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it's Thursday April 12 2012 I'm Richie carry on cnet.com and it's time to get loaded there's lots of Google related news today and we start with the blog post about Android security that's causing quite the stir a researcher from a security group demonstrated that Android apps are able to access sensitive personal information even when the app itself doesn't require permission to access data these know permission apps that can appear to be harmless can still access a device's SD card handset identification data and files stored by other apps and the app can transmit information back to an outside party so what can you do well until something is fixed Android users should avoid saving sensitive data like photos and work files on the SD card and be aware of what you download just because an app doesn't ask for permission to access data it apparently still can Google Plus has gotten a facelift the social network has been redesigned with the hopes of making this site easier to use the navigation bar moved from the top to the left its customizable and photos posted will show up larger on the page but it also has a good chunk of unused white space on the right side about 40% of the right side is blank leaving users to poke fun at what they could put in that space one user took a picture of their cat sitting in the space another user filled the space with Facebook in another browser window or perhaps the white space is for Betty White Sony has introduced a watch that would communicate with your Android phone it's called Smart Watch and has a price tag of one hundred and fifty dollars and it will allow users to read text messages get social media updates check email manage calls and control music it connects to an Android phone via bluetooth and when there's an event alert or upcoming call the watch vibrates it supposedly will run for four days on a single charge and a splash proof this is Sony's second attempt at a watch that works with Android phones back in 2010 it created the live view which ended up being a flop and we end today's show with a big announcement this will be the final episode of loaded but don't you fret because in the next few days I'm coming back with a brand new daily tech news show it's called Cena update and it'll be available five days a week you'll still get a quick breakdown of the biggest news in tech but it'll be delivered every afternoon in a new format will tell you the developing stories were watching as well as emerging trends and new apps to check out when you visit Sina communist in an update in a new interactive video player that will give you links to more information on each story we thank you for watching loded all these years and we can't wait to show you what's in store from CNET's new york studio I'm Bridget Carey and you just been loaded