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the iphone carrier circle will soon be complete I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update t-mobile will finally get the iphone t-mobile announced that it made a deal to sell apple products next year and John leger CEO of t-mobile USA said t-mobile will be targeting ATT heavily and sell it at a very competitive price he also said t-mobile has lost customers before because it didn't carry the popular phone t-mobile also will offer these less expensive service plans if you pay for the phone in full at once or over 20 monthly installments and if you want to upgrade before you pay it off you'll get trade-in value for it but that's not the only news from Apple some mac computer production will be done in the US of a apple chief tim cook so the company will be investing 100 million dollars to move some of the Mac production that's currently being done overseas this won't be a giant change it's likely that most parts will still be made in asia and the popular iPhone and iPad will still be manufactured abroad but bringing some of the jobs to the US does help apples image in an interview with Bloomberg Cook said this will begin next year some IMAX already have markings of being assembled in the USA Tim Cook is also dropping hints that Apple is working on a new television concept in an interview with NBC Cook said that changing the current state of television is quote an area of intense interest he didn't give away much else but it's no surprise that this is on Apple's radar the only question is when will this happen it's complicated to shake up the current deals between Network Studios and TV providers there are also a couple of changes in social media Google+ is introducing a feature called communities they can be public or private for people with the same interests to start hangouts and plan events Facebook is changing the wording of subscribe to follow more people are familiar with the term follow so Facebook is hoping it's more inviting to click the word follow music streaming service spotify announced its own follow feature so you can get music recommendations from different users and your Facebook friends Zynga is already virtual poker but it wants to get into real money gambling the game maker just filed an application with the Nevada Gaming Control Board according to The Wall Street Journal and finally be sure to take part in the scene at 100 contest you can win five thousand dollars by guessing what we think the top tech gadgets trends people and news events were of 2012 you have until Monday to enter and next week you can see how close your answers are to our list you can enter at cnet com / 100 that's your tech news update you can find links to all these stories on our blog sina com / update from our studios in New York iron Bridget Carey