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it's time to play hide and seek with Facebook friends I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update if you are wondering where your friends are hanging out this weekend you can track them down with your Facebook app Facebook has a new mobile feature called nearby friends it tells you which Facebook friends are near your location this option is slowly being added to the accounts in the US over the next few weeks and when you get it you'll find it under the three lined more button most of the time it will share general info but if you're trying to meet up with a friend you can send him or her an exact pinpoint on a map of where you are for a short burst of time like say just for one hour and before you get all creeped out keep in mind this is optional and if you turn it on you can control which groups of friends can see your location and that's important because chances are you don't really feel all that close with all 500 of your Facebook acquaintances if this sounds familiar to you that's because Facebook did try this already in the summer of 2012 but Facebook quickly removed it because it was possible to let strangers know your location and that was uber creepy this time around Facebook has given you more control on sharing oh and if you're listed ages under 18 you will not be able to use this Facebook is also updating its separate news app called paper the whole point of paper is to be a place that highlights news stories and you can also scroll through your news feed without the ads but now Facebook through and more Facebook e features like birthday and event reminders and being able to insert a photo into a comment paper has been around for two months and it's not exactly a must have app Facebook editors curate a bunch of news stories they throw into categories like tech sports cute things no really cute is a section Facebook isn't sharing numbers on how many people are using paper it's only a matter of time before Facebook makes money off of it paper may eventually put Sponsored Stories in the stream and as for nearby friends maybe we'll get coupon for nearby businesses if the app is free you can count on ads we just learned that Samsung plans to put advertisements in its free music streaming service it has a weird name it's called milk music and it only is for people with a Samsung device Samsung's blog has a graphic that says the basic service will have ads but there will be a premium service coming soon without ads it'll cost four dollars a month and it'll come with some exclusive features to sweeten the deal that's your tech news update you can head to cnet.com for more details from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey