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it's time to let Siri take the wheel I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update several new vehicles this year will have software that works with iPhones the system is called apple carplay when an iPhone is plugged into the car the touchscreen dashboard displays a simple menu of iOS apps and drivers can use voice commands to control tasks and hopefully keep their eyes on the road ahead the carplay system taps into your calendar to suggest directions for upcoming meetings and appointments if you get a text message it reads it aloud and a driver can speak to send a reply it also of course can play music and podcasts from iTunes and it works with other streaming apps like Spotify I Heart Radio stitcher and beats radio car play will only work with the new iPhone models that's the five 5s and 5c but if you're more the Android type you'll like this news anyone that buys the new Samsung Galaxy s5 smartphone is going to get access to a bundle of free apps and subscription services worth $500 among the freebies customers can get one year of premium service with the personal trainer app RunKeeper there's a six month subscription to The Wall Street Journal a three month premium LinkedIn account three months of Evernote premium and six months of free storage on box worth 50 gigs and there are silver other offers just like that the galaxy s5 hit stores on April 11th for those of you that are still hanging on to Windows XP you'll start to see pop-up notifications from Microsoft urging you to upgrade because the system will no longer be supported next month that means Microsoft will not have updates for bug fixes and patches and on the 8th of every month starting this Saturday a pop-up will remind users of this until they turn off the reminder the XP operating system is 13 years old and it's still on about 30% of computers just two years ago it was still the dominant system with a 46 percent share and taking a giant leap from Windows let's talk about Chrome Samsung has a new Chromebook which is a laptop that runs Google's Chrome operating system the Samsung Chromebook 2 comes in two screen sizes there's an 11.6 inch and a 13 inch and they both had this fake leather cover that is stitched on the edges so it gets the Chromebook this classy feel that says I'm off to do business things with my business Chromebook these Chromebooks have skimpy storage 16 gigs because it's designed to do most of your work online in the cloud this is an option if you need a second computer in the house just for getting online the smaller model will cost about $300 and the 13-inch one is $400 and they go on sale next month that your tech news update but you can find more details at cnet.com from our studios in new york I'm Bridget Carey