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is amazon taking on the yeah oh boy I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update amazon is reportedly working on its own android based gaming system and this console would have its own dedicated controller this news comes from Game Informer and sources say that the console would serve as a platform for the digital games that you can already buy off Amazon's website there has also been buzz that Amazon is hiring game developers android based game consoles are just starting to come out now there's the Ouya which plays android games by connecting to your TV with an HDMI cable and it comes with a controller for a hundred dollars all the games are free to try coming soon is the game stick which like the name is a stick that plugs directly into the TV's HDMI port and it'll have a wireless controller it costs eighty dollars and it will be out in about two weeks gamepop has two models one paid one free and a seven dollar monthly subscription gets you access to two hundred dollars worth of android games but that won't be out until the end of the year madcatz is also making something called the mojo but there are not many details yet and then there's the Nvidia shield which is a different beast than these others it's a portable system with a screen built right into the controller it plays Android apps and games and if you own a computer with a graphics processor that is an nvidia gtx 650 or newer it can stream some full pc games directly to the console over Wi-Fi even though it's a bit pricey at three hundred dollars apparently it has been selling out of its first batch but while nvidia ramps up production on the shield the chip maker has confirmed to cnet that has been also busy working hard on the surface to the next version of microsoft's tablet and video provided the processor for the first surface RT but sales of the device were pretty bad one reason being that it didn't have outlook available at launch but apparently it will be loaded on this surface sequel and switching gears to the world of video streaming Roku has a new trick the Roku iOS app can now stream videos and music stored from an apple mobile device to your TV it's Roku's answer to Apple TV's airplay but this is limited because it doesn't work with computers or other apps it's just the music and videos saved on the iPhone iPad or iPod Touch and for those of you that use Google Maps app on iPhones and androids you'll now be seen advertisements on the bottom of the map served up with your directions this is Google's new way of showing ads relevant to your search and you'll see the marked in purple that's your tech news update and you read up on more details at cnet com / update and follow along on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey