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there's more to stream on Apple TV I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the Apple TV streaming box has added HBO go and watch ESPN these apps tap into HBO shows in ESPN broadcast but you can only access them if you already pay for cable there's also Sky News and a crunchy roll app for anime Apple TV owners could have watched video before from an ipad or iphone app and then just streamed it to their TV sets using the airplay feature it's just that now they can pull up the videos directly from the Apple TV box oh and there are some weird exceptions the HBO Go app isn't available for direct TV or charter subscribers and those with dish or directv can't use the ESPN app thanks lawyers iPhone users don't have to suppress their emoticons any longer on facebook in the latest version of the iOS app facebook users can add little Smiley's and other faces to their status updates it's something people could already do on the desktop website including adding graphics for when you're watching something reading or eating but keep in mind when you share that you're watching or reading something specific like say the great gatsby the book is going to be added to the books section of your profile but aside from the silly stuff the update does have an important new feature you can change the privacy settings on the post that you've already shared that security feature was also just added to the Android app in the latest twist of the National Security Agency surveillance saga google has filed a motion in court arguing that it has the First Amendment right to share how many data requests it gets from NSA companies including Microsoft Facebook and Apple have been asking for the ability to share the type and the number of data requests from the NSA but the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has enforced a gag order on these companies to prevent them from sharing any statistics sony released an update to the PlayStation 3 that caused a serious glitch for many users ps3 owners took to the forums to complain that the four-point 45 update caused the system to freeze during bootup sony has pulled this update is investigating some commenters on Sony's forum say they can still boot into safe mode which is perhaps how they can update the console again once Sony releases a fix and for all my fellow geeks out there that grew up with Bill Nye the Science Guy there's now a bill night app in itunes to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the show so now you can make sure a younger generation gets their bill nye fix with access to old episodes games and instructions for some easy science experiments that's your tech news update you can find more details on these stories at cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey