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Facebook turning into a mall with stores inside pages

The social network dreams of becoming a shopping destination, Yik Yak lets you post faceless photos, and Misfit sells a crazy-cheap activity tracker that goes beyond fitness.

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Facebook is turning into a mobile mall.

In this CNET Update, learn about Facebook's new online shopping experiment, and why it's not the only network with a quest to become more like Amazon.

Also in social, the anonymous message-board app YikYak is adding photos. But to keep it anonymous, no faces are allowed. In gadget news, Motorola teases new phones and we look at Misfit's new $20 Flash Link tracker that has some tricks beyond fitness:

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