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net neutrality wins a big battle and it's almost Apple watch time I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update so we have net neutrality the Apple watch and toejam and Earl whoo boy there is a lot of news to talk about so let's jump right in with Apple the company sent out invites to press for an event in San Francisco on March 9th and it teases us with the phrase spring forward of course that's a cheeky little time joke for revealing more details about the Apple watch but there could be more than just a SmartWatch Apple could show off the long fabled ipad pro a 13 inch ipad tablet or maybe a new 12 inch macbook air we shall see there's also buzz about a new SmartWatch announced by LG the LG urbane LTE it's the first ever SmartWatch that runs on a 4G network so you don't need a smartphone to use it you can make calls right from the watch but it doesn't eat its own data plan but don't confuse this model with the one you heard about a few days ago the LG watch urbane runs on Android this is the urbane LTE which looks the same but it doesn't run Android it actually runs its own special LG operating system and also in the world of mobile google is offering a sweet deal to store your music library for free google play music now lets you upload 50,000 music files for free to stream on your android or iphone through an app Apple and Amazon have services to store music but they cost twenty-five dollars a year and in news that can impact the future of life as we know it on the internet the Federal Communications Commission has voted in favor of net neutrality rules that will prevent internet providers from blocking or slowing down traffic on wired and wireless networks and it also stops those fast lanes you hear about as to not allow an operator like Comcast or Verizon charge your website like Netflix a fee to reach customers faster than others but things won't change overnight once the official ruling is presented to the public which could be days or weeks then internet providers against the extra regulations will take this to court and a lawsuit could drag on for years net neutrality won the FCC vote but there's a round two to this fight and that's not the only historic news the classic cult video game toejam and earl is making a comeback and the original creators are asking for funding support on kickstarter to create a sequel in the way they always wanted it to be done in the original game you play as hip rapping aliens that crashed on earth and you try to find spaceship pieces while avoiding bogus Earthlings the new design has a retro 90s vibe with the same great funk music fans love homies can get presents for donating but if you give ten thousand dollars you can become a character in the game there goes my savings that's your tech news update was always more at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey