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September 19, 2014, 9:40 PM

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iFixit:
iPhone 6 Teardown  —  Double the iPhone, double the teardown!  With the iPhone 6 Plus laid out for inspection, we turn our attention to the smaller iPhone 6—though at 4.7", it's still a giant among iPhones.  What was so big that Apple couldn't fit it into the familiar form factor?
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Use 20-Nanometer A8 Processor From TSMC  —  Apple's 20-nanometer A8 processor in the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus was fabricated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), according to Chipworks (via iFixit).  Chipworks has been analyzing the various parts in the iPhone 6 …
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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
Patent troll gives up, can't defend “matchmaking” patent under new law  —  A patent troll called Lumen View Technology got stopped in its tracks last year after it sued Santa Barbara-based startup FindTheBest, then asked the company for a quick $50,000 settlement.
eMarketer:
Facebook's US Ad Revenues Outpace Users' Average Daily Time Spent on the Site  —  Facebook bucks trend of digital ad dollars lagging time spent with digital media  —  US adults will spend an average of 21 minutes each day on Facebook in 2014, according to new figures from eMarketer …
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
iCloud for Windows update means PCs can use iCloud Drive before Macs can  —  iCloud Drive is now available on Windows, but not OS X.  —  Apple officially released iCloud Drive yesterday as part of the iOS 8 update, but it came with a caveat: turning it on disables the “old” way of iCloud syncing …
Andrea Peterson / Washington Post:
Online court archive PACER says it will restore access to missing records  —  The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (or AO) has a plan to restore online access to documents that were controversially removed in August from PACER, the online system for accessing public court records, a spokesperson said.
John Callaham / Connectedly:
Belkin's WeMo Smart LED Bulbs now on sale in US and Canada  —  Belkin has announced that its WeMo Smart LED Bulbs, which can be controlled by iOS or Android apps, are now on sale in the US and Canada, both as individual bulbs as well as in a Starter Kit that includes a WeMo Link which can control up to 50 of those lights.
Reuters:
Exclusive: France's Iliad sets mid-Oct deadline for T-Mobile US bid - sources  —  (Reuters) - French low-cost telecom operator Iliad has set a mid-October deadline to decide whether to improve its bid for T-Mobile US or walk away as it faces resistance from seller Deutsche Telekom, several people familiar with the situation said.

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