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the wii u woes have already begun i'm jeff bakalar filling in for Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update bad news for day one we you buyers the company has announced that the TV service which was promised to be available at launch will now not be live until sometime in December in addition streaming services like Netflix Hulu Plus youtube and Amazon Instant Video will not be going live for another few weeks this is certainly a blow for Nintendo which can't seem to get things ready for any launch you'll recall the 3ds launched without access to the virtual a shop store either this is not a good start Nintendo in other news twitter is finally adding the ability to email tweets directly from the twitter stream something third party apps have been allowing for plenty of time the idea is to get more non Twitter people aware of the service and encourage participation movie-theater chain cinemark is taking on an ambitious new initiative to combat disturbing cell phone use in its theaters the company has introduced sinha mode an app that will remind moviegoers to silence their phones before a film begins better yet the app will be tied to a reward system the customers can use towards discounted tickets and concessions it might sound a bit crazy dangling a box of goobers in front of a rowdy audience but anything to get them to shut up is okay with me not a fan of vacuuming well who is so you've probably heard of rumba the robotic vacuuming disk that can be set on autopilot to clean a room well now it can leave a fresh smelling scent wherever it goes as well robot addons has introduced room aroma which is an attachment for Roomba that will dispense a pleasant smelling fragrance anywhere your Roomba travels the accessory starts at $25 and refills are twenty dollars and finally gmail has quietly updated the service with a neat little sorting trick that should make navigating through emails a bit easier starting now gmail users will have the ability to sort their inbox by size it may not seem like a big deal but those who get a ton of email attachments and need to conserve cloud space will certainly find the feature helpful that's your tech news update you can find links to all of these stories on the blog cnet com / update please follow me on Twitter and check out the 404 show everyday at cnet com / the 404 from our Studios here in New York City I'm Jeff Bakalar