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it's time to get a taste of the lollipop and beware of bogus ads on Facebook I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the next version of the android operating system known as lollipop is now rolling out android tends to spread out its updates over time right now the lollipop upgrade is being pushed out to Moto X and G along with Nexus phones and tablets but some developers with a Nexus device seem to be having problems connecting to Wi-Fi after installing the update a few reports of this problem were posted to Google's bug report forum it seems like buggy software updates are part of the norm these days but if you have a device that lets you upgrade now head to seen it for your guide on all things lollipop the brand new Nexus 6 is loaded with lollipop and Sprint is the first to sell it for three hundred dollars with the usual two-year contract a teensy will have the phone on Tuesday for two hundred and fifty dollars with a contract t-mobile gets it Wednesday and verizon will also sell it but it hasn't set a date or price yet the newest amazon kindle e-readers are also getting a software update it lets you share books with family members accounts such as a spouse or partner the update also brings a feature called word wise short definitions appear automatically above difficult words for children expanding their vocabulary and people learning English the update will appear automatically on devices in the coming weeks or if you can't wait you can manually download it yourself changes are also coming to skype microsoft is testing a beta version of skype video chat service it'll work with a variety of browsers so you don't need to download a special skype app or plugin and in other news if you see an ad on facebook for cheap ray-ban sunglasses or discounted louis vuitton bags don't believe it cyber security researchers examined more than 1,000 facebook ads and found about twenty-five percent of ads for luxury fashion goods we're sending people to sites that sold counterfeits to get these scam ads all you have to do is like a few fashion brands and the ads start to target you these bargain ads were tied to websites from China that were trying to fool people into looking like the actual brand website the pages even have fake security logos to lure you into thinking it's safe facebook says it has a team to remove misleading ads but it didn't comment further now when you're looking for deals online this holiday season just remember if it sounds too good to be true it probably is that's your tech news update and there's always more as cnet com you could stay updated by following me on twitter and subscribing to our podcast from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey