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hey I'm Emily Dreyfuss and I'm Kareem leafy and this is rumor has it the show where we round up the week's biggest tech room and then we vote on what sounds legit and what sounds like it won't ever happen and remember that you guys can vote with us look out for the pole in the interactive player if you're watching on cnet first up there was a management shakeup at Apple this week Apple's retail chief John Browett who wasn't even with the company a year was ousted according to several reports this wasn't surprising because he never really fit in an apple in a very surprising move iOS software chief scott forstall who headed the team that brought us such gems and Syrian Apple maps was also let go he'd been with the company for 15 years now according to The Wall Street Journal this was a crisis of manners citing people familiar with the matter the report says forestall was forced out after he refused to sign a letter apologizing for problems with Apple maps forestall apparently said that Apple could forgo an apology just like it did with antennagate remember that yeah I do remember that but at least with an antenna gate Apple gave away phone bumpers for free for a limited time maybe for stole wanted to give away paper maps for free because of the maps fiasco next up the updated version of Android jelly bean offers multiple user accounts but only on tablets not smartphones TechCrunch speculates that that's because Nokia owns the patents for that feature on phones I think that this rumor is just trying to scapegoat Nokia i'm trying to think of an instance when a multi user account would even be beneficial on a phone at least with tablets you can share it with friends or family maybe a special account for when you'll own the phone to a kid oh yeah like the kids korner feature that Windows Phone 8 just released this week so I don't think that Nokia is to blame I think that the multi-user thing is only available on tablets because that's where people would use it next up the New York Times reports that google is testing same-day delivery in San Francisco which would let you order items online and have them deliver to your home within a matter of hours and at least one national apparel chain is supposedly involved the time speculates that the move is to hedge against competing services from Amazon and eBay which are apparently also being tested the wall street journal reported this a year ago saying that google will melt its product search feature with a new quick shipping service that it will oversee but how it would work no one is saying Google wouldn't build warehouses or the infrastructure of the shipping service itself according to both reports now same-day delivery service isn't a new concept remember Cosmo or web fan those services were popular but they failed spectacularly but hopefully Google will bring an actual sustainable business model to the table I probably wouldn't pay extra for same-day shipping I don't even pay extra for two day shipping but maybe I'm the only one who feels that way there are actually things that i would pay extra for same-day shipping for like if you're having a party at night and you want them to deliver alcohol or a new outfit or cleaning supplies that you forgot or food i would pay a premium for that but the thing is this is the most vague rumor of all time no one is saying who would be doing the delivery not Google itself and certainly not usps with Google just as the middleman it's unclear what exactly its role would be is it just going to grease the wheel will it be hiring bike messengers the whole thing sounds to me like a lot of rhetoric and very little substance I do get why it's good idea I just don't see how they're going to pull it off so what do you guys think is Google on its way to offering same-day delivery would you mind paying for that same day delivery what would you order don't forget to vote or post your comments on the rumor has it blog we asked the cnet council members if they thought Google was testing a same-day shipping service the cnet councils composed of five editors who cast their votes anonymously their opinions are not an endorsement by Cena or CBS interactive obviously because these are rumors folks and the cnet verdict is no three out of five of our editors do not think that Google has the same day delivery service in the works that's our show everybody please share your rumors at rumor has it at cnet com or call us at 1 800 750 cnet and tweet us and with all the stress of worrying about our friends family and co-workers affected by Hurricane sandy we've decided to postpone my humiliation until next week to all our viewers on the East Coast stay warm and safe you