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www.techradar.com Week in Tech LG G3 busts out the QHD big guns, Apple buys its groove back Could Dr Dre's long-delayed Detox album be the One More Thing at next week's WWDC? Probably not - but the charismatic rap legend does have a new job at Apple, where he and his Beats Audio partner Jimmy Iovine will have roles as "Dre" and "Jimmy" respectively. And that's not even the strangest thing that happened this week. It's a particularly weird Week in Tech! Straight Outta Cupertino Apple announced its purchase of Beats Audio for a cool $3 billion this week. Apple's press release makes it clear what Apple really wants here: Beats Music first, Dre and Jimmy Iovine second and Beats' iconic headphones third. Interestingly, Apple isn't planning to shutter Beats Music on non-Apple platforms in the foreseeable future. LG slams Steve "We love Steve Jobs, but he was wrong". That's LG's head of smartphone planning, Dr Ramchan Woo, talking about the incredibly high-res screen of the LG G3: apparently Apple's idea of a retina display just isn't good enough. Screen aside, is the G3 any cop? Our very own Gareth Beavis says yes - but he's not convinced it's a market leader. Read the full story     In this week ■ Week in Tech: LG G3 busts out the QHD big guns, Apple buys its groove back ■ Talking points: Google's self-driving car, Steam Machine delay, real-time voice translation for Skype, living in Apple's smart home of tomorrow ■ Competition: WIN! An Acer H6510BD 3D projector worth over £600 ■ The week's best buys: Canon G1 X Mark II, Microsoft Surface 2, New Nexus 7 ■ Top 10: Phones   Talking points 1 Google leaves the steering wheel behind with new self-driving car Google has been tinkering with self-driving cars for a while, and its own prototype was unveiled at the 2014 Code Conference by Google's co-founder Sergey Brin. Notably, it has no steering wheel, accelerator or brake pedal. Read more       2 Valve Steam Machines delayed till 2015 If you were anxiously awaiting the arrival of Steam Machines this year, keep on waiting.  Valve announced in a murky blog post that it's looking at a "release window" of 2015 for Steam Machines, not 2014 as previously announced. Read more       3 Microsoft demos 'near real-time' language translation for Skype voice calls Microsoft reckons it might have ended the language barrier. At the Code conference, the firm demonstrated "near real-time" language translation for Skype voice calls, which works just like using an interpreter in a conversation. Read more       4 Here's how you'll live in Apple's smart home of tomorrow We know that Google's interested in home automation thanks to its purchase of the Nest smart thermostat but, if the Financial Times is correct, Apple's about to take an even bigger step: at WWDC it's going to announce a standard for intelligent home appliances based around iOS. Read more       Competition WIN! An Acer H6510BD 3D projector worth over £600   Here's your chance to win a fantastic full HD, 3D projector capable of producing a display up to 300 inches in size, courtesy of Acer. Just answer the simple question and you'll be in with a chance of owning the brilliant H6510BD, which you can connect it to your television, laptop or console for some serious high-def viewing action in 2D or 3D. Enter competition   WIN! The ultimate Humax TV package worth £600 Enter competition       Your tweets this week       The week's best buys Canon G1 X Mark II Canon has made some much needed improvements to the G1X Mark II. It's a great backup camera to your DSLR. View offer Read review       Microsoft Surface 2 Microsoft makes some of the best PC hardware around and Surface 2 is superb example of the combination tablet-you-can-use-like-a-notebook. View offer Read review       New Nexus 7 If you're looking for a 7-inch tablet, we'll put it like this: there is no better alternative on the market if you want value for money as well as excellence. View offer Read review       Bing's 5th birthday is coming up. Do you use it? @zhgingaah Shouldn't have posted that on Twitter - Bing search user? Bound to be a MySpace user aren't they?     @SpaceChimpDan  I do, been using it for a while now.     @BajramHoxha I use Bing, and the only reason is the User Interface. At least, something different!       Top   tablets in the world You want the best smartphone, right? We've whittled our constantly updated selection down to the 10 best handsets available right now.   HTC One M8       Sony Xperia Z2       OnePlus One View top 10           TechRadar Promotion TechRadar Deal: Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements 12 for £74 Sets out to be all things to all photographers, from novices to experts, and succeeds remarkably well. With its capabilities, scope, ease of use and quality, it's exceptional value for money, too. View promotion  New issue out now The tech connoisseur's watch guide, Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Sony Xperia Z2, and master your snaps from selfies to SLRs. Download now         www.techradar.com

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