the secret behind the next big
smartphone is apparently in the hands of
a tween I'm Bridget Carey and this is
your cnet update samsung will be
revealing the highly anticipated galaxy
s4 next week on Thursday but there's
speculation swirling about the
smartphones features rumors say it could
have an eight-core processor a 5-inch
screen two weeks of ram and a 13
megapixel camera on the back we'll have
to see what exactly is true though on
March 14th and to get people buzzing
about the phone samsung released a
teaser video about the event but to be
blunt it's a pretty bad video it's about
how Samsung is trusting the secrets of
the s4 to this really annoying kid and
instead of getting you excited about the
s4 and leave you questioning what was
Samsung thinking usually their ads are
pretty clever it ends on a to be
continued message so i guess samsung
will push out a few more of these
embarrassing videos before it launches
there's an independent film that's
making its premiere exclusively on xbox
live it's a british comedy called pulp
and this is the first time any movie has
been only available on xbox live and
speaking of videos the YouTube app on
iOS has a new feature well it's a
feature that Android users have had for
some time now so it's just new for Apple
folks it's called send to TV and it lets
you take a video you're watching on your
phone or tablet and have it play on your
TV you just need a smart TV or some
device with a youtube app like an xbox
wii or ps3 you can get a tutorial on how
to do this on cnet com you may have seen
the concept for a product called the
social Matic camera it's a square camera
that looks like the instagram app icon
and you can print photos right from it
like a Polaroid but you add filters
before you print well it's going to be a
reality next year and the socialmatic
will be a Polaroid branded camera would
you purchase something on facebook just
by leaving a comment with the word bye
keep your eye on a service called
Chirpify because it's now working with
companies on facebook to let you buy
item
with a simple one word comment the key
is that you first have to register your
info on the trip fi website then when
you type the word by Bui on a comment
you'll get charged and the item ships to
you Chirpify has already been doing this
with Twitter and Instagram but it
recently tested the service on Facebook
with the country singer Tim McGraw
leading his fans purchases latest album
with a comment and adidas also tried it
out selling limited-edition gear to
soccer fans that's your tech news update
you can find more details on these
stories at the blog sina com / update
from our studios in New York I'm Bridget
Carey
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