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September 16, 2014, 4:15 PM

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Buster Hein / Cult of Mac:
Apple confirms iPhone 6 NFC chip is only for Apple Pay at launch  —  Apple finally added NFC to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, but if you were hoping the company's new NFC chip will allow you to pair speakers or integrated NFC tags into your favorite apps, however you won't be able …
Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:
Misfit announces Flash, a plastic $50 wearable that tracks fitness and sleep  —  Misfit Wearables Launches The Flash, A More Affordable Fitness And Sleep Tracker  —  Misfit Wearables, which has sold roughly 600,000 metallic, quarter-sized activity trackers or Shines, has launched a more affordable fitness wearable called the Flash.
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Round two of Microsoft layoffs coming September 18: Sources  —  Summary: Microsoft will continue with its planned layoffs of 18,000 with job cuts across nearly all divisions of the company with its second wave of cuts later this week.  —  Later this week, Microsoft will lay off another group …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft introduces “Universal Mobile Keyboard”, built for iOS, Android, and Windows; to be released this October for $79.95  —  Microsoft creates a keyboard for iOS and Android tablets  —  Microsoft has created a keyboard designed for iOS, Android, and Windows tablets.
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
Fastly grabs $40M on its quest to build a big, cool content-distribution network  —  Above: Servers at Fastly's point of presence in Frankfurt.  —  Fastly, a startup looking to challenge the biggest companies in the business of distributing content around the world for quick online access, has brought on $40 million in fresh money.
Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:
Tim Cook doesn't want Apple to be a ‘treasure trove’ of user data for the NSA  —  Apple's privacy and security measures have been under a microscope for the past month, first with a targeted attack on celebrities that led to leaked nude photos, and now on Apple's own systems as the company gears …
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
Jury finds CBS infringes podcasting patent, awards $1.3 million  —  The popular show NCIS is one of several shows that CBS was sued over.  —  CBS  —  A jury in Marshall, Texas found the infamous “podcasting patent” was infringed by CBS's website today and said that the TV network …
Nate Hoffelder / The Digital Reader:
Hackers can exploit Kindle security flaw to access your Amazon account using malicious ebooks  —  Your Amazon Account Can be Hacked via a Kindle eBook  —  Amazon might not have a security issue at Audible but they do have one on their main website.  —  A security researcher has reported …
Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Worker Detained for Giving Customers a Sneak Peek at iPhone 6  —  Apple's new iPhone 6 might not be available in mainland China any time soon.  But, according to local authorities, plenty of people there have already wrapped their hands around its contours.
Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:
FiftyThree reveals Mix, a community for sharing and downloading any kind of Paper  —  Grid paper, lined paper, and even smartphone templates  —  “What is your favorite PowerPoint template?”  FiftyThree CEO Georg Petschnigg wants to know.  —  It's a surprisingly pertinent question.
Jonathan Vanian / Gigaom:
Cloud darling Docker gets $40M in funding to push its container technology  —  The closing of the funding round ends a momentous summer for the container management startup in which companies like Google, Microsoft and VMware have all pledged support and a bunch of startups have sprung up to take advantage of the Docker platform.
Michael Carney / PandoDaily:
Paypal attacks Apple Pay security with full-page ad in NYT referencing recent iCloud celebrity photo hack  —  “We the people want our money safer than our selfies.”  PayPal goes after Apple in a full page NYT ad  —  As the rumors of an Apple payments platform swirled leading up to last week's keynote …
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Microsoft launches OneNote for Android Wear and Share extension for iOS 8, updates Office Lens for Windows Phone  —  Microsoft today made three major OneNote announcements.  The company launched OneNote for Android Wear and a Share extension for iOS 8, as well as updated Office Lens for Windows Phone.
Jason Verge / Data Center Knowledge:
Data Center Security Startup vArmour Emerges from Stealth  —  Data center security startup vArmour has come out of stealth.  The company recently raised a $15 million series C after proving itself with several enterprises and service providers, but has not, until now, said what it does.
Stephen Wolfram / Wolfram Blog:
Wolfram launches cloud-based Mathematica Online that works in the browser  —  Launching Today: Mathematica Online!  —  It's been many years in the making, and today I'm excited to announce the launch of Mathematica Online: a version of Mathematica that operates completely in the cloud …

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