captain Nawab

‘Captain Nawab’ 1st poster has been unveiled which  is said to be ‘COPIED’ from the movie poster of ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ video game. 

Hiring superheroes, Billionaire style!

If you have watched Captain America: Civil war you would have noticed Tony Stark suddenly showing up at Spidey's apartment and telling him to join him/avengers which spiderman eventually joins.

The scene in Batman's upcoming movie Justice League holds an remarkable resemblance where Bruce Wayne goes to Flash with a similar purpose of joining his team consisting of people with special abilities. I know there isn't much but the style, story and the  energy levels look pretty same.

Possibility : Game of Thrones remakes in Indian & Spanish Versions

HBO's most popular tv show Game of Thrones is being rumored again to be remade using mostly latino actors for a spanish version of the show. Telemundo- a Spanish language TV station has come forth with this.
https://winteriscoming.net/2016/07/30/jennifer-lopez-is-cersei-lannister-in-telemundos-reworking-of-game-of-thrones/


Previously Sony Networks (India) wanted to make a TV show called "Rani Mahal" on the lines of GOT. First episode was supposed to air in 2015 is stalled for some reason. Again it does seem like another rumor.
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/03/31/game-of-thrones-india_n_6969572.html

Why the remake ? obviously coz of its roaring popularity. GOT has claimed 7.3 million viewers via TV and on Demand, the number may be an underestimation if we consider the rest of the internet including the torrents and other online sites. Hence targeting a larger audience with familiar actors makes sense.

Zara accused of copying Tuesday Bassen

A LA-based designer "Tueday Bassen" has claimed that fashion chain Zara has copied her designs without giving any credit or compensation.

Zara's Tuesday Bassen Lawsuit: All the Details

Zara's Owner Responds To Artist's Copy Claims

Melania Trump found plagiarizing Michelle Obama's speech

Mrs Trump managed to steal one paragraph of speech from Michelle Obama's 2008 speech. This din't go unnoticed as many of the journalists took it to twitter to point out the plagiarism.

Mrs Trump's Speech

                                                              Mrs Obama's Speech

Understanding British politics with the help of Harry Potter characters.

Found a good article to understand the UK political situation after Brexit. Hilarious collection, a must read if the current political situation is not funny enough for you. :)

http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/uk-politicians-as-harry-potter-characters/#IdJYfSN0JgqF

Russian Robot escapes lab

A robot escaped the lab when the lab gate was left open. It was later captured once its battery ran out.

Like in the movie ex- machina, where the bot escapes from the lab after befriending a human.

*GOT Spoiler* Window jumping

From Season Two, Episode Two of The IT Crowd Denholm Jumps out of the window casually.

From GOT Season 6 Episode 10 - Tommen jumps in a similar fashion.

Aarya stark of Gotham

Dumb n dumber

Brexit

Love child of Wall-e and Eva

Remember the couple from Wall.E and Eva from the movie WALL-E?

www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/

What if they had a child for real ??

Meet cozmo, the bot with a personality!

Cozmo is the real deal. Its a bot that can recognize you and interact with you. Find more in the below link: https://anki.com/en-us/cozmo

Also check out how it works

FedEx or FsdEx

A possible Delivery company called FsdEx has a logo which is a combination of Internet Explorer and FedEx logos.

IE

FedEx

Kanye's new video titled "Famous" inspired from Vincent Desiderio's art called "Sleep"

Here is a link to the original painting by Vincent Desiderio
https://jssitaly.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/sleep-desiderio-all_bigweb.jpg

Here is a screen from Kanye's vid
http://rapdose.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/image-44-1024x411.jpeg

The controversial video features 12 naked celebrities in bed together.(wax models , few may be real) The celebs in the video are George Bush, Anna Wintour, Donald Trump, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Taylor Swift, Kanye, Kim Kardashian West, Ray J, Amber Rose, Caitlyn Jenner, and Bill Cosby


the video is available on tidal

Game of Thrones characters / things inspired from history

Found this article, containing historic parallels to the Game of Thrones TV show with respect to characters, events, things etc. There are 20 of em from the Wall to Jofrey

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/23/game-of-thrones-vs-history-which-real-characters-and-events-insp/brienne-of-tarth-and-joan-of-arc/

www.jointherealm.com/

Create a family arms or use one from Game of Thrones. Reskin social profiles, share with your friends and display your House to the world.

Beyonce wearing an endoplasmic reticulum

Beyonce at some function wearing the er of a cell . :p

Avvai Shanmughi a copy of Mrs Doubtfire

Mrs Doubtfire
Daniel, a divorced actor, must disguise himself as Mrs. Doubtfire, an ageing female Scottish housekeeper, in order to spend more time with his own children.

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) - IMDb

Avvai Shanmughi
A divorced husband desperately misses his daughter. In order to be with her, he takes up a job in his father-in-law's house. The only catch is that the job is that of a female governess.

IMDb

Luke Skywalker vs Jaime Lannister

Panchathanthiram | Manmatha Leelai song copied from Points of Authority - Linkin Park

The background score of the song Manmatha Leelai in the movie Panchathanthiram is completely pulled up from the Linkin Park hit Points of Authority

Watch the fast number song Manmatha Leelai 36 24 36 sung by Devan,Mathangi and Timmy from the super hit comedy film Panchathanthiram

Cast: Kamal Haasan,Simran,Jayaram,Ramya Krishnan, Ramesh Aravind,yugi Sethu,Sriman



Here is the original by linkin park - Points of Authority

Richie Rich looks like Casper the ghost

Richie from the Richie Rich Cartoon series looks like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Rich_(1980_TV_series)

Casper the Ghost
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper_(film)

Penguin kardash

Dragon ball z villains

Dancing girl from whatsapp Emoji

The girl is Tamannaah an Indian Actress

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamannaah