Gadgetory

you don't need to go on Amazon to spend money on Amazon I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update Amazon's one-click ordering is taking on a new meaning now it's one button click ordering with a gadget called the - button the idea is that you'll put several of these around your home for different products you could have a Maxwell House button by the coffee maker a Bounty paper towel button in the kitchen a tide button in the laundry closet and when you're running low press the button to automatically order more Amazon Prime members can program the button to order what they want now not everyone can try it all at once you have to request an invitation to the program which is tied to many popular brands and products that - button can be a dangerous thing I mean what if they start making buttons for other things like instant Taco Bell now if that happens we are all doomed in other news Google is expanding its operating system and no not Android I'm talking about Chrome OS which powers laptops and desktops there's a new gadget that can put the Chrome operating system on your TV it's called the chrome bit this stick plugs into an HDMI video port to turn any screen or monitor into a computer you just need to connect to a nearby Wi-Fi network and you're off the chrome bit stick will cost under $100 and is coming out this summer there are also some new Chromebook laptops coming out the Asus Chromebook flip has an all-metal design and it's a cross between a laptop and tablet it costs two hundred and fifty dollars high sense and Haier also announced new Chromebooks for one hundred and fifty dollars these are designed for students available for pre-order now Chromebooks are great if most of your work is done online remember it's not Windows you can't just download any Windows program on it Chromebooks make up about one third of the education market now in the US but window still holds on to the majority with thirty nine percent of computers in classrooms jay-z's title music service is making a splash with the support of more than a dozen big-name musicians to better compete with Spotify it now is offering a $10 monthly subscription that's the same price as Spotify title stands apart from Spotify in a few ways there no free version in fact there's a more expensive version $20 a month less Ustream higher quality audio it's similar to CD quality also musicians are part owners of title not just jay-z and Beyonce but we're talking Madonna Kanye West Alicia Keys Daft Punk and usher just to name a few title wants to change the tides so to speak on attitudes about pain for music because not all artists are happy with the state of streaming today but unless they launch songs exclusively on title there's not much reason to sign up over Spotify that's your tech news update and there's always more on cnet.com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey