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Netflix gets an Oscar nod while t-mobile is holding a Macklemore concert of its own I'm sure I chipkin in for Bridget Carey this is your cnet update the Academy Awards are making room for the digital set while kinda Netflix got its first Oscar nomination on Thursday for the square the documentary profiles the Egyptian revolution from the view of young activists in the country the video site calls the film a netflix original but it actually played in theaters and film festivals before Netflix got involved that's lucky for the company though or it wouldn't have been nominated at all t-mobile CEO John ledger gets to see the Macklemore and Ryan Lewis concert after all the company plans to hold a concert in Los Angeles for 1400 fans on january 23rd seen its very own Roger Cheng got leger kicked out of the 18 tea party at CES by tweeting a photo with him we'll see if any 18t people try to sneak into this one another big-name CEO will headline the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona next month Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg will deliver the keynote address to open the show meanwhile Facebook is taking another cue from Twitter the social networking giant has introduced a trending feature that shows popular topics on the site for now Facebook trending is only on the web Facebook and Twitter are battling to become the main social network for sharing news and they're sure to keep stealing ideas from each other speaking of theft target is still doing massive damage control from its data breach over the holidays if you are one of the unlucky customers to get hacked the company will give you a year of free credit monitoring that's the risk from experian is that it 191 dollars but you need to register online before April 23rd to get the benefit one online retailer may be making a bigger push to attract brands eBay is said to be working on a new site called the plaza according to an analyst firm we really don't know much about this right now except that will be more controlled than the wild west of the ebay auction site the analysts at companies will be able to sell products directly to customers through the plaza rather than through the traditional eBay site that way they won't have to worry about hurting their brands by appearing next to second-hand goods ebay could launch the new marketplace this bring the analyst said samsung's new galaxy tablet has been rumored for awhile but the company finally made it official the company on Thursday announced the galaxy tab 3 light a new 7-inch tablet many features are similar to the full galaxy tab 3 but the light version is well lighter Samsung is touting its slimmer more portable design but it didn't share any details about pricing or when you can actually buy this thing the full galaxy tab 3 cells for two hundred dollars that's your tech news update but you can find more details at cnet com / update and you can always keep up with the latest stories by following me on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm sharra Tipton