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September 23, 2013, 7:00 AM

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Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
Chaos Computer Club Bypasses Apple's Touch ID System (with copy of original fingerprint)  —  The Chaos Computer Club claims to be able to bypass Apple's new Touch ID fingerprint sensor with a photo of the original user's fingerprint.  The bypass is demonstrated in this short video:
Scott Buscemi / 9to5Mac:
Apple TV 6.0 update pulled after reports of bricking and networking issues  —  After Apple TV 6.0 was released on Friday with iTunes Radio and other enhancements, there were many reports of botched updates that required the user to restore their Apple TV.  In some particular instances …
Benedict Evans:
Startups have an opportunity to unbundle the features of a dated and bloated LinkedIn  —  Unbundling: AOL, Facebook and LinkedIn  —  One of the recurring themes of the consumer internet is the cycle from aggregation to disaggregation - bundling to unbundling.
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Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
In online TV first, Netflix wins Emmy for drama directing  —  David Fincher wins an Emmy for directing Netflix's “House of Cards,” and the Internet TV provider breaks ground — again — for online only programming.  —  Netflix won its first Emmy award — the kind doled out at the flashy …
Julie Bort / Business Insider:
Oracle announces in-memory database option, new server and backup cloud service  —  Larry Ellison: Oracle's New Products Make Data Fly Around ‘At Ungodly Speeds.’  —  As expected, on Sunday night, Larry Ellison revealed several new products to make data flow faster across corporate data centers and the Internet.
Jim Edwards / Business Insider:
Flurry CEO Says IPO Is Inevitable As Its Mobile Ad Reach Overtakes Google's  —  Simon Khalaf, the CEO of mobile adtech company Flurry, tells Business Insider that an IPO is inevitable in the company's future because his business has grown so big.  —  There has been gossip about a possible Flurry IPO for months now.
Greg Bensinger / Digits:
PayPal Nears Deal for Braintree Payments  —  EBay's PayPal is near a deal to buy Braintree Payments Solutions, according to people familiar with the discussions, potentially thrusting the online payments pioneer into the center of the burgeoning mobile commerce market.
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple should include competitors' smartphones in its trade-in program, study suggests  —  Should Apple Extend Its iPhone Trade-In Program to Other Phones?  —  Apple's long-rumored iPhone trade-in program kicked off last month, offering customers up to $280 of in-store credit towards …

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