Fully Charged: Elon Musk building Hyperloop test track, Microsoft’s latest Lumias are super cheap, and The Simpsons invading Minecraft
End the week strong with our morning roundup of tech news tidbits
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Google Glass Explorer Programme to end as project gets dedicated development team
Company says it’s a good thing, as device exits lab to pursue consumer future
Apple patent shows off an iPhone home button that pops out into a gaming joystick
From business to pleasure at the click of a button
Samsung finally releases a Tizen-powered phone, the Z1 – but only in India
Following ample delays, Samsung’s move away from Android bears fruit
Xiaomi Note challenges the iPhone 6 Plus in form and function
Slightly slimmer, slightly lighter, and no protruding rear camera. Should your iPhone 6 Plus be worried?
Fujifilm XQ2 is the firm’s smallest, most affordable X Series camera yet
And it’s being backed up by the new screen-tilting, selfie-friendly Fujifilm X-A2 system camera
Fully Charged: Facebook at Work launching, Xperia phones do cancer research while you sleep, and the retro-fabulous Macintosh reimagining
Roll out of bed, rub the sleep from your eyes, and load up on hot tech news tidbits
Google’s Project Ara planning pilot test this year as latest prototype shown off
Modular phone will launch first in Puerto Rico as the kinks are worked out
New Nintendo 3DS models out in February, plus several Wii U and 3DS games dated
Nintendo’s latest streaming event shares lots of details, including more Amiibo
Samsung reportedly trying to buy BlackBerry for $7.5 billion
UPDATE: Both parties deny the impending acquisition, but source remains steadfast
Judge Dredd comes to Android with the 2000 AD app
Thrill-power overload as Sláine, Strontium Dog, Nemesis the Warlock and countless others invade your Android device
CES 2015: Gibson’s Trainer headphones have built-in night-running lights
Bluetooth headphones designed with Usain Bolt are dripping with ingenuity
