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it's Wednesday November 30th 2011 I'm Bridget Carey on cnet com and it's time to get loaded Spotify the online music service that has become popular with Facebook users is expected to announce that it will have apps The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the service will open and slip up to programmers to create different apps for the service such as one that will display lyrics to the song that is plain or one that lists concert info for favorite artists it's just another weapon and Spotify his quest to crush the competition like Rdio and mog the federal communications commission released a report that bashed the proposed 39 billion-dollar merger between AT&T and t-mobile the FCC's report said the deal would lead to huge job losses lessen the competition and thereby her consumers with less innovation and higher prices the FCC also accused AT&T and t-mobile of making misleading statements about how good the merger would be this blow to the deal comes on top of the lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice to stop the merger the personal photo sharing app called path has gotten an update and it's evolved to more of a mobile tool to blog your daily ventures and share your current actions and locations with close friends instead of just sharing photos and videos path also lets users share thoughts current locations music you're listening to on your music player or even if you're asleep or awake and there's even the option to have the app automatically update for you without ever doing anything are you visiting a new place will the app knows and creates a location update it sounds kind of disturbing but it's meant to be a social network with only the closest people in your life the cutest printer in the universe has been invented it's called little printer and smaller than a bedside alarm clock it prints out lists and newspaper articles in the same paper or store uses for receipts using a smartphone app you tell the printer what you want to spit out like the Daily News reports or your to-do list or games and puzzles the company behind it berg has partnered with foursquare the guardian nike and google it doesn't take inc its a special receipt paper that changes color when it gets heated up no price announced yet but it's supposed to come out next year the voice control personal assistant Siri is only available on the latest iPhone but Android users can download their own assistant and an app called clue Z the talking digital assistant is free and answers questions similar to Siri clues II can help find a nearby restaurant tell you the weather forecast read email and tax and searches for online deals that might match your tastes you have a meeting at 12pm and must leave by one-thirty to make it your doctor's appointment I have already mailed your health report to the doctor clues e is the latest voice command app to mimic Siri in the android marketplace those are your headlines for today I'm Bridget Carey frisina calm and you just been loaded