Stilwell student wins Google contest Nintendo changes repair policies
Breanna Wilson soon could have her art on the Google homepage for hundreds of millions to see.
Google recently announced the 50 state winners in its 11th annual Doodle 4 Google competition, a contest open to K-12 students across the United States. Wilson, a fourth-grade student at Maryetta School in Stilwell titled her doodle “Study of Space.”
“I am inspired by space, I want to be a scientist and study space, the Earth’s surface, the atmosphere and so on,” Wilson said. “I love looking up at the sky at night and imagining myself up there somewhere.”
Public voting will determine a winner. Five national finalists will get the chance to fly out and visit Google.
Nintendo has changed its warranty policies after the U.S. government warned them that they were violating the law.
The Japanese game company was one of six firms the Federal Trade Commission told to change their policies because they wrongly told customers that using an unlicensed repair shop on their product would void their warranties.
The agency expressed specific concern about stickers on products such as game consoles that had this information.
In Nintendo’s case, a line in its policy specifically said using “products not sold or licensed by Nintendo” with its products would void the warranty.
In a statement, Nintendo of America said it has changed its policies after some review. “We have updated our warranty text to clarify that Nintendo provides warranty service for defects not caused by the user or by other unauthorized acts,” the statement said.