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it's time to teach your phone new tricks get creeped out about privacy settings and tag up the office I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update samsung unveiled its newest Galaxy smartphone the s3 and it's got some serious specs that will challenge the iphone it's fast with a quad-core processor it'll be loaded with the latest version of Android but its most notable highlights or what it can do the camera comes with features like face detection tagging and a burst mode where it can take six images a second there are also new voice commands you could teach your phone tricks such as having it turn on every time you say hello galaxy voice commands are built into the security so instead of typing a password have it unlock when it sees your face and hears your voice the phone also will let you watch your video while doing other tasks just shrink the video and let it play anywhere on the screen while you browse the web or send a text message the phone can also transfer large files between devices over Wi-Fi and according to Samsung the galaxy s3 will hit us stores this summer in both hspa+ and 4G LTE varieties there are some scary privacy statistics coming from consumer reports out of the 150 million Facebook users in the United States nearly 13 million people do not use Facebook privacy settings some people are open because they don't care to protect their data and many said they weren't even aware of privacy settings to some this may not be a big deal but all that public data is a goldmine for malicious people or sleazy companies that can use that information against you in other news we're watching toyota will debut the rav4 EV on Monday it's Toyota's all-electric SUV that had developed with Tesla Motors price and availability have not been announced yet we know more now about why target will stop selling Amazon's Kindle put simply target cease Amazon as the enemy the New York Times reports that target is fed up with Amazon's marketing tactics that encourage people to go into stores shop around scan items and then leave to buy it for cheaper through Amazon new action links are popping up around Facebook giving users a new way to interact with posts for example if you check in on Foursquare and share it on Facebook devel can add a link below the map that says save this place click it and a friend can say the place to their Foursquare to do list and today we're keeping our eye on the App wallet that's wall IT using augmented reality you can throw up a virtual wall anywhere and write a message on it hold the camera up to a spot snap a photo and see who else has tagged that area it's pretty new i found it to be a little buggy but it can be a quirky way to leave your mark on places you visited that's your tech news update for today stay updated on all the latest news at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm originary