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we're putting filters on Facebook pain with our phones and watching the network's get hoppin mad I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update you messed with a major networks advertising and you're asking for trouble there is a battle brewing in court between the major television networks and DISH Network's commercial skip and Hopper gbr now since dishes mascot is a kangaroo to help illustrate this battle I like to bring in the Roger family from tech and the most famous kangaroo fighters the fight centers around a feature in the hopper DVR called Auto hop it lets you instantly skip commercials in a show recorded in primetime from the four major networks no need for a fast-forward button and this got the network's angry Fox NBC and CBS are suing dish arguing that commercial skipping violates copyright and Fox added another layer saying that this breaks the license agreement for content dish filed a lawsuit against all four networks and is requesting a judge declare that its DVR technology is perfectly legal Facebook has come out with an iOS app just for sharing photos and it's a whole lot like Instagram it's called Facebook camera it lets you upload multiple photos at once and add filter effects to your shots you can also tag your friends and scroll through photos posted by others in your network considering there is already a Facebook app you'd wish they'd just add these photo features into the main app if you're using Facebook's camera app you'll notice that it requires you to turn on location to access your photo library it sounds creepy why does Facebook camera need my location to see my photos well no need to fret if you are smart about your location settings before you take photos be sure to turn off location permissions to the camera if there's no location data tied to your photos than Facebook or any other app won't know where you took the photos you can now use people's mobile payments at 15 new brick-and-mortar retailers at participating stores such as Toys R Us or Foot Locker you can just enter in your PayPal info into the touchscreen at checkout or use your mobile phone to scan items and pay for them through the phone without needing a cashier to ring you up there are more ways now to pay for goods without ever taking out your wallet we got some freebies for you today for starters Apple's App Store is now highlighting a paid app at no cost for a limited time on Friday a let users download cut the rope experiments for free Android users can always find a deal on apps through Amazon which also features a different paid Android app for free also you can play the latest version of the game civilization for free over the weekend through Steam it's a turn-based strategy game where you build an empire who doesn't love building empires that's your tech news update for today we will be back Tuesday after the Memorial Day holiday for more on the stories in today's show visit cnet-dot-com-slash-loaded