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Tylt’s new battery packs and chargers will ensure you’re never without juice

Tylt, the company behind countless aftermarket batteries and Qi-compatible wireless chargers, has revealed its next generation of products at CES 2016.
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Hands on: Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite

Lenovo will launch the Vibe S1 Lite, a low-cost alternative to its S1 flagship, in Europe and Asia later this year.
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Catalyst’s case waterproofs your Apple Watch

Smartphone case maker Catalyst's new offering waterproofs your Apple Watch and then some, protecting it against dust and accidental drops.
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NXT-ID’s Wocket is an all-in-one payments solution that can truly replace your wallet

NXT-ID's Wocket consolidates all you credit, debit, loyalty, and membership cards through a combination of magnetic and wireless technology.
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Instagram gains wider colors on iPhone 7, lets you turn Live Photos into Boomerangs

Instagram for iOS now taps into the wider color gamut on the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, and also offers Live Photo-to-Boomerang support.
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Sphero debuts The Force Band, a Star Wars-themed wearable for controlling BB-8

Sphero, the self-titled company behind Sphero and the popular derivative BB-8, debuted The Force Band a CES, a gesture-based method of drone control.
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Melomind relaxes your body by playing music determined by your brain

Melomind, a product of French startup myBrain Technologies, monitors your brainwaves to dynamically determine a relaxing soundtrack.
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Bixi lets you control smartphone apps and smart bulbs with swipes

Bixi's a gesture-detecting peripheral for iOS and Android that lets you swipe through ebooks, start video recordings, and turn on light bulbs.
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Haier’s new SOS Connected smartwatch helps you keep tabs on kids and seniors with GPS

Haier's SOS Connected Smartwatch packs hardware and software features that help you to keep track of the ones you love, young and old.
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The Vert is a wearable that tracks how high you can jump

Vert's Jump motion tracker measures vertical motion with impressive precision. It can track your average jump height over time, for example.
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Wi-Fi HaLow is a new long-range, low-power wireless standard meant for smart home devices

The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced an extension of its new low-power, long-range 802.11ah protocol specifically intended for smart home devices: Wi-Fi HaLow.
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Batter up! Zepp unveils new baseball bat and other connected sports equipment

Zepp Labs, a four-year-old startup based in California, has proposed an open standard for embeddable motion sensors in sporting equipment.
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Judge finds Apple didn't violate wiretap laws in failing to deliver iMessages to Android phones

A federal judge has dismissed a suit alleging that Apple, in retaining and failing to deliver iMessages to Android phones, violated the law.
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Google wants to replace your password with your smartphone

Google's testing a new method of log in that relies on your smartphone for authentication. It does away with passwords entirely.
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Everything we learned from the 60 Minutes Apple campus tour

CBS's 60 Minutes took an extended tour of Apple's secretive design lab. We've summarized the episode's biggest moments.
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Roli's Noise virtual keyboard app for iPhone uses 3D Touch to give feedback

Roli's Noise keyboard for iPhone uses 3D touch to add pressure and feedback to keys. Even more impressive? It's free.
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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.