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YouTube's Game & Watch - DTNS 4779
Season 11, Ep. 4779
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YouTube has rolled out Playables, its free-to-play casual games, to all users Tuesday. Plus, Fitbit Ace LTE is a fitness tracker for kids that appears to be a surprise hit. And on Monday internal documents describing what factors Google Search takes into consideration when ranking and displaying web results leaked.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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