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it's time to get out the vote for your favorite lunch spot I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update foursquare is getting more competitive with Yelp the check-in network just launched a reading system for local businesses users of the iOS app can rate a place on a 10 point score which is a lot like what Yelp does but Foursquare says the rating system also calculates in users tips popularity loyalty and the number of check-ins although foursquare is shredding on yelps territory yelp has been creeping in on Foursquare space to highlight the connections of your friends activity such as their check-ins photos and tips yup also rolled out a change to its app Apple and Android users can now just pull up restaurant menus and see photos and reviews of each item amazon prime is now offering a payment option of eight dollars a month the same price as Netflix and Hulu previously you had to sign up for amazon prime subscription in a year lump sum of eighty dollars and then option is still available it's about twenty percent cheaper than going month to month but having that monthly option is just another way Amazon's trying to take on the other streaming video services prime is more than just video it lets customers borrow thousands of Kindle e-books and it includes free two-day shipping on millions of items in other news Instagram users are gain web profiles before there was no real home page for a user how to use the Instagram app to look up someone's feed but now users get their own URL at instagram.com / username you still need the app to upload photos though amazon lockers will be at staple stores a staples spokeswoman spilled the news to reuters amazon has already been putting lockers in different grocery stores and markets since the pickup service launched last year you see instead of having a small package to deliver to your home you could pick it up for free at a locker and there's a report that Microsoft is working on a surface tablet just for the Xbox the verge has unnamed sources saying that this xbox surface would have a smaller 7-inch display and we've heard rumors of an Xbox surface back in June it sounds like this would be Microsoft's product for really pushing SmartGlass the new feature that lets you interact with games and navigate media on your Windows tablet speaking of games halo 4 came out tuesday and our viewers are calling this the best halo game yet developer Bungie has passed the Halo franchise on to 343 industries which will be making a brand new trilogy of Halo games you would think this is just another tired attempt to make money off the popular series but it was said to be a refreshing improvement and a must buy for anyone who likes first-person shooters that your tech news update for today you can find links to all of today's stories on the blog sina com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey