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today skype Scott adds physios got pcs and we've got issues I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene at update the largest magazine publisher in the United States Time Inc has had a change of heart with apple and will now begin selling magazine subscriptions through iPads newsstand app now obviously there were already apps for Times magazines like sports illustrated and people but you can only buy them as single issues and if you subscribe to the print edition you got free access last year the publisher opposed how Apple wanted a thirty percent cut for subscriptions and Apple got a lot of criticism by publishers for not releasing data on subscribers if there's anything important for a magazine it's being able to know your subscribers but Apple has eased up a bit and lets readers opt in to share their subscription data and time got a new chief executive who pushed to make peace with apple and make subscriptions happen it's a sign that being on the iPad is necessary to grow even if that means handing over a chunk of sales to Apple but despite apples dominance publishers have worked to be innovative in delivering subscriptions on their own terms take for example the app called next issue time is one of five publishers involved in that app and it's a Netflix model for magazines pay a monthly price and get unlimited access to dozens of titles it's now on android but promises to be coming soon to the iPad in other news we're watching if you use skype to make calls for free on a Windows computer then you'll start to see advertisements in the call window but it's just for audio not for video chats on Twitter you'll start to get a preview of some story links when you click to expand a tweet some tweets will show the first few lines in a story as well as images cell phone maker nokia is in trouble it has to cut 10,000 jobs by the end of next year and visio which is known for its televisions is unveiling details about its dive into computers with a new line of all-in-one desktops and laptops and when you're not using it as a computer you could use it as a television we got a first look at the devices from the Consumer Electronics Show in January the xbox live app for Apple devices just got a new twist you can use the app as a remote use it to pull up recent games on your console and play pause skip through video and music files or just poke around and navigate through content and like before you could still use it to check out what your friends are up to it's like a baby step toward the Microsoft SmartGlass platform which is like Apple's AirPlay and will eventually let you beam content from your mobile device to be played through the xbox 360 that's your tech news update for today for more on the stories in today's show visit sina com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey