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September 11, 2013, 1:55 AM

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Marcus Wohlsen / Wired:
Investors unimpressed with incremental iPhone improvements as Apple's stock falls 2.28%  —  Apple's Reputation for Innovation Is Now Its Greatest Liability  —  A year ago, Apple seemed unstoppable.  Its share price topped $700.  Its cash horde eclipsed the GDP of many countries.
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
iPhone Developers Won't Get Fingerprint-Reader Authentication Option — For Now, Anyway  —  Perhaps the most surprising thing about the fingerprint reader on the iPhone 5s is the fact that it can only be used to do two things — unlock the phone and verify iTunes purchases.
Brian Heater / Engadget:
iPhone 5s: 64-bit A7 processor, fingerprint authentication, improved camera, gold/silver/gray, from $199  —  Apple introduces the iPhone 5S, launching September 20th starting at $199  —  Ladies and gentleman, the moment you've all been waiting for.  As expected, this afternoon's day-brightening news …
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Thoughts and Observations on Today's iPhone 5C and 5S Introduction  —  I got this one wrong.  —  I fixed my thinking by this week, but as of a month ago, I had it wrong when I wrote “The Case for a New Lower-Cost iPhone”.  —  Here's the thing.  The iPhone 5C has nothing to do with price.
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
iPhone 5c: improved front camera, slightly larger battery, in five colored plastic backs, from $99  —  Apple iPhone 5C is official, a plastic and colorful iPhone for $99  —  The new iPhone 5C is finally official.  After months of rumor and speculation, Apple has opted to introduce …
Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:
iOS 7: what's changed since June?  —  What we're getting next week isn't exactly what we saw at WWDC  —  Apple's June preview of a huge redesign for iOS — its first since launching in 2007 — drew a fair amount of criticism.  Designers took to sites like Dribbble and Behance to show off their …
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Wall Street Journal:
DNI documents: NSA phone record searches between 2006 and 2009 violated privacy protections  —  NSA Violated Privacy Protections, Officials Say  —  Revelation Calls Into Question Security of Phone-Record Database  —  WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency's searches …
Russell Brandom / The Verge:

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