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September 8, 2014, 7:40 AM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Disney stores add NFC credit card readers and Apple stores upgrade iBeacons ahead of iPhone launch  —  Apple and Disney Stores upgrading iBeacons and NFC scanners ahead of iPhone 6 launch  —  Apple and longtime partner Disney this week are bolstering their stores with upgraded versions …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
5.5-inch iPhone 6 may run landscape apps with more productive iPad-like interface  —  While the 4.7-inch version of the upcoming iPhone 6 will seemingly function as a large version of the current iPhone interface, it appears that the larger model with a 5.5-inch display could run software …
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
What to expect from Apple's September 9th event: new iPhones, wearables, iOS 8, more  —  What To Expect From Apple's iPhone Event On September 9  —  Apple is hosting an event on September 9, and by all accounts it's going to be a real barn burner.  The company is set to announce new iPhones …
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Tool to kick Glass users off Wi-Fi becomes Cyborg Unplug, a $50-$85 anti-surveillance appliance  —  For Sale Soon: The World's First Google Glass Detector  —  Earlier this summer, Berlin-based artist and coder Julian Oliver released Glasshole.sh, a simple and free piece of software designed …
More: The VergeTweets: @devindigital
Re/code:
Reddit raising over $50M for less than 10% of the company, at a valuation upwards of $500M  —  Reddit Raising a Big Round, and Some Y Combinator Players Are in the Mix  —  Reddit, the social news site with a big Web footprint, is raising a big funding round — with help from some of the people …
Ben Woods / The Next Web:
Microsoft fully revamps its MSN portal, Bing mobile apps to be rebranded MSN too  —  Microsoft has fully overhauled its MSN portal to make it more deeply integrated with its other services.  Alongside this, it will also be introducing a rebrand of its Bing mobile apps for Windows Phone, iOS and Android.
Matt McFarland / Washington Post:
The unstoppable TI-84 Plus: How an outdated calculator still holds a monopoly on classrooms  —  In the ruthlessly competitive world of technology, where companies rush the latest gadget to market and slash prices to stay competitive, the TI-84 Plus is an anomaly.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Home Depot Hit By Same Malware as Target  —  The apparent credit and debit card breach uncovered last week at Home Depot was aided in part by a new variant of the same malicious software program that stole card account data from cash registers at Target last December, according to sources close to the investigation.
More: Neowin
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple's wearable will come with an App Store; Facebook and several other big developers already have access to a pre-release SDK  —  Apple wearable to run third-party apps, big developers already seeded SDK  —  Apple's upcoming wearable device, based on iOS, will run third-party applications and …
Christina Farr / Reuters:

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