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| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
iPhone 6 costs an estimated $200 to $247 in parts and labor to build, 6 Plus $216 to $263; profit margins 69-70%; Samsung supplies 40% of A8 chips — Teardown Shows Apple's iPhone 6 Cost at Least $200 to Build — Apple spends $200 to $247 in parts and labor to build an iPhone 6 …
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iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, SlashGear, App Advice, Mashable, TechnoBuffalo, Quartz and Digital Trends
Tweets: @johnpaczkowski and @benedictevans
| Kelly Hodgkins / MacRumors: |
Some iPhone 6 Plus Owners Accidentally Bending Their iPhones in Pockets — As highlighted in a few reports shared in the MacRumors forums, a small but growing number of iPhone 6 Plus owners have reportedly bent their phones after carrying the devices in their pockets just days after launch.
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BGR, Daring Fireball, Gizmodo, Business Insider, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac and TUAW
Tweets: @davechensky, @panzer, @mattbuchanan, @apollozac, @samfbiddle and @panzer
| Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Wall Street Journal: |
SquareTrade breakability tests show iPhone 6/6 Plus are the most durable iPhones yet — iPhone 6 Is the Most Durable iPhone Yet, Says Insurer — The new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus may be the largest iPhones Apple has ever made, but they're also the toughest, according to SquareTrade, a gadget insurer that publishes a “breakability” index.| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
| Kelly Hodgkins / MacRumors: |
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Say hello to Talko: Ray Ozzie's startup wants to reinvent the phone call, starting with an iPhone app — What has Ray Ozzie been focusing on since leaving his position as Microsoft's chief software architect? Here's the answer. A new app and online service called Talko …
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Tweets: @fmanjoo, @ev, @rozzie, @erickschonfeld and @toddbishop
Thanks:@johnhcook| Steven Levy / Medium: |
Former Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie wants to make phone calls more like collaborative documents with Talko — Brave New Phone Call — Ray Ozzie's new app Talko hopes to give people their voices back — I. … It's not an abstract subject for the 58-year entrepreneur.
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Thanks:@sarablask| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Home Depot's former security architect was convicted of sabotaging his ex-employer's network — Home Depot's former security architect had history of techno-sabotage — “We sell hammers” was the justification Home Depot managers gave for cheaping out on security to IT employees. — WestportWiki| Electronista: |
UPS Store expands 3D printing services to nearly 100 locations — In-store 3D printing facilities offered in more markets — Delivery company UPS is making its 3D printing service more widely available at its stores across the United States. After an initial test with six markets …
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| Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal: |
Radius Raises $54.7 Million to Improve Sales Leads Using Big Data … Marketing automation software, which delivers sales prospects to customers, has generated some big companies-last year, Marketo Inc. went public and has a market cap of $1.26 billion, and HubSpot Inc. filed in August to raise up to $100 million in an IPO.
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Apple Announces iOS 8 Adoption Has Already Reached 46% — Apple has announced that iOS 8 adoption has already reached 46%. First spotted by iClarified, Apple quietly revealed the statistic on its App Store Distribution page. — The company says iOS 8 adoption reached 46% on September 21, 2014.| Ellen Huet / Forbes: |
Eduardo Saverin Leads $14 Million Funding Round For Silvercar, An Audi Airport Rental Startup — Billionaire Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has found a new place to focus his entrepreneurial energies: airport car rentals. Audis, specifically. — Saverin led a $14 million Series B round … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Branch Metrics Raises $3 Million From NEA For More Intelligent Deep Links That Make Apps Work Like The Web — Palo Alto-based Branch Metrics has just raised $3 million from NEA and others to address a series of challenges affecting the mobile app ecosystem today.
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PE Hub Blog, AdExchanger, VentureBeat and silicontap.com
| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google Structured Snippets Officially Live In Search Results — Earlier this month, we caught Google testing a form of knowledge graph data within the search results snippet. This feature is now officially being confirmed by Google on the Google Research Blog.| John Brownlee / Co.Design: |
iPod Mastermind Tony Fadell On The Death Of The iPod: “You Can't Get Too Nostalgic” — After 13 years, the iPod Classic is dead. Google's Tony Fadell tells us what killed the iPod, and why we shouldn't be bummed about it. — What does it feel like to lose your design child?
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Business Insider, MacNN, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, MacRumors and ReadWrite
| Tom Fairless / Wall Street Journal: |
EU antitrust chief says Google must improve its settlement proposal or face charges — Google Must Improve Search Settlement or Face Charges, EU's Almunia Says — Antitrust Chief Says Investigation Hasn't Been Swayed by Political Pressure — BRUSSELS— Google Inc. must improve …
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EU Press Room, Washington Post, The Register, The Verge and WebProNews
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Xbox One to launch Sept. 29 in China with 10 government-approved games — Following a previous delay, Microsoft will launch the Xbox One in China on Sept. 29 — calling it a “historic moment” as the first console launch in China in 14 years, after the government loosened a previous ban on sales of international consoles.
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CNET, BetaNews, VentureBeat, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, CNN-IBN News, GameSpot and The Verge. Thanks:@taylor_soper
| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
FTC sues Bitcoin miner maker Butterfly Labs, alleging fraudulent and deceptive practices — Feds say Bitcoin miner maker Butterfly Labs ran “systematic deception” [Updated] — Sonny Vleisides (right), is Butterfly Labs' co-founder and largest shareholder.| Kevin Fitchard / Gigaom: |
Huawei buys UK internet-of-things networking firm Neul for $25M — Huawei buys internet-of-things networking firm Neul — Huawei sees an opportunity in the industrial internet of things, so its buying a U.K. company specializing is sensor and meter networking for a reported $25 million.| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
Rackspace knocks out patent troll that claimed monopoly on rotating smartphone displays — A troll called called Rotatable claimed a patent monopoly on the use of rotating mobile screen displays. Rackspace won a victory for everyone by destroying its patent.
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The Official Rackspace Blog, theWHIR.com, SlashGear, The Register and Android Police. Tweets: @mattcutts
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Traxpay Raises $15M, Teams With MasterCard To Be The PayPal Of The B2B World — Traxpay, a German startup that has created a platform for businesses in a supply chain to make payments to each other — think PayPal for the B2B world, or an Alipay of the Western world — is making …
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PE Hub Blog, PYMNTS.com, internetretailer.com, VentureBeat and Payments News
| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Apple won't shut down the Beats Music streaming service, but the Beats Music brand may change — Apple's Beats Music Brand May Go Away. Apple's Beats Music Service Is Sticking Around. — Earlier this year, Apple bought Beats Music and Beats Electronics for $3 billion.
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9to5Mac, Gigaom, Macworld, BetaNews, PC Magazine, TUAW, Digital Music News, Guardian, Inquirer, GSMArena Blog, Ubergizmo, The Register and MobileSyrup.com. Tweets: @llsethj
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