What happens when your drive to want to provide the earliest and freshest tech news in the web consumes you? Earlier on, a report about the Samsung S IV benchmark result was released and a rendering of the device, which everyone knew to be fake-is shown beside the news item. The device is set to be formally launched on March 14th and bloggers, news writers and speculators hurry to beat each other out to get the best news/gossip about the phone but, alas, many forget about originality.

Stephan Constantinescu, a known industry writer, has earlier on used a rendering of the Galaxy S IV with @evleaks watermark and was cited properly. However, several tweets pointed out that the true owner of the rendering was Expansys, which is an online mobile phone seller and it was thus revealed that their photo of the S IV was stolen.

While swiftness in delivering the newest broadcasts is appreciated, in the end, the one that came up with the original idea must be credited. Also, although the internet is a super dynamic environment, it does not give you the excuse to be non-veritable. According to Constantinescu, @evleaks just lost a follower-even if he "publishes a ton of leaks in the future".

Source: expansys-media