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Apple's giving you money back and Google's trying to conserve your data plan I'm sure I tipped in in for Bridget Carey this is your cnet update remember all those boosters your kids bought and candy crush well now Apple is going to pay you back the company has reached a deal with the Federal Trade Commission to refund at least thirty 2.5 million dollars for in-app purchases it also will change its billing tactics to receive Express informed consent before charging users Apple said the settlement doesn't require it to do anything it wasn't already planning to do Apple may be forking over money for in-app purchases but it's going to make a lot more by selling its devices in china china mobile the world's biggest character will start offering the iphone on friday it's not too surprising that Apple CEO Tim Cook is incredibly optimistic about the partnership as he told publications like The Wall Street Journal he even hinted there could be more in store from the two companies but for now Apple could sell millions of phones to china mobile customers that could give it a big boost against Samsung and other rivals who are already taking the lead in the country in other news Google's rolling out some tweaks to Chrome that make the browser a little more user-friendly an update from the company on Tuesday bruh a tab indicator to tell you when a site is streaming audio that way you can figure out where those pesky sounds are coming from without going through every single window and wednesday google added a compression tool to mobile versions of chrome that can lower your bandwidth usage by almost fifty percent it also could save you money on your wireless bills that's good news for all of us who've been kicked off of our unlimited data plans the National Security Agency is added again or at least we're learning more about it spy tactics the new york times has reported that the government agency uses radio waves to access and change data on computers that happens even when they're not connected to the internet the NSA has also installed surveillance software on nearly 100,000 computers around the world the report comes only a few days before President Obama is expected to announce NSA reforms those could include calling for privacy safeguards for foreigners for all of you nervous about NSA spying new android phone called the black phone might be what you need the device is powered by a security oriented build of Android called private OS it should let users make and receive calls exchange secure text transfer and store files and also video chat the phone will be shown at Mobile Congress next month and pre-orders will start at the end of February that's your tech news update but you can find more details at cnet com / update and you can always keep up with the latest stories by following me on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm sharra tip Kim