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Comcast’s Xfinity Share lets you stream content live to any X1 set-top box

Comcast launched Xfinity Stream today, a new app for Android and iOS that lets cable subscribers live stream to X1 set-top boxes.
Audio / Video News
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This glove uses air to let you feel digital objects in virtual reality

An in-development glove from a team at Rice University lets you "feel" computer-generated objects in virtual reality.
Emerging Tech News
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Getty Images is bringing its 360-degree content to Oculus

Getty Images is getting in on Oculus. The photography firm announced it'll bring its 360-degree content to the nascent virtual reality headset.
Photography News
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Oculus Rift VR will finally hit store shelves early next year

Oculus has finally announced consumer release plans for its virtual reality hardware.
Gaming News
Sony Project Morpheus

More than 30 games are in development for Sony’s Morpheus PS4 headset

Sony spilled the beans to Wired about its Morpheus headset. It'll cost "hundreds of dollars" and feature over 30 games and experiences.
Gaming News
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The Jaunt Neo is a beast of a virtual reality camera rig, but it could be the best yet

The Jaunt Neo is a virtual reality camera rig with a twist: it's built from the ground up for 360-degree video.
Photography Products
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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.
Phones Mobile
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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.
Business News
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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.
Photography News
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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.
Audio / Video News
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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. 
Wearables News
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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. 
Phones Mobile
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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.
Phones Android
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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.
Wearables Apple
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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.
Social Media News
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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.
Computing News
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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.
Smart Home Smart Home Features
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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.
Wearables News
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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.
Wearables Android
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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.
Social Media News
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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.
Wearables News
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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.
Wearables News
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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.
Wearables News
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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.
Emerging Tech News
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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.
Emerging Tech News
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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.
Web News
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Apple's survey app uses phone data and radio waves to track your indoor location

Apple's Indoor Survey App, an app which lets business owners map the interior of venues, relies not on Bluetooth to track location, but on radio waves.
Phones Mobile
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LG V10 launches on AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon this week

LG took the wraps off its V10 smartphone which, in addition to sporting dual screens, packs twin front-facing shooters and high-end hardware.
Phones Android
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Facebook’s new search will scour all public posts

Facebook's expanding the scope of its search function to encompass all two trillion (and counting) public posts on the social network.
Phones Mobile
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Apple now rolling out iOS 9.1 and watchOS 2.0.1, and they contain the middle finger emoji

Apple has begun rolling out minor upgrades to iOS devices and the Apple Watch. The upgrades, iOS 9.1 and watchOS 2.0.1, contain new emoji and bug fixes.
Wearables Apple
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The Satechi gamepad is the Swiss Army Knife of Bluetooth controllers

Satechi's Bluetooth gamepad features three modes for compatibility not only with iOS and Android devices, but computers running Windows and the iCade, too.
Phones Mobile
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The Department of Justice says Apple no longer needs an antitrust monitor

The Department of Justice said it was satisfied that Apple had "implemented meaningful antitrust policies, procedures, and training programs."
Phones Mobile
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Verizon will soon hike the price of grandfathered unlimited data plans by $20

Cheap unlimited data is going the way of the dodo. Verizon has announced that it will soon raise the rate of grandfathered unlimited data plans by $20.
Phones Mobile
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Android 6.0 Marshmallow review

Google's latest platform update has arrived, find out everything that's new in this Android 6.0 Marshmallow review. Is it worth upgrading for? We take a look.
Tablets Android
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Samsung Pay wasn’t breached in state-sponsored LoopPay hack, executives say

LoopPay, the company behind a core technology of Samsung Pay, suffered a network breach at the hands of Chinese hackers earlier this year.
Phones Android
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Everything you need to know about Android 6.0 Marshmallow: Get it on your Nexus now

Google's next major release of Android is Marshmallow, or version 6.0, and it's coming to Nexus phones at the beginning of October
Phones Android
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Facebook will soon let you replace your boring old profile picture with a video

Facebook's redesigning profile pages for the first time in a long time. The most noteworthy new feature? Animated profile pictures.
Phones Mobile
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Nexus Spec Showdown: Nexus 6P vs. Nexus 5X

Google's new Nexus phones, the Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X, have finally been revealed. We compare them in an exhaustive, spec-by-spec breakdown.
Phones Android
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