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September 15, 2014, 6:55 AM

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The Intercept:
New Zealand Launched Mass Surveillance Project While Publicly Denying It  —  AUCKLAND, New Zealand—The New Zealand spy agency, the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), worked in 2012 and 2013 to implement a mass metadata surveillance system even as top government officials publicly insisted …
The Hill:
With Apple Pay, Apple could be regulated like a financial institution  —  Did Apple become a big bank?  —  Apple's move into mobile banking could bring the tech giant under the same federal regulations as financial institutions.  —  At a product launch event this week …
Brett King / Finextra:
Apple Pay cements NFC as the industry standard, accelerates the shift toward ubiquitous mobile payments  —  Africa, ApplePay and the iPhone 6: Resistance is futile  —  If you've followed my bullish ramblings on mobile payments here at Finextra, you'll know that talk of the coming ubiquitousness …
Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
With no remaining carrier partners, UK phone retailer Phones 4U set to close its 720 outlets  —  Phones 4U collapses into administration as EE is final operator to hang up  —  Retailer's 720 outlets will not open on Monday, with 5,596 staff to be briefed by management …
Leo Kelion / BBC:
Google launches Android One smartphones for around $105 in India, supports seven local languages and offline YouTube playback  —  Android One smartphones released in India by three companies  —  The three new smartphones feature the Android One branding on their backs
Chance Miller / 9to5Google:
Motorola to restock the Moto 360 and open preorders for Moto X (including “Pure Edition") and Moto Hint on Tuesday  —  Motorola to open pre-orders for new Moto X, restock Moto 360 on Tuesday  —  Last week, Motorola finally took the wraps off of a handful of new products.
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Netflix makes its much-anticipated debut in France  —  Netflix has finally said ‘bonjour’ to France after the video-on-demand site marked its long-awaited arrival in the country, another part of its ambitious European expansion program.  —  Announced via a tweet, Netflix's imminent arrival …
Mat Honan / Wired:
A requiem for the click wheel iPod, discontinued after almost 13 years  —  On Death and iPods: A Requiem  —  Have you ever loved a car?  Maybe it was an old truck you drove for hundreds of thousands of miles, or maybe it was your very first car: where you had your very first beer and your very first kiss.
Kashmir Hill / Forbes:
NSA employees increasingly leave the agency to start security companies like Synack, Virtru, and Morta Security  —  The NSA Gives Birth To Start-Ups  —  Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has been sweating it out in the spotlight this summer for converting his spy cred into a lucrative …
Tanya Dua / Digiday:
Vimeo targets YouTube with nationwide TV commercial and updated iOS app for easier mobile uploads  —  The YouTube-ification of Vimeo: Now with more baby videos  —  If you've hopped on to the New York City L train recently, chances are that you've come across a sea of blue: shrink-wrapped subway cars, plastered with Vimeo messaging.

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