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today we are facebook status sellouts we're finding a new route and building a new game addiction I'm Bridget Carey and this is just seen it update would you pay two dollars to get your facebook status message seen by more people Facebook is testing out a new feature which was first discovered by a Facebook user in New Zealand Facebook asked him if he wanted to pay a small fee to guarantee that more friends would see his post and he could pay via credit card or PayPal facebook has confirmed that yes it is a feature that it's testing with different price ranges so tell me what do you think about this would you pay a fee record a short video on tout your comments can make it on the show and don't worry you won't have to pay to be heard the foxconn factory for apple products is making space and preparing to build the much-anticipated Apple TV set the chief at Foxconn spilled the beans in a news conference but he said development and manufacturing has not yet begun so don't count on it being any time soon of course Apple hasn't said a peep about this television but rumors suggests it will have Siri a built-in camera for FaceTime and access to the app store and another Apple news there's speculation that Apple will eliminate google maps in iOS 6 and replace it with its own mapping system this is according to a report from nine to five Mac where your scene is what the Hoover Dam could look like on Apple's mapping software the video was taken from one of the mapping companies apple acquired and in other news we're watching expect Microsoft to launch a promotion in June for a discounted Windows 8 upgrade to anyone buying a Windows 7 computer Microsoft usually does these types of promotions right before releasing a new operating system but it might not be a free upgrade depending on the version of Windows starting Wednesday the United States Post Office won't allow you to mail tablets smartphones laptops and any other electronic with a lithium-ion battery to an overseas destination it's because lithium-ion is possibly combustible but this rule may be changed in January the action role-playing game diablo 3 has become the most pre-ordered pc game ever amazon beating out other popular titles from Blizzard like world of warcraft cataclysm the game hits stores on tuesday the creator of angry birds is launching a brand new game series this summer called amazing alex players will control a boy named alex who enjoys building things and the creators say there's an educational element about it Angry Birds just announced it reached 1 billion downloads so I wonder if Alex can stack up that's your tech news update for today stay updated on all the latest news at cnet com and from our studios in New York I'm Richard Harry