The iPhone 5S and 5C  —  The 5C  —  Let's consider the new iPhone 5C1 first, because it's easier to understand.  —  On the inside, it's an iPhone 5, with a few relatively minor upgrades.  (To wit: the cellular antenna now supports more LTE bands and faster LTE speeds, and the front-facing FaceTime camera is better.)

Google vs. Death  —  In person, it can be a little hard to hear Larry Page.  That's because he has vocal-cord nerve damage, one cord paralyzed about 14 years ago, the other left with limited movement after a cold last summer.  This rare condition doesn't slow him down, though it has made his voice raspy and faint.

Apple launches iTunes 11.1 with iTunes Radio, Genius Shuffle, Podcast Stations, iOS 7 support  —  In the hours before iOS 7 arrives for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, Apple has released iTunes 11.1 with several major new features.  The download is available from Apple's website.

Yahoo app for iOS 7: Now with breaking news, “My Saves,” and cinemagraphs  —  by Fernando Delgado, Senior Director of Product Management, Mobile and Emerging Products  —  The Yahoo app is one of our daily experiences — we present news that's personalized just for you.

No Internet?  No Problem: YouTube Getting Ready to Let You Watch Videos Offline, on Your Phone.  —  YouTube streams more than six billion hours of video a month.  Soon it will let people watch some of those videos even if they're not connected to the Web.  —  Next month, Google's video site …

iPhone 5C review: A cheaper iPhone that doesn't cut corners  —  The iPhone 5C is kinda, sorta, technically a new product — colorful, cute, with a variety of interchangeable color cases much like the recently released Motorola Moto X — but under the hood it's really an iPhone 5 with a new paint job …

BlackBerry Z30 official: 5-inch Super AMOLED display, 1.7GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro, 2,880mAh battery and BB 10.2  —  If you were paying attention to the late summer leaks, then the BlackBerry above won't strike you as a surprise.  That's because it's the newly announced BlackBerry Z30 …

Hulu signs content deal to add 144 titles from BBC  —  Hulu Lines Up New Video Content  —  After Months in Limbo, Streaming Site to Add 144 Titles From the BBC  —  Hulu LLC is once again making significant investments in content, after months in limbo on the auction block.

Tesla's ‘autopilot’ car project targets 90 percent of miles driven, three years from now  —  Tesla CEO Elon Musk has discussed the company's ambitions to build a self-driving car on more than one occasion, and now he's revealed a bit more about its plans.  After reports today about a job listing …

Pandora Wins Licensing Ruling Against Songwriters  —  Pandora Media Inc. (P), the biggest Internet radio service, won a judge's order to stop a group representing songwriters and music publishers from narrowing the scope of licenses that allow their music to be played.

Fork in the road: Cyanogen raises $7 million to build a better version of Android  —  The rebel ROM builder grows up — and starts making hardware plans  —  Cyanogen, makers of popular software based on Android that extends the abilities of smartphones, is making a bid for the mainstream.

Groupon Buys SideTour To Add Local, Bespoke Activities To Its GrouponLive Events Business  —  A little over a week after Groupon announced the acquisition of hotel booking service Blink, today comes one more purchase that moves Groupon further yet out of the realm of daily deals.

Court: Facebook ‘Like’ Is Protected By the First Amendment  —  “Liking” something on Facebook is a form of speech protected by the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, reviving a closely watched case over the extent to which the Constitution shields what we say on social media.

Morgan Stanley: Apple iPhone sales up 28% this quarter  —  AlphaWise survey data through Sept. 15 catches early interest in iPhones 5C and 5S.  —  FORTUNE — Apple (AAPL) had only just begun taking iPhone 5C pre-orders Sunday when Morgan Stanley's AlphaWise Smartphone Tracker closed the books on Q3 2013 …

Pandora welcomes iTunes Radio with new iOS apps, tweaked branding  —  Sometimes timing is everything: Pandora is releasing new iOS apps as well as a new logo and tweaked branding on the same day that Apple is will release iOS 7 as well as its own internet radio product dubbed iTunes Radio.

Videoconferencing Startup Blue Jeans Network Raises $50 Million  —  Last summer, I did a videoconference that was notable for all the different ways that the people involved with it sought to connect.  —  I was at home in my apartment in New York, using Skype.

Google Expands Chrome Data Compression Feature On iOS  —  Google has begun expanding access to its Chrome data compression feature to more users, specifically those on iOS devices who have the company's mobile browser app installed.  The feature's existence was announced some time ago …

Virgin Mobile's YouTube channel uses ‘BlinkWashing’ to change the ad whenever you blink  —  Virgin Mobile's YouTube page has one of the coolest things I've seen online in some time.  It is using a webcam technology it calls “BlinkWashing” to track your eye movements and change the ad whenever you blink.

White House petitions FCC to require all carriers to unlock all mobile devices  —  Obama administration urges FCC to require carriers to unlock mobile devices  —  Several months after calling for legislation to unlock cellphones, the White House filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission …