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it's the final countdown for BlackBerry's next phone I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update research in motion began talking about a new operating system over a year ago but we finally have the date of when the new blackberry 10 operating system and new smartphones will arrive on january thirtieth you'll see the first two blackberry 10 phones one is a full touchscreen device and the other looks a lot like the current bold product line with a physical keyboard this is BlackBerry's best shot at a turnaround but is it too late many business users have already switched to iPhones and Android phones Facebook is always testing out new features and the latest is the ability to reply directly to a comment instead of just replying to the original post and mentioning the person's name so it's like a comment within a comment Facebook is also testing notification sounds some users already hearing a little ping every time there's activity on their page but the sounds can be turned off in settings for those of you that recently bought a windows phone 8 device a preview of the skype app is now available to download but some features are still being worked on like getting a call when the app is closed Microsoft is on the fast track to replace live messenger with skype as a primary voice and instant message chat service YouTube will cut funding to about half of the channels at back last year to create original programming according to add age YouTube will keep funding about forty percent of the original content providers but some won't learn their fate for another few weeks a year ago YouTube challenge the cable industry by investing a hundred million dollars into the development of dozens of YouTube channels but just like cable not all shows get picked up for a second run apple and HTC have ended two years of a bitter patent dispute they came to a ten-year joint licensing agreement for all current and future patents from both companies they didn't share the financial details but one analysts estimates that Apple will be getting about six to eight dollars in licensing fees for every HTC phone sold looking ahead we'll be hearing more about a new droid phone from verizon the droid DNA HTC was expected to announce the droid DNA in new york on tuesday but verizon accidentally spilled the beans early on its website and then quickly took down all mentions of the droid DNA the smartphone is set to have a 5-inch screen android 4.1 jelly bean but the full specs will be announced soon also there's a report that a preview version of internet explorer 10 for windows 7 pcs will be available to download Tuesday that your tech news update you can find links to all of these stories on the blog sina com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey