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amazon isn't killing the fire phone just yet I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the Amazon fire phone was a major flop but it's not yet extinguished amazon senior vice president of devices has acknowledged that the phone was overpriced and that amazon is learning from its mistakes for the next release so the fire phone will be back amazon smartphone originally costs two hundred dollars with the contract but most people expected it to be priced cheaper than the competition with reviews complaining about a lack of apps overheating and poor battery life the fire fizzled fast in the US the price dropped to 99 cents but Amazon seems to be doing fine with its new streamer the fire TV stick it doesn't even come out until november nineteenth but shortly after pre-orders began it ran out of stock and it's now listed as being on backorder until january fifteenth so unless you were among the very first to order don't count on giving one is a holiday gift the blackberry messenger app has a new treat hopes to win you over you can now retract a message if you send something you regret or you can set a timer for how long a message can be seen that's similar to what's popular on snapchat now if you want to mask your identity on the web and surf anonymously you can use a browser called tor and when you use tor your IP address and location are hidden from any website you visit before today if you visited Facebook with tour the site didn't load right but now Facebook has created a special link for tor users so you can connect securely and this can also be helpful in countries where the government restricts internet access allowing more people to get on facebook without revealing their identity sony gave some PlayStation owners are good scare a glitchy system update to the ps4 is causing crashes some users say that when they enter a standby rest mode they can't wake up the console there also have been problems reported with uploading game clips to YouTube before downloading the 2 point 0 update check if Sony released a fixed version and if you already did download it while Sony suggests booting the so in safe mode to avoid problems a few days ago you heard about the Taco Bell app that lets you order your chalupas and gorditas ahead of time for pickup well other fast food chains are looking into doing the same thing when it comes to pain at a restaurant with your phone Starbucks has the most successful app but next year the app will let you place orders ahead of time and some areas will offer delivery so you won't have to drag your body out of the office to get a pumpkin spice latte that's your tech news update and you can always sink your teeth into more at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey