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Google To Block Resale Of Google Glass

Francesca Bessey |
April 18, 2013 | 8:04 p.m. PDT

Executive Producer

Each device can only ever have one owner. (Antonio Zugaldia, Wikimedia Commons)
Each device can only ever have one owner. (Antonio Zugaldia, Wikimedia Commons)
Google's new augmented reality glasses may be the next big thing in technology, but only for a select few individuals, CBS News reports,

Not only has Google limited the first round of its suped-up specs to the lucky winners of its "If I Had Glass Competition," the search giant has also forbidden the resale, loan, transfer or gifting of the device.

According to the terms of service, which were released Tuesday, Google reserves the right to deactivate Google Glass to prevent the use of the device by anyone who is not the original owner.

 

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