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people are poking inside the iPads and Groupon copies Yelp I'm Bridget Carey this is your cnet update if you want to really know a gadget you have to get your hands dirty and break it open or just watch other people break it on YouTube the device repair website I fix it disassemble to Apple's new iPads and revealed a few interesting secrets the new iPad air 2 has a smaller battery than the previous version it's fifteen percent smaller but Apple advertises that it has the same battery life as before how will the improve software and processor don't use as much juice in our tests we found that it did perform as promised living up to the 10 hour battery life iFixit also found an NFC chip inside but that doesn't mean you can bring it to cash registers to use Apple pay the chip is locked off from being used in stores the purpose is to keep your online shopping secure for when you use your thumbprint to pay for things inside apps the iPad minis biggest surprise was the glue the inside components are the same as last year's model but now there's a fingerprint scanner on the home button and that button is held on with hot glue you see there's lots of adhesive holding your iPad together making it hard to repair considering all that's new with the mini is the fingerprint scanner you may want to save money and buy last year's model groupon is trying to grow in a new way by becoming more like Yelp a business can have its own page on groupon to show off its operating hours phone number website and promote discounts Groupon users can also write comments on a business page which is not different to what you can do on Yelp and down the road you can book a reservation from a groupon business page Yelp itself is also adding new features now you can book a hotel room right from a Yelp page Yelp struck a deal with the travel search site hip monk read a review on hotel then just book it on the same page Yelp started down this path with some beauty businesses letting you booked a spa appointment or a haircut through yelp in the world of music google has added songs of features to its Google Music app songs as an app that Google bought this year which features pre-made play based on different things like the time of day your activities your mood it has all sorts of themes and Microsoft is pulling the plug on its free version of xbox music the option to stream music for free with advertisements will end after December first and then the only option left is to pay ten dollars a month but if you're more of a PlayStation person I'll take note of the system update that's coming to the ps4 on Tuesday the update comes with share play and let your friend play a game wiki remotely even if they don't own the game that's your tech news update and you can get more details at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey