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Tech Myths That People Keeping Falling For

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There are certain tech stories and tips that show up over and over again. People tweet them,  post them on Facebook, offer them as advice.

Sometimes they are totally baloney but we still fall for them.

Sometimes they are true and they sound like baloney.

So here's a test: Can you spot the a tech myth from the tech fact?

Take this short quiz to find out.

True or False: Samsung paid Apple $1 billion lawsuit fine in coins

The story is that 30 trucks arrived at Apple’s headquarters from Samsung and the security company tried to block them from entering.

Then Apple CEO Tim Cook got a call from Samsung's CEO who told him that this was how Samsung is paying up a $1 billion fine that the courts ordered it to pay after losing a patent lawsuit.



False: Never happened

It seems like an obvious myth, and it is. But some tech blog sites still fall for it, like Hound News did just a few months ago.

And many people shared it on Facebook and tweeted it.

The rumor came from a humor piece published shortly after Samsung lost a big lawsuit to Apple in August, 2012, Snopes says.



True or False: You could be entitled to money from Facebook from a lawsuit

The story is that some Facebook users are eligible for payment from the settlement of the Fraley v. Facebook class action lawsuit.

They are told about it in an email.

 



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