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it's Monday July 15 2013 I'm adrianne jeffries or as they call me in New Zealand adrianne jeffries this is 90 seconds on the verge Microsoft has begun testing its SmartWatch prototype under the supervision of its surface groups current plans call for the device to be available in a number of different colors with among tech reporting that the prototypes are housed in oxynitride aluminum a transparent material three times harder than glass meanwhile Apple is reportedly on a hiring spree as it ramps up its own SmartWatch plans but according to financial times the rumored iWatch won't ship until next year the new Moto X wants to help by listening to everything you do a leaked video from canadian carrier rogers demonstrates several features from Motorola's new flagship including its ability to listen for voice commands simply say okay Google now without even touching the phone and it will respond to your requests it's similar to how Google glass works whether the ozone ability will be exclusive to the X or part of the next version of android remains to be seen and finally it turns out thom yorke is not such an internet radio head the musician was pulled to solo album and his side project atoms for peace from services like spotify and rdio why they don't provide enough of a payout to musicians Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich who's also part of Adams said on Twitter that streaming services are quote bad for new music of course Radiohead's albums are still available for streaming that's it for today's top stories coming up tomorrow we review the banana ex the flagship smartphone that's chock full of potassium