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August 31, 2014, 10:00 PM

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Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Apple partnering with American Express to let iPhone 6 owners use their phone to pay for goods in physical stores — Apple Working With American Express on iPhone 6 Mobile Payments — Apple has reached an agreement with American Express to work together on its new iPhone payments system …

More: The Verge, CNET, TIME, Business Insider, PC Magazine, VentureBeat, Neowin, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Patently Apple, The Register, MobileSyrup.com, iMore, App Advice, Ars Technica and Fortune

Tweets: @delrey, @simonkhalaf and @mdudas

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Matt Townsend / Bloomberg:

Apple has also reached a deal with Visa and MasterCard for its mobile wallet — Apple Said to Team With Visa, MasterCard on IPhone Wallet — Apple Inc. (AAPL) plans to turn its next iPhone into a mobile wallet through a partnership with major payment networks, banks and retailers, according a person familiar with the situation.

More: Softpedia News, NEWS.com.au, Ubergizmo, iMore, Engadget, App Advice, iPhone in Canada Blog and TIME

Tweets: @joannastern, @chriswelch and @greyham

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

Anand Shimpi stepping down as Editor in Chief of AnandTech and retiring from tech publishing — The Road Ahead — Both of my parents were teachers, and for as long as I can remember they both encouraged me to do something in life that would help others.

More: iPhone Hacks, App Advice, Forbes, TechCrunch, AnandTech and The Tech Report

Tweets: @panzer, @fromedome, @anildash, @monkbent, @fxshaw, @om, @benbajarin, @anandshimpi, @danielpunkass, @tomkrazit, @ryan, @monkbent, @stevesi, @tomwarren and @siracusa

John Paczkowski / Re/code:

Veteran Tech Journalist Anand Shimpi Headed to Apple — Anand Lal Shimpi, the editor and publisher of the well-regarded AnandTech site, is going to work at Apple. — An Apple rep confirmed that the company was hiring Shimpi, but wouldn't provide any other details.

More: TechCrunch, The Verge, MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac and iPhone in Canada Blog

Tweets: @phonewisdom, @johnpaczkowski, @carnage4life and @siracusa

Re/code:

Apple has considered a $400 price for its wearable device, with some models priced lower — Apple Has Considered $400 Price for Wearable Device — Apple executives have discussed charging around $400 for the company's new wearable device. — Pricing has yet to be finalized for the forthcoming product …

Ted C. Fishman / Chicago Magazine:

A history of Motorola: how interdivisional fights starting in the '80s nearly doomed the company — What Happened to Motorola — On the 18th floor of the Merchandise Mart, in a soaring two-story space underneath a vast industrial-looking stairway, a small crowd of business types, pols, and journalists gathers.

More: 9to5Google, The Verge and Engadget

Tweets: @stevesi, @trengriffin and @ossij

Thanks:@srikardr

Dom Esposito / 9to5Google:

Android Wear powered Sony SmartWatch 3 and ‘SmartBand Talk’ with curved e-ink display launching at IFA 2014 — IFA 2014 is right around the corner and we're expecting to see quite a bit of tech launched during the show. Sony is in attendance this year and their official press event is scheduled to happen on on Sept. 4th, 2014.

More: TechnoBuffalo, Xperia Blog, IntoMobile, Connectedly and MobileSyrup.com. Thanks:@llsethj

Dom Esposito / 9to5Google:

Sony's Xperia expected announcements at IFA: Z3 flagship phone, Z3 Compact, low-cost E3 phone, and waterproof Z3 Tablet Compact

More: Pocketnow. Thanks:@steqheu

Robert Lemos / Ars Technica:

Weak WPS randomization on some routers lets attackers in Wi-Fi range easily guess PINs — Offline attack shows Wi-Fi routers still vulnerable — A researcher has refined an attack on wireless routers with poorly implemented versions of the Wi-Fi Protected Setup that allows someone to quickly gain access to a router's network.

More: SlideShare, PC Magazine and Engadget

Andy Greenberg / Wired:

Second Bitcoin user Hal Finney dies at 58 after battle with ALS, has body cryonically frozen — Bitcoin's Earliest Adopter Is Cryonically Freezing His Body To See The Future — Some bitcoin enthusiasts have used their cryptocurrency to travel the world. Others have spent it on a trip to space.

More: lists.extropy.org, New York Times, Vox, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, International Business Times, NEWSBTC, Gigaom, CoinDesk and CryptoCoinsNews

Tweets: @maradydd, @a_greenberg, @mattblaze and @adrianchen

New York Times:

The evolution of propaganda: how ISIS uses Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, SoundCloud, and more — ISIS Displaying a Deft Command of Varied Media — The extremists who have seized large parts of Syria and Iraq have riveted the world's attention with their military prowess and unrestrained brutality.

Tweets: @jongambrellap, @andrewparker, @jimrutenberg, @abumuqawama, @corbettreport, @morningmoneyben, @philipmcclellan, @themurdochtimes and @dangillmor

Allan Holmes / The Center for Public Integrity:

How AT&T, Comcast, and Time Warner Cable use state governments to hinder municipal broadband — How big telecom smothers city-run broadband — AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner Cable use statehouses to curb public Internet service — The 400-acre Coffee County Joint Industrial Park …

More: TechCrunch and Gigaom. Tweets: @bgurley, @timkarr, @lhfang, @ninabernstein1, @publici, @scrawford and @dangillmor

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

AT&T sues Cox, says the cable provider's DVRs, set-top boxes, and modems infringe on patents — It's made-for-TV patent war, as AT&T sues Cox — The majority of patent lawsuits today are brought by “patent trolls” that do nothing but sue—but suits between actual competitors do still happen.

More: Re/code, Multichannel News, VentureBeat and Channel Partners News …

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