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Life beyond Amazon: live-streaming Twitch alternatives
Amazon's acquisition of streaming site Twitch prompts mixed reactions from users, but there are other live-streaming alternatives. By Samuel Gibbs
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Facebook and Twitter users 'more likely' to censor their views offline
Pew study warns about 'spiral of silence' in US discussion of Edward Snowden's NSA online surveillance revelations. By Stuart Dredge
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Fifa 15 hands-on, part two – scraps, stats and sunsets
Fifa 15 wants to simulate every element of football, from scuffles among players to muddy kits and angry crowds. By Keith Stuart
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Blue Mo-Fi headphones review: powered-up hi-fi headphones
These headphones have their own amplifier for powerful, driving music – even from wimpy smartphones. By Samuel Gibbs
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China plans to oust Microsoft, Apple and Android with own software
The Chinese Academy of Engineering software will replace rival programmes created in the west. By Samuel Gibbs
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Yogscast YouTube gaming stars get an official mobile app
iPhone app from MCN Maker Studios follows stablemate PewDiePie onto the App Store. By Stuart Dredge
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Facebook timing its users to crack down on 'click-baiting' headlines
Social network wants to ensure that spammy stories don't 'drown out content from friends and Pages that people really care about'. By Stuart Dredge
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Twitch: Amazon to buy live-streaming gaming network for $1bn
San Francisco-based Twitch allows gamers to broadcast live streams of themselves playing video games
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Swing Copters clones crash as Google cleans up Play Store
Hundreds of clones of the follow up to the smash hit Flappy Bird removed from Android app store propelling Swing Copters to the top. By Samuel Gibbs
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Boot up: Kreyos questions, Samsung v US, hacking Facebook
Charles Arthur: Plus HP's Android laptop, app SSL weaknesses, who's Mark Gurman?, solar glass and more
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Google lobbies to test self-driving cars in Matrix-style virtual world
Tech giant seeks to overturn California regulatory requirement that autonomous vehicles must be certified on real-world roads
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Bad news, BlackBerry: UK user base will fall below that of Windows Phone this year
Forecast from eMarketer says that dwindling BlackBerry users will be outnumbers by those with Microsoft's Windows Phone – though Android and iPhone will extend lead into 2015. By Charles Arthur
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Looking for Swing Copters on Google Play? Scroll past the 62 clones first
Hundreds of rip offs of Dong Nguyen's new game appear within hours of announcement and days before it was available for download. By Samuel Gibbs
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How much difference is there between MP3, CD and 24-bit audio?
Debates rage over whether hi-res music is a gimmick. Three Guardian writers put four music formats – and their ears – to the test. By Samuel Gibbs
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Star Wars meets Clash of Clans in free-to-play Star Wars: Commander game
Disney and Lucasfilm team up for new mobile game enabling players to pick their side in the Galactic Civil War. By Stuart Dredge
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David Cameron: I can manage the country on my BlackBerry
UK prime minister confesses reliance on BlackBerry smartphone for remotely running the government while on holiday. By Samuel Gibbs
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Tor can handle Aphex Twin – but could it deal with Taylor Swift, like, ever?
The anonymous browser is making a push for mainstream acceptability. But to hit the mainstream scale, it needs help. By Alex Hern
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SoundCloud introduces ads so it can pay musicians and other creators
Initiative is starting small, but with plans to make 175 million listeners pay off for individual artists and major labels alike. By Stuart Dredge
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Boot up: Slack coffee, Tizen dead?, Apple's odd PC dominance
Charles Arthur: Plus McAfee's mobile paranoia, Google's changes in search, Android updates compared, and more
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Apple share price: why is at a record high?
Excitement about an iWatch is partly responsible, but the iPhone is at the heart of why the company is outperforming Google
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Vine allows users to upload videos made with other apps
Twitter's video sharing service has expanded the options to users, letting them upload from the camera roll for the first time.
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James Foley: How social media is fighting back against Isis propaganda
In the wake of the journalist's death, social media companies begin to take an editorial approach to the content they are hosting. By Hannah Jane Parkinson
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Twitter: it's official, get used to tweets from people you don't follow
Company updates support page to say that it may add content from all sorts of sources on Twitter - but changes are unpopular. By Charles Arthur
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Google working on child-friendly sites – report
Firm said to be developing versions of YouTube and Gmail to which it could let children under 13 sign up
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Boot up: Google's AdSense clawback, HTC's Windows M8, data carpentry
Charles Arthur: Plus should you boycott Chrome?, wearables ready to take off (or be taken off?), Windows Store woes, and more
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Why did an offensive Greggs logo show up in Google's web search?
An alternative logo cropped up when you searched for Greggs on Tuesday. But why does this happen?
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Eight Twitterbots worth following
Alex Hern: According to its own figures, some 23m of Twitter's users are actually bots, which tweet automatically without human input. Here are eight you should be following
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Skylanders gets simultaneous launch on Xbox, PS3 - and mobile
Activision's popular Skylanders franchise it to be released across all platforms when the next installnet, Trap Team, is released on 5 October. By Alex Hern
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Histropedia – tool to visualise history unveiled at Wikimania
Tool which creates a 'timeline of everything' and documents historical events debuted at Wikimania festival. By Hannah Jane Parkinson
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