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prepare to wait if you want a piece of android kitkat I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update before we get started with today's news say hello to the new studio for cnet update I'll continue to bring you a daily roundup of top tech stories in under three minutes but now I'll just be doing it with a backdrop that has a little more pizzazz after Google unveiled the new android kitkat operating system everyone is wondering when the update will arrive on their phones the short answer is unless you have a nexus product you'll be waiting a while KitKat was designed to work with all phones even models with older technology but the rollout all depends on the device makers first to get KitKat in a few weeks will be the more recent google nexus devices as well as the pure Android Google Play editions of the galaxy s4 and HTC One everything else is a little foggy on the details several HTC One phones will get it in three months Motorola will give it to the new droids on verizon as well as the Moto X but we don't know how long that's gonna take and no word about Samsung's popular Galaxy devices LG and sony also have not shared details but as we say hello to a new Android operating system Google pulled the plug on an older service called I google which let you customize your google homepage with different widgets we knew this day was coming Google said it was planning to end it over a year ago and that's not the only dead tech this week panasonic announced its ending production of plasma televisions in December and it will stop selling plasma TVs by march panasonic plasmas have been seen as favorite TV for years because of their picture quality but plasma has been losing market share every year to LCD Amazon keeps pumping in new perks for Prime members the service will now offer a free kindle book every month ahead of the titles official release date the program is called Kindle first but it's only for these lesser-known books that are released by amazon publishing a prime subscription costs eighty dollars a year and aside from free two-day shipping it also throws in free kindle book borrowing and free streaming from a select movies and TV shows today's apt to watch is a messaging app called line you may not have heard about it yet but it's big in Asian countries and it's one of the first apps to make digital stickers popular line is hoping to grow its us audience with the help of Hello Kitty it's launching hello kitty messaging stickers to us members as a way to compete against other messaging apps that are big with teenagers like whatsapp and kick the line app also offers free voice over IP calling that's your tech news update but you can get more details on the show blog sina com / update and be sure to follow along on Twitter for the latest from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey