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who would you trust with a spare key to your facebook account I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update if you ever get locked out of your Facebook account one of your best friends can help you get back in facebook has released a security feature called trusted contacts and it's another way for you to recover your password you can assign three to five friends that you trust to give access to your account if you're having trouble logging in if you're locked out these special friends get a security code and they can send that code back to you as a key to get back in but you need at least three of these keys for it to work so you better have some reliable friends as the first units of google glass are released into the wild we're starting to see apps built for it one glass developer has already released an app called winky I'll its you wink to take a photo so the next time someone with glass gives you the how you doing wink it could be to take your picture and if someone's wearing glass while having a sneeze attack then maybe it'll end up with lots of blurry photos of the floor you can now tag a photo on Instagram just like on facebook because well Instagram is owned by Facebook the Instagram apps for Apple and Android devices have been updated to include photo tagging as well as the ability to browse photos of you and other people if you're tagged in a photo you get a notification and from there you can choose whether to publicly display the image on your own profile before this the only way you would be alerted of a photo of you is if someone took the time to mention your username in a caption google has added a new feature to its Google+ video chat hangouts now hangouts can be a way to show someone what's on your desktop screen and have them take control of your computer from afar if you need tech help the app requires permission of your friend or family member and to use it start a hangout click view more apps and then add the app called hangouts remote desktop if you have a new key reader Barnes & Noble just launched a new type of ebook sale every weekend a bogo buy one best-selling ebook get a second free but you have to be in the brick and mortar store to buy the electronic books and you get a code to redeem it at home strange yes but if you got a store near you I guess the deal is a deal here at cnet we pride ourselves in keeping you abreast of all Angry Birds news the latest game to hatch from the series is angry birds friends it was something you could play on Facebook but now it's flying into app stores for Apple and Android devices this free game has a social network twist you can compete against your Facebook friends to see who is better at taking down those thieving piggies that's your tech news update you can find more details at cnet com / update and always follow along on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey