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Zip File: Technology news from the Guardian Thursday 12 Feb 2015 g Hot tech stories today More » Tim Cook hails Apple Watch health benefits: 'Sitting is the new cancer' Chief executive talks up his smartwatch’s activity reminders as well as Apple Pay technology’s privacy policy in conference appearance  Samsung admits its smart TVs are forcing pop-up ads into video apps South Korean firm acknowledges error that causes adverts to appear in video apps from Plex and Foxtel TV without the app developer’s authorisation  Fitness bands 'less accurate than smartphones' in counting steps Study finds fitness bands incorrectly estimate number of steps by up to 22.7% while phones only get it wrong by, at most, 6.7%  Call of Duty European championships to be hosted by Royal Opera House To paraphrase the popular saying: it ain’t over ‘til the fat lady scores a seven-hit killstreak  Somebody give Twitter's chief financial officer a Twitter lesson Social media company executive Anthony Noto’s account suspended after he loses account to hacker  This week's most talked about stories More » Parrot Bebop drone review: bird's eye video without a sky-high price Third-generation device generates good quality video for a reasonable length of time, but lacks precision control indoors without the custom controller  Latest games news and reviews More » British Academy Games Awards 2015 – the full nominations list The Bafta video game awards have 51 titles nominated in 17 categories. Here they all are  Alien: Isolation dominates 2015 Bafta video game nominations Anita Sarkeesian gets cameo role in TowerFall game Latest podcast More » Ten years of Google Maps – Tech Weekly podcast Aleks Krotoski and the tech team mark a decade of Google Maps by asking where mapping technologies came from and are going in the digital age  Latest technology video More » Robot dog 'Spot' shows off agility – video Google subsidiary Boston Dynamics reveals its new robot dog named Spot

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