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Apple knee-caps Mophie, makes own phone battery case

Apple (AAPL) on Tuesday quietly launched an auxiliary battery case for its iPhone 6 and 6S handsets. The move addresses consumer gripes about short battery life for Apple’s flagship smartphones, while putting Apple in competition with accessory makers like Mophie. Apple started selling its Smart Battery Case for the iPhone 6 and 6S early Tuesday through its online store. It costs $99 and promises to increase your talk time up to 25 hours or give

Self-Driving Cars On Way Soon As DOT Inks New Policy?

Federal policy is upshifting toward self-driving cars as automakers and tech companies from Apple (AAPL) to Volvo race to build them, with the Department of Transportation planning to update its position in weeks. With safety and traffic at stake, the agency is also moving toward requiring all new cars to be equipped with vehicle-to-vehicle communication technologies. “I expect the changes to our approach to autonomous vehicles will come out

Apple Watch most buzzed-about product for holidays

Apple’s (AAPL) smartwatch, the Apple Watch, is once again the most talked-about product of the 2015 holiday shopping season, according to IBM Watson Trend. Apple Watch was the top trending product when IBM (IBM) debuted its IBM Watson Trend App for the holiday shopping season on Nov. 18. But Samsung TVs surpassed it during the Black Friday sales weekend as consumers buzzed about low-cost 4K ultrahigh-definition television deals. The IBM Watson