Boot up: Steam rising, Nokia banning HTC in the UK, GTA 5 marketing genius and more

Plus Apple suggests turning your laptop off and on again if it's behaving badly, Samsung sells more phones than Apple, Nokia and BlackBerry combines, flying drones get a roll cage, and more

Valve's Steam gaming service trumps Xbox Live with 65m subscribers.

Steam rises to the console challenge with 65m users, surpassing Xbox Live >> TechRadar 

Recent numbers released by Valve show a steady 30% rise in active accounts, bringing its total active users to 65 million.
This number overshadows Microsoft, where Xbox Live only boasts 48 million members.

Impressive stuff from Valve, but Sony's 110m PSN accounts dwarf both steam and Xbox Live. Perhaps that's because the PSN is free and Xbox Live isn't?

Google Glass accessory store quietly comes online, selling chargers, earbuds, shades and shields >> The Next Web

There is now a section labeled ‘Accessories’ under the Google Glass help site, listing items including chargers, earbuds, shades and shields, swapping frames and pouches — and then linking users to the accessory store.

Now you can buy accessories for Google Glass, it's just a shame most of us don't have Google Glass in the first place. The real question is, given wider availability, would you pay the £1,000-odd price of entry?

Samsung sells more phones than Apple, Nokia, and BlackBerry combined >> Ubergizmo

It is also no secret that Samsung is probably the biggest name when it comes to Android devices, what with them selling 5 million Galaxy Note 3 handsets to date, with their overall sales reported to be around 1 million devices a day. However it seems that might only be the tip of the Samsung iceberg as ABI Research has found, along with some additional number crunching by Android Central, that for Q3 2013, Samsung has managed to sell more smartphones than Apple, BlackBerry, and Nokia. Combined.

And that's why Samsung's making money hand over fist, although its enormous marketing budget surely helps those sales numbers.

Apple says fix incoming for 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro trackpad & keyboard issues, offers interim solution >> 9to5Mac

According to the new support page, Apple is aware of the issue and working on a permanent fix. The fix will likely come by way of a software update via the Mac App Store. Until it is released, the issue can be remedied by closing the computer for a full minute and then waking it back up.

Great, you might as well turn it off and turn it on again, considering the speed with which SDD-based machines like the retina MacBook Pro boot up.

Nokia to seek U.K. sales ban for HTC >> WSJ.com

As a result of winning the case, Nokia said it would seek an injunction against the "import and sale of infringing HTC products in the U.K. as well as financial compensation." It added that the size of the compensation it is seeking and the nature of a potential sales ban is a matter for further discussion with the court.

Nokia's going for HTC's jugular in the UK. HTC seemingly just can't catch a break right now.

Space gray iPhone 5s most popular amid supply constraints, blue leads for iPhone 5c >> Mac Rumors 

43 percent of iPhone 5s units sold were space gray, while 30 percent were silver and 27 percent were gold. Supplies of the space gray model were more readily available than the silver and gold iPhones, but consumers have demonstrated a preference for the black iPhone in the past.

Something tells the the limited supply of the gold and silver iPhone 5S massively skewed these results. Let's just say that in the queue for the iPhone 5S at its launch in Covent Garden in London, everyone seemingly wanted a gold one.

Roll-cage equipped drones shrug off impacts to keep flying >> DVICE

Small, agile drones will be among some of the first robots on the scene. But navigating debris fields and crumbling buildings in search of survivors presents a number of challenges. The average drone can't take an impact from falling debris or bounce it's way through tight passages. That's why the folks at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL have worked up designs for drones that can take a hit and keep on flying.

Great, until those same drones that can take a hit and keep flying turn on us...

Rockstar Rewarding Unique Selfies With GTA 5 #EpicPhotobomb Contest >> Ubergizmo

One feature of the game that surprised many players when they first started playing Grand Theft Auto V was the fact you could take selfies with the cellphones of in-game characters, resulting in many humorous images to be posted online. Rockstar realises you all really enjoy this feature, and as a result has put together its first Snapmatic Photo Contest.