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hey everyone I'm Sharon Vaknin for cnet.com and today I'll show you how to update Facebook and Twitter with Siri now this might seem like an obvious task but here's what happens if you ask Siri to update one of your social networks update Twitter I met seanut right now so Siri says she can't help me update Twitter but I found a workaround that will not only make her update Twitter but Facebook too what we'll do is set up Facebook and Twitter with SMS updating and send the updates via text message through Siri to get started texts start two four zero four zero four you should get a reply from Twitter asking you for your username so go ahead and reply do the same when they ask you for your password once it's confirmed reply with okay and you should be all set now go ahead and add four zero four zero four as a new contact on your phone and name it Twitter for easy access now let's do the same thing for Facebook text hello two three two six six five click the link in the reply and Safari will open up to complete the setup process choose your settings and hit save finally add three to 665 as a new contact and name it Facebook now you can use these commands to update facebook or twitter with Siri send a text to Twitter artificial intelligence is the future she'll ask you to confirm and you can tap send or say send to publish your update son try it with Facebook send a text to Facebook what should I do tonight question mark confirm your message and your facebook status will be updated you can go back to driving jogging or doing whatever you are doing one thing you should know is that these shortcodes are only good for the US and a few other countries be sure to check the Twitter and Facebook sites to find the right codes for your area for more tips visit how to see Netcom and feel free to send me any questions on twitter or my facebook page for a CNET I'm Sharon Vaknin and I'll see you on the interwebs