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Twitter's having an identity crisis Google is injecting things into eyeballs and Samsung wants virtual reality bedtime apps the tech world is going crazy I'm Bridget Carey this is your CNET update folks I'm worried about Twitter the micro-blogging og is in denial but it is a social network maybe it's some sort of midlife crisis but the Twitter app just reclassified itself in app stores it no longer sits under the social networking category instead it's listed under news you know what listen Twitter kik about hear it can you talk all right I know you're under a lot of pressure lately your stock plunged after missing first quarter revenue expectations and it can be hard recruiting new users but you don't have to lie about who you are just to make friends I know you're dealing headlines in moments and the other social media kids like Facebook and snapchat they're dabble in too but just because people share news links doesn't make you a news app like CNN or the New York Times don't deny your roots Larry I can't give up on that little guy you know sometimes other social networks can get pushy with peer pressure take Facebook's Instagram for example it's been bugging a non-profit app called litter gram to change its name lawyers sent letters claiming that eet infringes on Instagram the poor litter gram app was designed for residents in England to report litter to a local council it's not trying to compete with Instagram in any way that's just rubbish literally rubbish the creator of litter Graham made a video pleading to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to call off the fight to change the name powerful Facebook lawyers attacking poor nonprofits can seem terrifying but it's not as terrifying as what Google is working on Google has filed a patent for a vision correcting electronic device and it has to be injected directly into your eyeball I mean a contact lens is one thing but this is a wireless lens inside the HAI that gets radio signals and it works to help focus light onto your retina nope nope I'll keep my glasses and contacts thank you very much and we end this report with a bedtime story a bedtime story in virtual reality Samsung has a prototype VR app designed to be used by kids and parents where parents can read their kids a bedtime story as they watched little animations throughout the tale the idea is that mom or dad would do this when they can't be there in person so of course technology can tug your little one into dreamland with a warm bright glow of a screen in front of their eyes how soothing that's all for this tech news roundup you can head to cnet.com for more from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey