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Looks like it's official Amazon buys twitch in this post on Twitch's Blog by CEO Emmet Shear

A Letter from the CEO Emmet Shear

"It's almost unbelievable that slightly more than 3 years ago, Twitch didn’t exist. The moment we launched, we knew we had stumbled across something special. But what followed surprised us as much as anyone else, and the impact it’s had on both the community and us has been truly profound.
Your talent, your passion, your dedication to gaming, your memes, your brilliance – these have made Twitch what it is today. Every day, we strive to live up to the standard set by you, the community. We want to create the very best place to share your gaming and life online, and that mission continues to guide us.
Together with you, we’ve found new ways of connecting developers and publishers with their fans. We’ve created a whole new kind of career that lets people make a living sharing their love of games. We’ve brought billions of hours of entertainment, laughter, joy and the occasional ragequit. I think we can all call that a pretty good start.
Today, I’m pleased to announce we’ve been acquired by Amazon. We chose Amazon because they believe in our community, they share our values and long-term vision, and they want to help us get there faster. We’re keeping most everything the same: our office, our employees, our brand, and most importantly our independence. But with Amazon’s support we’ll have the resources to bring you an even better Twitch.
I personally want to thank you, each and every member of the Twitch community, for what you’ve created. Thank you for putting your faith in us. Thank you for sticking with us through growing pains and stumbles. Thank you for bringing your very best to us and sharing it with the world. Thank you, from a group of gamers who never dreamed they’d get to help shape the face of the industry that we love so much.
It’s dangerous to go alone. On behalf of myself and everyone else at Twitch, thank you for coming with us."
 
Source: http://blog.twitch.tv/2014/08/a-letter-from-the-ceo-august-25-2014/

Lifehacker doesn't feel like the most tech-savvy site sometimes.
Maybe they will find Linus and be enlightened.

NCIX: http://bit.ly/UXYMqg
Amazon: http://geni.us/1IQe
 
The G550JK is a well-balanced machine that strikes a solid balance between form factor, looks, performance, and cost.
 

 
Alright, now onto the really good stuff. We have an ASUS G550JK (signed by some of the HighLANder attendees including Linus, Luke, Logan, and Austin) to give away to one lucky viewer! All you need to do to qualify is post your favourite thing about the G550JK from the review above in this thread and you can be selected at random to win this laptop!
  
Best of luck to everyone!
 
One entry per household.
 
The giveaway is worldwide and closes July 18th. The winner will be drawn LIVE on The WAN Show, so make sure you're watching at twitch.tv/linustech at 4:30pm Pacific on July 18th!
 
UPDATE:
 
The winner of the notebook is ShuColate
 
NEW UPDATE:
 
The previous winner did not respond, so we drew a new one - congratulations [member=jacewa]!

I bumped into this post from lifehacker today, 
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-short-stroke-your-hard-drive-for-optimal-speed-1598306074?rev=1404176569&utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
It seems Linus videos are gonna get a boost in traffic. ( Even though it was to ncix channel )

I thought it was pretty cool 
 

Ammmmmm Linus not to mean or anything but, i know you don't do unboxing anymore, but could you say what else comes with product. Like for example the Liquid cooler, say what CPU's it's committable with (brackets for installation) or a Graphics card what accessories does it come with. Stuff like that would be nice to see. The videos are great by the way.
 
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