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it's Tuesday October 25th 2011 I'm Bridget Carey on sina com and it's time to get loaded I know you won't be shocked when I tell you Netflix lost customers this past quarter the company fell out of favor with customers after changing subscription fees and announcing that short-lived Qwikster spin-off but the impact was heavy netflix announced it lost eight hundred and ten thousand customers keep in mind there are still more than 23 million subscribers but this is the first dip netflix has seen in nearly two years every quarter for the past seven it is added at least 1 million new customers CEO Reed Hastings said quote quickster became the symbol of Netflix not listening Hastein said he would not quit over the mistakes and his focusing resources to improve streaming content the chief engineer behind the creation of apple's ipod has unveiled a smart and chic home thermostat it's called the Nest Learning Thermostat and the company behind it is run by Tony Fadell Apple's former ipod chief who stepped down in 2008 the new thermostat control is a round wheel with a central display simple enough to use without a manual but it's smart enough to learn when people are home and will auto adjust to outside weather for efficient energy use it even has a nap costing two hundred fifty dollars it will go on sale next month at Best Buy have you heard of the startup zarley no well it just might be the next big tool for finding cheap services like finding a dog walker or getting someone to paint the house it's somewhat similar to craigslist but more focused on buying and selling goods and has a mobile app it launched nationally this year in May but buzz is picking up after the company acquired 14 million in financing and it added Meg Whitman to the board of directors who is the current CEO of hewlett-packard and former head of ebay prepared for mobile payments to get a lot more popular Walmart is the latest retailer to sell square which aptly named is a square-shaped credit card swiping device that plugs in the headset jack of an iphone or ipad it allows small business owners to make card transactions just using an Apple device and customers sign their name with a finger on the touchscreen you may have come across it being used at a mobile business like a a food truck and with Walmart now selling it expect to see it more frequently the company reports its processing more than 2 billion in payments annually President Barack Obama has added another social network presence to his campaign tumblr is a short form blogging site where users can share text and media like photos videos and audio the campaign calls it a collaborative storytelling effort so people across the country can submit their campaign stories or thoughts the page admits it knows there will be trolls but says quote we only ask you remember that were people fairly nice ones and that your mother would want you to be polite those are your headlines for today I'm Bridget Carey for cnet.com and you just been loaded