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the sticker wars have begun I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene at updates you may have noticed that Facebook recently added the option to send cute expressive cartoon images in private messages facebook calls them stickers well Facebook just added a new sticker pack this time characters are animated it's all free right now on Facebook but it's only a matter of time before people start paying facebook for more stickers just take a look at the social networking app path stickers are one of the main ways path makes money and path just added a two dollar sticker pack featuring peanuts characters Charlie Brown Snoopy you know all the gang ladies and gentlemen we have entered the era of the social media sticker Wars but the only way I paid for stickers is if they had a Lisa Frank pack irresistible a frequent complaint about Twitter is that the stream of updates can just feel like lots of noise well Twitter seems to be looking into how it can filter tweets to show you what's being said near your location All Things D reports Twitter's testing a way to show you tweets being sent near you even if you don't follow that person and maybe it can help you discover something cool going on and you know what else people complain about how the Wii U is slow when you try to load menus or switch apps well Nintendo just pushed out a major system update that is said to speed things up and for those of you who want to download classic games the Virtual Console library will soon have more titles to purchase would you pick up an Android notebook for 200 bucks executives at Intel said some android based notebooks with intel mobile processors will hit stores at prices as low as 200 dollars within the next few months these could likely be tablet hybrids with detachable keyboards AT&T is now in the home security business and launched a new home security and remote monitoring offering called digital life and a subscription for it starts at 30 bucks a month Verizon and Comcast also offer their own security services and we end this update with an important bulletin last update you heard the news about Tim Cook the CEO of Apple auction off one hour of his time for charity as a Friday afternoon the bid to have a cup of coffee with Cook has exceeded half a million dollars the bidding remains open until May fourteenth so if you got the cash you can still have the chance to become Tim Cook's new BFF if you had the chance what would you talk about for an hour share your suggestions on what the winner should do in the comments or send it out that's your tech news update you'll find more details on these stories at cnet com / update or you can follow along on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey