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it's time to try a new facebook app to read more Facebook I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update as Facebook is turning 10 years old it seems like it was yesterday when college grads freaked out about the network opening access to their parents and not long after everyone was deleting their keg party pictures because suddenly the site was being used for job hunting after a decade and one point 23 billion users later facebook is being used by an entirely different generation that has grown up with smartphone messaging apps to avoid fading from existence like myspace and friendster Facebook is put in a focus on becoming more of a utility for content on your phone instead of just a place to message your friends on Monday it launched a separate app called paper it displays your Facebook feed as well as articles from major news outlets the facebook paper app launched to positive reviews but not everyone's happy with paper especially the original well-known app called paper that lets you sketch on your iPad yes the company behind the original paper app wrote a blog post calling facebook a bully by taking their established app name the original paper app is so well known that in 2012 it was named as the best app of the year by Apple in other news the online television service area is expanding to San Antonio this month bringing the service to a total of twelve metro areas Aereo is a cheap subscription service it starts at eight dollars a month and it lets you stream over-the-air broadcast channels to your computer your tablet even your big-screen TV using something like an Apple TV it also lets you record TV shows last week Aereo's sold out of capacity for New York City seems there was a rush of people signing up to watch the Superbowl and winter olympics Aereo is fighting legal battles against media companies that claim the video service is infringing on their copyrights by providing these broadcast signals there's a new smartphone game obsession and unless you enjoy being driven insane with frustration then I recommend staying away from flappy bird it's a simple concept of tapping your finger with the right timing to avoid having your bird hit a pipe a pipe that looks like it's from Super Mario Brothers but it is quite hard the free app has skyrocket to popularity last week on iOS and Android even though it's been around since may of 2013 this mindless game serves no point and it will suck you in with the belief that maybe you can figure it out while you keep trying nothing of value will be accomplished in your day you've been warned that's your tech news update but you get more details at cnet com / updates from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey