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Apple’s giving 60 Minutes a tour of its secretive design lab

Apple's opening up its secretive design lab to CBS cameras. In a new 60 Minutes episode, design chief Jony Ive and retail head Angela Ahrendts talk tech.
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Sony’s new battery tech has 40 percent more capacity, may reach phones by 2020

Sony's sulfur-lithium battery design is apparently close to commercialization. The company expects to begin mass-manufacturing cells in the next few years.
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OnePlus turns two today, and it’s not done breaking the rules just yet

OnePlus turned two this December. To celebrate, the company's launching a Champagne Gold OnePlus X. Co-founder Carl Pei reflects on success.
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Microsoft's new Surface app lets you customize the stylus buttons

A major update to Microsoft's Surface app lets you customize which programs the stylus launches.
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Apple shakes up its executive roster, names Jeff Williams COO

Apple's shaking up its senior management. Today, the iPhone maker announced Jeff Williams as COO and Phil Schiller as App Store manager. 
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For the holidays, T-Mobile’s discounting all Samsung phones and throwing in a year of Netflix

T-Mobile's holiday promotion this year includes a $100 discount on all Samsung flagship phones, plus a free year of Netflix. 
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Google’s bringing instant Android text translation to India in 2016

Google's Tap to Translate text translation feature, which launched with Android Marshmallow in some countries in the Fall of 2015, is bound for India. 
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Apple’s new pop-up iPhone 6S ads target owners of older iPhones

Apple has begun rolling out pop-up advertisements to owners of older iPhones that tout key features of the iPhone 6S, and even include a "buy" button.
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The New York State Attorney conducted a speed test to see if ISPs are delivering

Slow Internet speeds are the subject of an ongoing investigation by the New York Attorney General.
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Pandora launches Thumbprint Radio, a playlist based on your favorite songs

Pandora has launched Thumbprint Radio, an uber-personalized playlist based on songs you've favorited over the years.
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BlackBerry’s still got it: The Priv may have sold out at Walmart

BlackBerry's first Android smartphone is performing well, it seems. The handset appeared to sell out at Walmart in its first day of availability. 
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New pictures emerged of Nokia's cancelled gesture-sensing Windows Phone

New images of the Nokia's ill-fated Lumia McLaren, once the rumored successor to the much-lauded Lumia 1020, have emerged on Chinese social media.
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Audi, BMW, and Daimler completes acquisition of Nokia’s Here mapping tech

BMW, Audi, and Daimler are nearing a $2.7 billion deal to acquire Nokia's Here mapping tech to power next-generation autonomous vehicles.
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DxO One camera app adds new shooting modes, Apple Watch support

The DxO One is an add-on camera for iPhone that shoots high-quality images. DxO claims it's a DSLR-quality camera.
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Amazon Instant Video lands in Jet Blue planes for free this week

JetBlue's partnering with Amazon to offer Amazon Prime subscribers free in-flight TV and movies, and Amazon Prime music streaming.
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You can finally reply to text messages on iOS via Pebble, but only on AT&T

Pebble's new Text Reply feature lets you reply to SMS messages via a Pebble smart watch, but only if you have a cellular plan on AT&T. 
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Snapchat’s Story Explorer lets you view a single event from multiple angles

Snapchat's new Story Explorer feature lets you see Live Story highlights from multiple vantage points. 
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The Pepsi phone is real, and here’s what it looks like

The Pepsi P1 will go on sale in China later this year, Pepsi said. It's the beverage conglomerate's first branded Android smartphone.
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Blame the Apple Watch: Swiss watchmakers see exports decline in October

Swiss luxury watchmakers saw sales decline in October 2015. The dip is mostly attributable to sales in Asian nations, but smartwatches played a part.
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Facebook makes giving to charity easier with an integrated ‘Donate’ button

Facebook's new tools make it easier for users to donate to philanthropic causes and simpler for nonprofits to track fundraising goals.
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Microsoft's new Bing app lets you buy music or watch a movie without skipping a beat

Microsoft's reimagined Bing app for iOS links to relevant pages within apps such as Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, YouTube, and more depending on the search.
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Luxury watchmaker Movado unveils Movado Motion and Bold Motion smartwatches

Luxury Swiss watchmaker Movado has partnered with HP for two smartwatches, the Movado Motion and Bold Motion.
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Can a 4K screen and moving art revive digital picture frames? The Klio hopes so

Klio, a project of Art.com's experimental Labs division, is a frame for new forms of digital artwork.
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Get fit, stay fit: Runtastic’s Results app offers on-demand workout videos

Runtastic's new Results service is a souped-up on-demand platform for both fitness fanatics and those looking to shed a few pounds.
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Facebook launches Notify, a standalone iPhone app for breaking news

Facebook has launched Notify, a standalone app that'll alert users to major stories and other news, partnering with several major outlets.
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The new, $200 Polar A360 fitness band may provide best-in-class heart rate monitoring

Polar's A360 is a high-end fitness tracker that doesn't compromise on hardware, but delivers on price.
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ColorWare’s $1,600 iPhone 6s Retro recalls the Apple IIe

ColorWare's iPhone 6s and 6s Plus Retro recalls an '80s-era Apple IIe, but isn't cheap -- the 6s starts at $1,600.
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have developed a wristband that can sense hand gestures

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a smartwatch wristband that uses electrodes to recognize hand and finger gestures.
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Pebble Time Round, the world’s thinnest and lightest circular smartwatch, is on sale Nov. 8

Pebble's newest smartwatch, the Pebble Time Round, is not only circular, but incredibly thin and light.
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Researchers have designed a battery that’s 90 percent more efficient than lithium-ion

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have refined the design of lithium-air batteries to dramatically increase efficiency.
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Japanese scientists develop glass that’s thin, light, and incredibly durable

Scientists at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science have developed glass that's not only incredibly durable, but thin and light too.
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More than two-thirds of iOS devices users have upgraded to iOS 9

Apple's iOS 9.1 upgrade is gaining substantial traction among device users. According to the company, the adoption rate now stands at 66 percent.

Google’s Smart Reply for Inbox uses neural networks to generate possible email responses

Google's Smart Reply, a new feature rolling out to Inbox on Android and iOS, uses artificial intelligence to generate possible responses to email messages.
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Popular movie-streaming site PopcornTime.io is no more. Thanks, courts!

Courts in New Zealand and Canada have shuttered popular Popcorn Time website PopcornTime.io as part of an MPAA-led anti-piracy effort.