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it's time to boost those business networking skills or just draw some doodles I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update linkedin has launched a new app called contacts and it helps keep track of the people you know what they're up to and the last things you spoke about it's as if your contacts app also helped remind you of what's new with the person and what you both have in common contacts right now is in limited release for the desktop and as an iphone app and it pulls in multiple dress books email accounts and Calendar apps into one database of course if you really want to be a power networker I bet you'll make new contacts by buying a cup of coffee for Apple CEO Tim Cook it'll just cost you a few hundred thousand dollars Cook is auctioning off the chance to have an hour-long meeting with him over coffee and the money goes to the robert f kennedy center for justice and human rights right now the highest bidder is giving a hundred and eighty thousand dollars that's one price teacup joke every year in June the video game industry descends upon Los Angeles to attend the e3 conference to get the first look at upcoming games and consoles well don't expect to hear much from Nintendo the company said they will not be having a major showcase like they usually do because well the wii u already launched and they'll instead just be doing smaller presentations on the upcoming wii u games but there will still be plenty to talk about at the show with the new xbox and playstation consoles coming out soon you'll start to see some green dots next to your friends posts on facebook facebook is putting these green dots next two names in the news feed to remind you that you should be messaging your friends because they are online right now Facebook calls them presents dots yet another thing I'm going to have to turn off but if you are the chatting type on facebook and you also happen to be the fitness type check out Nikes new FuelBand application for Apple devices the Apple its users quickly share details about a workout on facebook with tagged photos and info about your location and now you can compete against friends with your fitness goals Yahoo is trying to lure you back to the site with free clips of Saturday Night Live yahoo users will be able to access a 38-year archive of clips and performances it's as irresistible as a land shark with a candygram that was an obscure reference to an old SNL skit if you couldn't get enough of the pictionary rip off draw something well I actually think we did get enough of it because most of us stopped playing it well you're in for a treat because Zynga has launched draw something 2 the sequel to the drawing guessing game now players can use new drawing tools and get social by liking or commenting on a drawing as well as follow other users that's your tech news update you'll find more details on these stories at cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey