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it's time to share your searches stream new content and earn good karma I'm Bridget Carey and this is your seen it up date with all the news focused around Facebook Microsoft just quietly launched its own social network for students called social socl it's not like Facebook or Google+ rather it's described as an experimental concept in search what students search for on social is viewable by other social users and can be shared on other networks the idea is to give students the ability to share information easily with their peers the video streaming service hulu has unveiled 10 original and exclusive shows that it will begin airing in June streaming video providers like Netflix and Amazon are also producing original content to stay competitive but as for Hulu the original shows will include a movie review series called spoilers with Kevin Smith a travel series up to speed and a comedy called we got next Hulu Plus boasts two million subscribers in other news we're watching the historic launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket did not occur as scheduled on Saturday due to last minute computer drama the mission was aborted the Rockets roared clouds of exhaust poured out and they counted down three two one liftoff but no lift the team has worked to replace the problem valve and is making another attempt to launch early Tuesday at 344 a.m. eastern time a newly-discovered warning message on Apple iOS devices has people speculating about the future of facetime that's apples video chat program if users disable 3g while in a facetime call a pop-up says disabling 3g may and FaceTime are you sure you want to disable 3g but right now 3g has nothing to do with facetime it's something that can only occur over a Wi-Fi connection so some are speculating this is a sign that the next update might allow video calls over 3g connection the endless patent wars between Apple and Samsung may find some resolution Tuesday the court ordered the CEOs of both companies to meet and try to resolve some of the intellectual property lawsuits against each other the legal disputes began in April last year when Apple accused Samsung of cop look and feel of the iPad and iPhone and Samsung responded with countersuits and today's appt to watch is karma a gift-giving app that Facebook bought up right after the markets closed on Facebook's first day of public trading commerce scans your Facebook feed for who is having a birthday or who is going through a major life event and it suggests gifts for you to purchase to send to them real physical gifts like chocolates notebooks or socks this would give Facebook another way to bring in more revenue that your tech news update for today for more on the stories in today's show visit cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey