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how does Facebook News make you feel I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update brace yourselves Facebook is adding more emoticons I'm not just talking about converting the smiley face that you type in a post I mean status updates that give you the option to show what mood you're in based on an emoticon you can also pick icons if you're hungry icons if you're drinking tea icons if you're reading icons if you're watching TV what does this remind me of let's say something I use 10 years ago on livejournal Facebook is not saying much about the feature except that this is a really small test and there's no word if this be rolled out to everyone but something Facebook is launching now is a new type of gift card the facebook card can be used at jamba juice olive garden sephora and target the idea is that you can purchase this multitasking gift card within facebook's gifts menu and send it off to a friend facebook already offers the option to send physical gifts to your friends this is just an extension of that if you're giving this card you have to specify this store you're giving the gift for they can't just use it anywhere but several friends can give you money on this card for multiple stores and if you just keep it in your wallet it'll auto refill the next time you get a gift one thing Facebook is not doing is building a phone CEO Mark Zuckerberg made that clear during a recent company earnings call he said it would not be the right strategy for facebook the social network reported that it is seen fifty-seven percent growth in mobile users each month and right now there are six hundred and eighty million users active on mobile each month twitter also has some news to share it's rolling out improvements to photo and video viewing now users can view enlarged photos directly on the page instead of having to go to another link and videos shared are showing up on the photo gallery of your profile the tivo integration feature on the wii u has been delayed it was scheduled to come out in January but nintendo now says it will come out later this year also delayed is an update that brings google street view to the game system during an earnings call Nintendo's president said that since the Wii U is already being sold below its manufacturing costs there are plans to mark down the price for square the network for checking in to where you are has released a best of guide based on more than 3 billion check-ins and tips likes and dislikes pick from 30 cities across the u.s. and it shows the top places users visited it's yet another move by 4 squared to become more like a tool for finding good places and going against sites like Yelp that your tech news update for more details on today's stories you can head to the blog sina com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey