Gadgetory

it's Monday November 14 2011 I'm Bridget Carey on cnet com and it's time to get loaded the kobo ebook reader is following in the footsteps of Amazon's Kindle Touch the Kobo is now also offering a $99 touch e-reader that has advertisements on the screen called Kobo touch with offers there will be a banner ad on the bottom menu and deals shown when it is in sleep mode it'll be the same as the current Kobo touch e-reader except buying the ad-supported version drops the price by thirty dollars the new Kobo will ship in about two weeks and this is a big launch week for E readers the Amazon color tablet the kindle fire started shipping today and the barnes noble nook tablet hit stores this week on wednesday google will be having a press conference to talk about a streaming online music service it is launching called google music but industry sources say that google has not made a deal yet to use music from two out of the four major music labels Google's signed a deal to our with Universal but it does not have a deal yet with sony or warner and it's unclear if there's a deal yet with emi so to be a serious challenger to iTunes Google needs to secure those deals but what's making negotiations complicated is that google reportedly wants to also store your existing music in the cloud to in other online music news there's a new free streaming radio service launched in a day from mixer the mixer social radio app lets you browse and create your own stations but the twist is that your friends can jump into your music station called the room and chat with other listeners live the rooms playlist is influenced by the collective interest of the group and it knows what you like by linking to facebook and seen what artists you've listed as your favorites users can also share their thoughts about a song with friends and eventually be able to send it occations to friends you can tap your mastercard paypass at a register to make a purchase or even a Google Wallet enabled phone but would you tap your card or phone on your laptop to make an online payment MasterCard and Intel are working to add that technology in the future line of ultrabooks the tap and pay feature will use a near-field communication or NFC which allows for wireless transaction and the goal is to have in our next year's computers would you break up with someone over a text message email or Facebook message well one third of people surveyed said they have and I'm not talking young teens these are adults according to the study by lab 42 facebook is also the first place people go when they like some on more than half said the first facebook friends someone they're interested in but once they're in a serious relationship only a quarter of people would actually tell a friend there in a relationship before updating their profile relationship status so I should just love what Facebook is done to communication in romance those are your headlines for today I'm Bridget Carey for cnet com and you just been loaded