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it's not easy logging into a life of crime I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the online multiplayer world of grand theft auto 5 experienced some server issues when it launched Tuesday players hit roadblocks not being able to log on as well as other bugs Rockstar Games apologized for the connection problems but these launch issues were expected for such a massive open world game Rockstar did say last week that players should expect growing pains like crashes and glitches grand theft auto 5 has become the biggest game release of the year racking up more than a billion dollars in sales in just the first three days of its release the document library scribd is launching an ebook subscription service for nine dollars a month users can access a library of thousands of e-books from the app but the choice of books is still limited for example some new releases and best sellers are not included and you'll have to pay extra for those titles but this whole concept of having a Netflix for books is an area that's growing fast another similar service is oyster which costs ten dollars a month for access to digital books on your phone and tablet an Amazon began tinkering with a similar concept just for kids it's called kindle freetime unlimited it costs five dollars a month for access to kids books games and apps but only for the kindle fire tablet on facebook you'll soon be able to use the search bar to look up status updates photo captions check-ins and comments the search can be broad or narrow down to posts about a topic by your friends or you can use it to search for posts that you made within a certain time frame it's launching this week to a limited group of users and will slowly roll out to more people well you will notice sooner is another social media shortcut button that's added to websites and stories along with buttons for a liking pinning and tweeting you can see a Spotify follow button Spotify launched a web button that anyone can embed as a shortcut to follow a person's music streaming library on the service if you're looking for durable video cameras who attached to a bike car or even a surfboard GoPro is now selling a new line of cameras called the hero 3 plus this is an upgrade to the line that came out last year there are three models the top and four hundred dollar hero 3 plus black has a lighter and smaller body thirty percent longer battery life and better sound quality to cut down on those wind roar noses GoPro has become the popular way to record sports videos 3 GoPro videos are uploaded to YouTube per minute on average that's your tech news update but you get more details on these stories at cnet com / update and get the latest by following on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey