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it's Wednesday in a 20 second 2013 I'm adrianne jeffries and today is but an echo of yesterday's tomorrow this is 90 seconds on the verge things aren't looking good for HTC last week the struggling smartphone manufacturer lost its chief product officer it's just the latest high-level departure in recent months the problems aren't just with personnel either sources tell us that the HTC first has failed to live up to expectations standout devices like the HTC One have also faced inventory problems issues some say could have been avoided if CEO Peter Chou had listened to early warnings Microsoft introduced the Xbox one yesterday but some important details remain unclear Microsoft has said that the console will not require an always-on internet connection but the company's Phil Harrison told kotaku that it will need to ping Microsoft servers once a day Redmond has since walked his statement back the other issue is how the console will let users share games owners can install and play their games at a friend's house but they'll need to log on to their own xbox profile to get things working anything else will cost you perhaps we'll hear some concrete details at next month's III and finally you can turn that Gossip Girl fanfic habit into cold hard cash amazon is announced kindle worlds it's a storefront specializing an officially licensed fan fiction so far amazon has obtained licenses for three different Warner Brothers TV shows including Gossip Girl and the vampire diaries more are expected to follow authors will receive a thirty five percent commission for full length works and in twenty percent commission for shorter works XOXO and that's it for today's top stories tune in tomorrow for our expose on centauri and chess your moves spaceman