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looks like cat fishing season has just begun I'm Richard Carey and this is your cnet update a couple of app perks are popping up in the news today Facebook has updated its messenger app for the iPhone and iPod touch allowing people in the US to make free voice calls over Wi-Fi or data connection to their Facebook friends that means ipod touch users have another way to turn their touch into a phone or iphone users can use it to save money while over a Wi-Fi connection this feature was first made available to Canadian users as a test but is now coming out to the state's iphone users also confined by music from amazon amazon launched its mp3 store for iphone and ipod touch users but the catch is that purchases have to be made through the Safari web browser not through any of Amazon's apps so you'll have to go to amazon.com / mp3 it's still not as smooth as doing it straight through itunes but hey it's another option and any music bought from amazon is automatically accessible in the cloud player app which works across multiple devices the cloud storage service mediafire is now available as an app for android and what makes it interesting is that it gives you 50 gigs of free online storage space with no strings attached the app already has been out for iOS users mediafire lets you view documents and photos stream audio watch videos and share files with others but unlike Dropbox there's no option to do a batch upload and everything has to be uploaded manually and Yelp the website that has user ratings on restaurants and businesses will now be adding health code ratings for restaurants in San Francisco and New York where these scores are already posted in front of stores Yelp is working with governments to import the grades given to these establishments by now you've heard of the controversy surrounding the fake girlfriend of notre dame linebacker manti te'o as of this report there are still questions that need to be answered but the gist of it is that he says he was a victim of a social media hoax and something referred to as catfishing where someone created a fake social media profile and poses as a made-up person to lure someone into an online relationship the football player Te'o says for a year he this girl was a real person and they talked online and over the phone and he also believed her when she told them she got in a car accident I was fighting leukemia it even became a news story when this person died of leukemia on a game day the concept of falling in love with someone over social media even a person isn't real has everyone talking so I want to hear from you have you been involved in catfishing or know someone who has or do you believe it's possible to fall in love with someone over social media send an email with your thoughts to update at cnet com or you can shoot me a quick video message using tout that's your tech news update you can get links to all the stories i mentioned at our blog sina com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey