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meerkat mania is upon us I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNN updated folks on this show it's my mission to make sure you're on top of everything trending and hot and technology I don't want you to be left behind because in social media things move pretty fast and right now you should know everyone is mere catting a meerkat is a cute fuzzy creature but it's also an app that lets you broadcast video live to your Twitter followers you have to have a Twitter account to watch a meerkat but this isn't owned by Twitter it's a separate species of social if you have the meerkat app you'll get push alerts when someone is live streaming video so you can jump on in and watch but you better act quick because once the stream ends the video broadcast is gone meerkats move fast if you're the one mere catting you can see who is watching your stream and people can shot with you but whatever you say on meerkat shows up on your Twitter feed to this is great for sharing something in real time as it's happening but it helps to be on Wi-Fi because you'll want a good connection for video and moving on to a different kind of streaming there are some more reports coming in about hbo's upcoming standalone streaming service sources say it will cost $15 a month and launch in April just in time for the start of a new season of Game of Thrones International Business Times says it'll be called HBO now and it'll be available on the Apple TV streaming box it's possible this app could also be on other boxes like the Roku but details are just unclear now this so-called HBO now would be a way to watch HBO without paying for cable or satellite service a month ago sling TV launched as a way to watch a dozen live TV channels over the internet for twenty dollars a month and the service just added IFC and AMC to the lineup for an extra five dollars a month you can get epics movie channels and Sundance TV if you're looking for other forms of digital entertainment rock band is back that's right dust off your plastic guitar because the karaoke jam sessions will return in rock band 4 coming to Xbox one and PlayStation 4 the creator's say old songs purchased will transfer over to the new system and your old instruments will still work if you kept them and if you're throwing an old school rock band party you may want to take advantage of Google's new a search feature ask Google how to make a cocktail and up pops step-by-step instructions be sure to get your most surest appease ready for apples watch events streaming Monday at ten a.m. pacific 1 p.m. eastern apple is expected to announce more details about the SmartWatch like pricing and availability and will likely see a few other products to be sure to keep it on scene at Monday for our live coverage from the event that's your tech news update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey