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iOS 8 review: Apple empowers developers with Continuity, iCloud Drive, HealthKit, HomeKit, Pay — iOS 8, thoroughly reviewed — A big, developer-centric update completes the overhaul started in iOS 7. — “Huge for developers. Massive for everyone else.”
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Developers warn iOS 8 users not to upgrade to iCloud Drive before OS X Yosemite release — With the public release of iOS 8 landing today ahead of the new iPhone models shipping on September 19, developers are warning users not to upgrade to Apple's new iCloud Drive feature just yet.
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| Joseph Keller / iMore: |
1Password 5 for iPhone and iPad goes freemium, brings iOS 8 Touch ID, action extension support — 1Password has been updated to version 5 today with support for iOS 8 and many of its new features, including for extensions, as well as Touch ID. Additionally, 1Password is also embracing the freemium model … | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
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Tim Cook Interview: The iPhone 6, the Apple Watch, and Remaking a Company's Culture — Steve Jobs's office remains Steve Jobs's office. After his death in 2011, Tim Cook, his friend and successor as Apple (AAPL) chief executive officer, decided to leave the sparsely decorated room on the fourth floor of 1 Infinite Loop untouched.
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| Terrence O'Brien / Engadget: |
Amazon's $200 Kindle Voyage is the Rolls-Royce of e-readers — Perhaps Amazon sold a lot of 3G Paperwhites without special offers. Or maybe Kobo's Aura HD has quietly taken the world by storm and Jeff Bezos decided he needed an answer. Whatever the impetus, Amazon has decided there is room in the world for a $199 e-reader.
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| Lorraine Luk / Wall Street Journal: |
Foxconn struggles with iPhone 6 demand despite 200K workers making 540K phones/day — Foxconn Struggles to Meet New iPhone Demand — Apple fans may have to wait for weeks to get the new iPhones as Apple's major assembler Foxconn appears to be struggling to boost its production to meet strong demand.
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9to5Mac, PC Magazine, AppleInsider, SlashGear, Cult of Mac, AppleTell, iPhone, TUAW, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, CNET, BGR, iMore, MacDailyNews and MacRumors. Tweets: @cdhowe
| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
iPhone 6 better in every way: display, performance, photos, videos, battery life, and network speed — One More Thing — Going through my notes, I realized that I neglected to write about pricing and storage tiers in my iPhones 6 review. I really wanted to, and blame exhaustion for omitting it.
| Daniel Howley / Yahoo Tech: |
| Liz Gannes / Re/code: |
Airbnb to begin collecting a 14% transient occupancy tax in San Francisco October 1 — Airbnb Will Collect Taxes in San Francisco Starting Next Month — Airbnb will collect taxes from its hosts and and remit them to its hometown of San Francisco starting October 1, the company said today.
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| Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC: |
Peter Thiel: Twitter execs probably smoke pot, Uber most ethically challenged company — Peter Thiel on Twitter and pot, Google, Uber and gay CEOs — Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, provides his play on social media company Twitter. — Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel …
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Tweets: @dickc, @dannysullivan, @goldman, @bijan and @msuster
| Phil Goldstein / FierceWireless: |
Verizon Wireless plans to launch Wi-Fi calling in mid-2015 — Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) plans to introduce Wi-Fi calling in the middle of next year but does not see an urgent need for it, according to Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo. — Speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media …
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DSLreports, TechnoBuffalo, Gizmodo, Windows Phone Central, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, Droid Life and Android and Me. Tweets: @jbrodkin
| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Android Browser flaw a “privacy disaster” for half of Android users — Thanks to a bug in the Android Browser, your cookies aren't safe. — Surian Soosay — A bug quietly reported on September 1 appears to have grave implications for Android users. Android Browser, the open source … | Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Former Qualcomm executive Dennis Kish replaces Milo Medin as head of Google Fiber — Former Qualcomm Exec Named Head of Google Fiber — Google Fiber has a new boss, the latest sign that the search giant is serious about delivering high-speed Internet service.
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Light Reading, 9to5Google, Engadget, Gigaom, Softpedia News, ZDNet and DSLreports
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple TV updated w/ Beats Music channel, refreshed design, Family Sharing, & iCloud Photos — In addition to shipping iOS 8 to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users today, Apple has released a software update to Apple TV (third-generation) users as well. As we previewed before …
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AppleInsider, Digital Trends, Engadget, Gizmodo, The Verge and MacDailyNews
| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Tim Cook reiterates commitment to user privacy and security in letter on Apple website, launches new security page — As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Tim Cook has published a letter (below) on the company's website expressing his commitment to the privacy and security of iOS and Mac users.
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Apple, The Next Web, iMore, Wall Street Journal and Wall Street Journal
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple to Require App-Specific Passwords For Third-Party Apps Accessing iCloud — Apple is now offering app-specific passwords for third-party apps that access iCloud, allowing users to generate unique one-time use passwords to sign into iCloud securely. In a support document …
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Official Apple Support, DailyTech, SlashGear, TUAW, iLounge, BGR, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo and Inquirer
| Liam Spradlin / Android Police: |
Material design screenshots leaked for Google Play Store 5.0 update — An Exclusive Early Look At The Google Play Store's 5.0 Update — A couple of months ago, we shared an early look at an impending Play Store update that saw more “materialized” content listings, but the rest of the interface remained largely unchanged.
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Gotta Be Mobile, Gizmodo, PC World, TechnoBuffalo, AndroidGuys and AndroidOS.in
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