Twitter is launching redesigned ‘Follow’ and ‘Tweet’ buttons next month
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Hurrah! It’s the end of the line for the ad-supported Web!
Skype issues mea culpa for outage, blames it on ‘larger-than-usual’ configuration update
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Animoca Brands signs deal with Tencent to distribute a mobile game in Asia
Microsoft has updated the Xbox website with new features
Office 2016’s Smart Lookup automatically searches Bing for relevant websites and images
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Grand Theft Auto V hits new $38 low as freemode update arrives
Evernote is getting a major revamp, launches new notetaking beta app for Mac and Windows
Instagram passes 400 million users, now sees 80 million photos shared per day
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4 ways emotive triggering will help you conquer marketing personalization (webinar)
Stern Pinball Arcade ensures you don’t have to drain your savings to own a classic machine
Here’s Fallout 4’s cinematic-sounding main theme
Watch people try virtual reality porn for the first time
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5 critical takeaways from agile marketing experts: Agile Roadshow September 24
Firefox 41 arrives with Hello instant messaging, Account profile photos, and multiple search engines on Android
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Geolocation & marketing: how mobile is changing everything
Esports betting hub Unikrn buys statistics company DotaProHub
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GamesBeat 2015 puts a lens on mobile, motion capture, and virtual reality
Hitman delayed to March 2016
Playboy and Gamblit Gaming partner to make real-money betting mobile games
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“Game Zone” showcases select indie devs and their games at GamesBeat
Initial reviews: iPhone 6s is a killer phone, but not necessarily worth the upgrade
Gmail now lets you block specific email addresses, unsubscribe from newsletters in the Android app
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Google open-sources its Brotli compression algorithm, hopes browsers will adopt it
MathCrunch’s new monthly subscription helps you learn math on the go
‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ will have No Man’s Sky and PewDiePie on next week
GoPro for a Cause helps you get involved in social justice issues
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Gaming Insiders continues to grow with third annual summit
‘Bazillion Dollar Club’ review: A TV show that tells the truth about startups
Backblaze launches B2 object storage service at 1/4 of the cost of Amazon S3
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Persona 4: Dancing All Night is a sublime blend of rhythm game and story-driven teen-sleuthing
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More money, more problems: 5 biggest sales tax risks for growing companies
Publishers join Facebook and Twitter in rush for buy buttons
Storehouse’s visual storytelling app gets a refresh focused on private sharing
Socialtext founders launch Pingpad, a single app for chatting and collaborating
U.K. restaurant payment app Velocity acquires U.S. competitor Cover
GitHub’s new Classroom service helps teachers teach students to code
