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CNET Update - Instagram-Twitter feud fudges photos

2012-12-05
watch where you crop that photo I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update there's drama brewing between Instagram and Twitter the two companies are competing for your attention and a recent change is causing some Instagram photos shared on Twitter to appear cropped Instagram suddenly stopped supporting a photo preview feature in Twitter it's called Twitter cards and when you pulled up someone's tweet you could see a photo already nicely loaded on the page it still looks fine if you're on the desktop website but tweets on the mobile app are showing photos cropped this has created a bad user experience because not only do you see a cut-off photo but you have to take another step to click the Instagram link to see the full photo of course Instagram wants those clicks now that it's building its web presence sure it's all part of business but don't they understand that this drama just annoys and pushes away users and I hope you're sitting down because get ready for this we already have rumors about the next iPhone I know the iphone 5 just came out in September but a French website is posting what appears to be leaked images of iphone 5s parts the outside looks the same but oh my gosh the screws inside are in different places what could it mean Netflix just made a huge movie deal with Disney in three years Netflix will be the only u.s. subscription TV service to show Disney own movies this is the first time netflix has made a deal with a major Hollywood studio and netflix has struggled to get quality movies in its lineup most movies won't be on the service till 2016 but they cut a deal to get some older titles on there right now like Dumbo Pocahontas and Alice in Wonderland amazon just launched a new children's service on the kindle tablet it's called kindle freetime unlimited that gives kids access to a wide library of books games apps and videos but parents will have to pay a monthly fee Prime members can get it for three dollars a month for one child and non Prime members the cost starts at five dollars a month its aim for kids between three and eight years old for those of you with a sonos speaker system and an iphone or ipad sonos updated its app for iOS 6 dream music saved on your apple device it's kind of like airplay and there's a new feature coming to the Wii U google street view users will be able to pan around a map by holding up the gamepad controller and moving around it'll be available as a free download in the wii u eshop starting in january but after march it won't be free to download that's your tech news update you can find links to all of these stories on the blog sina com / update from our studios in new york I'm Bridget Carey
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