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it's time to rate your lunch double down on secrets and lose the hash bang I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene at update the google plus social network you know the network none of your friends use has added a new reviews feature so users can rate and leave comments about local establishments it's called Google+ local and through the new local icon on the left hand side you can search for specific places or general topics and it shows photos of the place you can also upload your own photos and even if you don't use google plus you'll start to see these ratings pop up around google search and maps so apples chief executive Tim Cook had an open chat with reporters on stage at the all things digital conference on Tuesday and he didn't give any clues to upcoming products but that you really think he would he did however make some interesting comments to sum it up he wouldn't confirm or deny an apple television was in the works he vowed that under his command apple will double down on keeping products a secret he said Cirie will be getting new features soon and when it comes to Steve Jobs he said you never felt any pressure to try and be steve or replace him rather he's just focused on what he can do to be the best CEO for Apple Xbox 360 users can now access amazon instant streaming video which requires a subscription to Amazon Prime the service has been available on roku and the PlayStation 3 twitter is updating its site to load faster and twitter is getting rid of the hash bang in the URL that's the hashtag and ! I don't even know is called a hash bang it's just a fun thing to say what is such a fun term have to go away Reuters reports that the Federal Trade Commission announced it is investigating Facebook's proposed purchase of Instagram for a billion dollars the Commission is asking Facebook for data so it can ensure the deal complies with antitrust law an old lawsuit is finally getting some action in 2009 the band no doubt sued Activision for how the game band hero portrayed Gwen Stefani's avatar well that case is now set to be heard by a jury we see when a player unlocks the no doubt characters in the game it means Gwen any song and the group took issue with that in particular the lawsuit points out how the game can have Duensing Rolling Stones honky tonk women resulting in quote and unauthorized performance by the gwen stefani avatar in a male voice boasting about having sex with prostitutes essentially the lawyers are saying if it's not her song don't speak she's not just a girl and if they know it's hella good for them they'll cease using the likeness of the band to sing songs by other artists Activision says hey baby we told you this was a feature underneath it all that your tech news update for today for more on the stories in today's show visit cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey