IT'S THURSDAY DECEMBER 9TH, I'M NATALI MORRIS COMING TO YOU FROM SAN
FRANCISCO THIS WEEK AND IT'S TIME TO GET LOADED.
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NETFLIX WILL SOON OFFER DISNEY AND ABC MOVIES AND TV SHOWS TO STREAM.
WITH HULU.
THE DEAL COMES JUST AS NETFLUX CFO BARRY MCCARTHY
ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION.
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GOOGLE ANNOUNCED A MUCH-NEEDED UPDATE TO GOOGLE GROUPS.
THIS IS AN
OLD SERVICE BUT IT LAGS IN USAGE BEHIND FACEBOOK GROUPS.
THE RE-DESIGN
LETS YOU SEARCH AND BROWSE GROUPS AND POSTINGS, AS WELL AS ADD THEIR
GROUPS TO LISTS OF FAVORITE GROUPS.
IT ALSO RESPONDS TO KEYBOARD
SHORTCUTS AS WELL.
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YOUTUBE IS RUNNING A POPULARITY CONTEST.
LITERALLY.
MY YOUTUBE IS
PITTING RECORDING ARTISTS LIKE JUSTIN BIEBER, KANYE WEST, AND SHAKIRA UP
AGAINST ONE ANOTHER TO SEE WHOSE CHANNEL ATTRACTS THE MOST FANS.
THE
12.
THE CONTEST ENDS FEBRUARY 5.
SHAMELESS WAY TO GET SUBSCRIBERS.
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NOTEBOOKS ARE MISSING THE CAPS LOCK KEY.
GOOGLE SAYS THIS WILL
IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF MESSAGING SINCE NO ONE LIKES TO READ IN ALL CAPS.
IMPROVEMENT.
WHAT IS THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF MANUFACTURING THE
CAPSLOCK KEY?
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BING'S NEWEST MAP SEARCH FEATURE IS DESIGNED TO HELP YOU IN THE MALL.
STORES AND THE FOOD COURT.
UNFORTUNATELY IT DOESN'T WORK FOR MOBILE
BING MAPS, WHICH KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE.
I GUESS YOU COULD PRINT
THE MAPS OUT?
OR JUST USE THOSE MAPPING KIOSKS.
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"A NEW STUDY SHOWS THAT ANDROID PHONE USERS CONSUME MORE DATA THAN
ANY OTHER SMARTPHONE USERS.
THIS USED TO BE TRUE OF IPHONES BUT NOW
ADROID PHONE USERS HOLD THE NEW TITLE OF DATA HOGS.
PROBABLY BECAUSE
THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM.
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SPEAKING OF ANDROID PHONES, GOOGLE'S NEW FLAGSHIP ANDROID PHONE THE
NEXUS S HAS ARRIVED HERE AT CNET HEADQUARTERS.
OUR OWN KENT GERMAN
SEE WHAT HE THINKS OF THE HOT NEW PHONE.
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THOSE ARE YOUR HEADLINES FOR TODAY.
I WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
I'M NATALI
MORRIS FOR CNET.
COM AND YOU'VE JUST BEEN LOADED.
