Gadgetory

oh hey youtube you look different today did you do something with your hair I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update google has given YouTube a bit of a makeover you might say it's a bit cleaner now I'm not talking about the comments I meant the layout everything is spaced out and there's a white background it looks more like the Google+ network Google's goal is to put a bigger emphasis on subscriptions and channels there's also a guide in the upper left corner that alerts users of new videos in a subscription list Foursquare has added event listings so a business can post when there's a trivia night book signing wine tasting and you can also check into the event foursquare is working to become more than just a tool for bragging to friends where you are it's taking on Yelp as a resource to find things to do and get reviews from friends letting businesses add their events is just another step in that direction and on a similar note Facebook made a change to its events feature now you can create a repeating event which is quite handy for people with regularly scheduled meetups you don't have to build one from scratch each time the Washington Post is planning to add a paywall for online news by this summer at least that's according to a report from The Wall Street Journal the post is one of the last national news media outlets that doesn't charge for content or put limits on how much can be accessed for free if you're tired of having to turn off your gadgets during a flight well so is the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission the agency is urging the Federal Aviation Administration to do what they can to enable more tablets e-readers and portable devices to be left on during takeoff and landing because let's be real we're all in a lot of trouble if a kindle can take down the plane and if you're out shopping for a new kindle tablet this holiday see what i did there you can find them at gamestop the video game retailer is carrying kindle fires in its stores and it's giving users $25 an amazon gift cards with purchase GameStop's are also giving customers $100 of credit for treating in an original kindle fire california is cracking down on apps that are not following a law that requires apps to post what they do with your personal information after not responding to a 30 day warning California sued the airline delta for failing to display its privacy policy in the description of its app the state's attorney general is seeking up to a two thousand five hundred dollars in damages for each copy of the app that has been downloaded it's already been downloaded more than a million times on Google Play so that could mean more than two billion dollars in damages just from Android users ouch that's your tech news update you can find links to all these stories on the blog sina com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey