Apple's iPhone 5s And iPhone 5c Sell 9M Units Over Opening Weekend, Topping 5M For iPhone 5 Last Year  —  Apple has just issued a press release revealing it sold 9M iPhones during the launch weekend of its iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s.  As is typical for the company with new hardware …

New York's crackdown on fake online reviews leads to $350,000 in penalties for 19 companies  —  New York's crackdown on fake online reviews leads to $350,000 in penalties for 19 companies  —  “I celebrate myself, and sing myself,” wrote Walt Whitman, America's great bard of self-promotion.

Why You Need To Pay Attention To General Solicitation  —  On Monday, the legal framework for startup fundraising will change.  Because of the JOBS Act, you will be able to publicly announce that you're raising.  This is not crowdfunding — you still have to raise from accredited ("rich") investors.

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.

A look at the booming business of live sex cams, via interviews with models and execs  —  Intimacy on the Web, With a Crowd  —  A 25-YEAR-OLD woman whose fans know her as Lacey or Miss Lollipop, neither her real name, dipped an index finger into a small glass jar.

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 …

Live from Microsoft's Surface 2 event  —  Microsoft's Surface RT and Surface Pro tablets set the stage for Windows 8 last year, and it looks like the company is ready to refresh both of them in time for Windows 8.1.  With rumors of significant spec bumps and an adjustable kickstand, what do Panos Panay and the team have in store?

Exclusive: Flipboard Raises $50 Million More on $800 Million Valuation  —  According to sources close to the situation, Flipboard has raised $50 million in new funding, in a round led by Rizvi Traverse Management and Goldman Sachs.  —  The new funding puts the valuation of the Silicon Valley startup …

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:

Retail Giant Tesco Follows In Amazon's Footsteps With Hudl, A Cut-Price, Own-Brand Android Tablet  —  Tesco, the UK-based retail giant with 20 million customers in 12 countries across Europe and Asia, today took its biggest step yet into digital commerce and content: the company launched Hudl …

FAA likely to relax rules on electronic devices effective sometime next year  —  F.A.A. Nears New Rules on Devices  —  The rules on when to turn off electronic devices on airplanes have long been a sour, and sometimes contentious, point for travelers.  But faced with a surge of electronics …