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Facebook is getting more like Twitter yet again I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update hashtags have landed on Facebook the system of using a hash symbol before word became popular first on Twitter as a way to link to other posts on the same topic and pretty much every Network has done the same for a while now-like tumblr pinterest google+ and instagram with facebook finally joining this trend it means you might find yourself spending more time on Facebook as you dig deeper into a conversation to see what other people and pages are saying about a topic these clickable hashtags are just rolling out to users now on the website but over time it'll be on mobile and Facebook will also show trending hashtags 3d TV continues to fizzle ESPN has confirmed that it will stop broadcast in its 3d channel at the end of the year and instead it's going to focus on new television technology perhaps like 4k which is ultra high-definition the news came as a tweet from an employee who said it was due to limited viewer adoption of 3d services to the home ESPN was a trailblazer into 3d and it launched the channel in 2010 when the 3d TV craze was at its peak could your next living room game system be your iPad that streams to an Apple TV with the release of Apple's new mobile operating system iOS 7 companies now have the green light to make officially certified game controllers to work with iOS devices we've seen companies try to make game controllers for ipad games before like the icade which was just pretending to be a bluetooth keyboard and some of these only work with a limited number of games but with Apple allowing game controller accessories we could see universal controllers that can easily work with many games logitech and power a are two companies making controllers we just don't know what they would look like there's yet another version of the galaxy s4 this one is called the s4 active and it's being sold by AT&T if you're rough with your smartphone this might be a good choice since it says its resistant to dust and doesn't get water damaged as easily as other phones and the screen has Gorilla Glass so it's harder to scratch it goes on sale at 18 teen next week on 21st for two hundred dollars there are a total of five types of galaxy s4 models there's the original samsung model the s4 Google edition that makes it a pure Android Nexus device the s4 mini and the s4 zoom and today's featured app is one that makes life a little easier for Android users Google came out with an app called Cloud Print and Alyss Android users print photos and documents wirelessly you can see if your printer is compatible on the cloud print website that your tech news update you can find more details on these stories at cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey