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• Reddit CEO sorry for 'letting down' users after popular subforums shut down

  04-07-2015 19:42
  
  Ellen Pao would not comment on firing of director of talent but said company was working on providing moderators with a better infrastructure and network Related: Reddit revolts: subforums shut down in protest over AMA co-ordinator sacking The chief executive of the social media site Reddit, Ellen Pao, has apologized for “letting down” users after the company fired a well-liked employee. Continue reading...
  
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• Minecon 2015: day one of the annual Minecraft conference - live

  04-07-2015 19:37
  
  Annual Minecraft conference kicks off in London: we’re there to cover the sights, news, YouTube stars and more from Mojang’s eventMinecon day two - live10.26am BST And if you’re reading this on Sunday, day two’s liveblog is now up and running... 8.51pm BST Actually, I’ll just leave these Vines here... Continue reading...
  
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• New Minecraft: Story Mode details revealed at Minecon 2015

  04-07-2015 18:12
  
  Mojang and Telltale Games’ partnership will take a narrative approach to popular game, but players will have to play as male character Jessie.
  Live coverage of Minecon 2015 day one
  Minecraft: Story Mode was announced in December 2014 as a partnership between developers Mojang and Telltale Games to make a narrative-driven adventure set in the world of Minecraft.Due for release in 2015, when it was announced it was described as a new original story, driven by player choice, rather than one focus
  
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• Reddit apologises after staff sacking

  04-07-2015 14:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ellen Pao, CEO at Reddit, says sorry over way "we handled the transition" after community complains about the sacking of a popular employee.
  
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• Running Man of Tech: Nico Rosberg: I've given up on fitness tech

  04-07-2015 14:10
  
  Tips from a proI'll be honest: when I interviewed F1 driver Nico Rosberg, the last thing I expected was to be getting pro tips on how I can break the 40 minute barrier for a 10K race.But when I walked in, all ready to ask questions about BlackBerry and home automation, he immediately asked: 'What watch is that?'I was wearing the Garmin Forerunner 920 XT – it turns out that he was a triathlete and had its predecessor, the 910 – and in a few seconds he was tapping through the interface.'It loo
  
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• Updated: 20 smart new and improved features in Windows 10

  04-07-2015 11:37
  
  IntroductionWith Windows 10, Microsoft is trying to keep some of the touch and tablet features it created for Windows 8, combine them with the familiar Start menu and desktop, and run it all on top of an improved operating system with more security, a new browser, the Cortana assistant, its own version of Office for on-the-go editing and plenty of new features intended to make life simpler.Of course, that also means it's very different to use, whether you come from Windows 7, Windows 8 or Window
  
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• OnePlus 2 could be an all-metal affair

  04-07-2015 11:25
  
  Counting down the days to that big OnePlus 2 reveal? There's more news from the grapevine this weekend with a newly leaked image that shows an ultra-thin, all-metal body.Of course this could just be a rendering put together by a budding designer with dreams of working at OnePlus, but the metal theme does back up hints dropped by OnePlus CEO Liu Zuohu that the new handset will indeed eschew plastic for something more substantial.It also matches a metal rumour we heard back in March.Would you be h
  
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• Week in Gaming: Nintendo's shareholders scare me, and they should scare you too

  04-07-2015 11:00
  
  Every year, Nintendo holds a shareholders meeting where anyone invested in the incredibly successful video game company gets the chance to fire off questions at its talented, interesting and hugely intelligent senior figures. These conversations are later translated and published online, and this week we got a look at the latest. Were any of us regular video game fans allowed in, we'd be asking the tough questions - when will you release the next Zelda? Why haven't you made another Super Mario G
  
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• Minecon 2015 day one - live

  04-07-2015 08:39
  
  Annual Minecraft conference kicks off in London: we’re there to cover the sights, news, YouTube stars and more from Mojang’s event 7.39am BST In 2009, games developer Markus “Notch” Persson released the first version of Minecraft. Six years on, it has sold 70m copies across computers, consoles and mobile devices, becoming a cultural touchstone for a generation of children in the process.Minecraft is a merchandising juggernaut; the engine driving the careers of some of YouTube’s biggest
  
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• What happens to my late husband’s digital life now he’s gone?

  04-07-2015 08:30
  
  Since her husband, Iain, died seven months ago, Caroline Twigg has had to face an unexpected problem – what to do with his online legacynyctwigg: Ah, there you are; a Skype username you created while working in New York for a month. And here I am, trying to call someone yet absent-mindedly pulling up your profile. In the tiny square picture icon, you are there in your blue T-shirt, leaning over the table and smiling at the camera. Next to your name it says, “Hear me now”. That drove me mad
  
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• 10 best PS4 games - this generation's must-play titles

  04-07-2015 08:00
  
  IntroductionAlmost two years into the Sony Playstation 4's life and its game developers are really hitting their stride now. We're seeing some fantastic games on the way, thanks to a rather spectacular showing at this year's E3.But equally the PS4 has a lot of great games that you can play right now.Some are pretty obvious, but there will be other that you might have missed out on. So we've got our Playstation 4 expert to curate a list of the absolute must-play games in the PS4's current catalog
  
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• On the road: Subaru Outback - car review

  04-07-2015 07:00
  
  ‘It’s insufferable. It beeps with no obvious explanation and the manual is impenetrable’The new Subaru Outback is unaccountably large – 4.8 metres long, 1.8 metres wide, 1.6 metres high – but low-slung; it looks much more estate than SUV. This, paradoxically, makes it seem even larger. One makes allowances in an SUV and expects to feel ridiculous. In a supersized estate, I was never prepared for how much I would always be sticking out, everywhere.Given its outlandish size, the Out
  
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• Minecraft fans to gather in London

  04-07-2015 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Minecon, the global gathering for fans of the video game Minecraft, takes place in London this weekend
  
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• VIDEO: ZX Spectrum remake nears completion

  04-07-2015 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The team recreating the ZX Spectrum's spongy keyboard tells the BBC it has received what is likely to be the final product.
  
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