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Microsoft is getting into the livestreaming game with its latest purchase. The company has picked up Beam, a six-month-old service that competes with Twitch and YouTube gaming. Beam’s key advantage over the big players is its super low-latency videos, allowing users to interact with streamers in something that approaches real time (instead of the usual 10 second delay). That makes streaming more of an active back-and-forth with broadcasters, adding an interactive element that Twitch and YouTube gamers can’t quite achieve For example, you could be playing Counter Strike, and get instant suggestions from your streamers as to how to strategize. In Minecraft,…

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