Shop inside a tweet with Twitter's 'Buy' button

Twitter takes your credit card as it expands into commerce, Facebook and Spotify put focus on video ads, and TiVo launches a DVR to record three years' worth of video.

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Sept. 8, 2014 2:05 p.m. PT

Another social network wants your credit card information. In this CNET Update, learn about Twitter's new "Buy" button that folds shopping into the mobile app. Meanwhile, other services are determined to show you more video ads:

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Featured in this tech-news roundup:

Spotify launches video ads to sponsor 30-minute blocks of music streaming.
Facebook adds a view counter to videos, with the aim to woo more advertisers and publishers.
The TiVo Mega is a mighty DVR that can record three years' worth of video.
Send self-destructing voice messages with the ChitChat app.

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