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remember to charge your SmartWatch before hunting dinos I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update before we talk about dinosaurs first some Amazon news if you're in need of a handyman or computer technician you can now shop for one on amazon the retail giant launched a new service to connect you to local service providers like plumbers electricians and car mechanics the idea is that if you shop for something like a home network router you may also see a listing to hire someone to hook it up for you amazon shows a list of businesses nearby and their estimated prices you pay when the service is complete now i'm sure this sort of thing makes Yelp and Angie's List a bit nervous but not everything from Amazon succeeds for example the fire phone which she flopped but Amazon just slashed the price by fifty five percent down to two hundred dollars and it's unlocked meaning no contract required the retailer is doing what it can to clear inventory and that offer ends after Cyber Monday and speaking of deals twitter is now testing a new feature called twitter offers where advertisers tweet out rebate coupons but it's a bit tricky first when you see an offer you need to sign up and hand over your credit card info then when you use that credit card to pay for the deal in the store you get the money back on your credit card statement brands are experimenting with new ways to connect on Twitter and mobile take for example a promotion that just launched for Game of Thrones to promote the season 5 HBO created the site three-eyed Raven calm which sends teasers to you by text messages or Twitter direct messages and finally I like to turn your attention to the new trailer for Jurassic world the highly anticipated fourth installment in the Jurassic Park film series it's coming out next year and like any geeky fan I wanted to go frame by frame to find clues to this movie and there's actually quite a bit of technology featured the theme park has opened and in this universe we've accomplished great feats in genetics but people still take photos with their tablets we also see an advanced control center with some big screen samsung tvs and giant tablet tables and then suddenly we see a SmartWatch and oh my perhaps more frightening than the dripping blood is that this person is wearing the original Samsung Galaxy gear watch with a little camera on the strap equipping your staff with these mediocre models is the first sign you should not be in charge of an island of dinosaurs Spielberg you could do a product placement did you ever stop to think if you should I realize these films cost a lot to make and you spare no expense but if you're hunting dinos your team needs gear with more features and it must go faster that's your tech news update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey