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September 26, 2014, 1:25 AM

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Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Apple releases iOS 8.0.2 with fixes to cellular, touch ID issues; says only 40K iPhone 6/6+ devices affected by 8.0.1 bugs — Apple Releases iOS 8.0.2 With Fix for Cellular Issues, Broken Touch ID — Apple has just released iOS 8..2, its second update to iOS 8 designed to fix major issues introduced …

Bloomberg:

Manager in charge of iOS testing was in charge of testing Maps during 2012 debacle; a look inside the team's procedures — Apple's IPhone Software Snafu Has Links to Flawed Maps — Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s release of a software update that cut off people's ability to make calls from their iPhones …

More: MacRumors, Business Insider, AppleInsider, App Advice, 9to5Mac and MacDailyNews

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Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:

A behind-the-scenes look at Apple's iPhone testing facilities — Inside the building where Apple tortures the iPhone 6 — A few blocks away from Apple's bustling campus in Cupertino is a rather nondescript building. Inside is absolutely the last place on earth you'd want to be if you were an iPhone.

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Tweets: @pkedrosky, @dansinker, @sharonprofis and @bhatnaturally

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Apple: Bending in iPhone 6 Plus From Normal Use ‘Extremely Rare’, Only 9 Customers Have Complained — Apple has commented on the ongoing complaints about the iPhone 6 Plus bending in user pockets, telling CNBC that the new iPhones include steel/titanium inserts to reinforce stress locations …

The Huffington Post:

FBI discussed marketing of device encryption settings with Google and Apple; director says he's “very concerned” — FBI Director James Comey ‘Very Concerned’ About New Apple, Google Privacy Features — WASHINGTON — FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that he was …

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

New Mac Mini Finally Coming in October Alongside New iPads? — At just under two years since its last update, the Mac mini seems to have become the forgotten part of Apple's Mac lineup, with a number of fans of the small desktop waiting for any word of a potential update.

More: Ubergizmo, SlashGear, InvestorPlace, Redmond Pie, TechnoBuffalo, AppleInsider and 9to5Mac

Gail Sullivan / Washington Post:

Social network Ello, which unlike Facebook does not enforce real names, sees rapid growth amid interest from LGBT community — Social network Ello gets boost after Facebook boots drag queens — “You are not a product,” its manifesto declares. It decries social networks that track and record …

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Tweets: @twoscooters, @samfbiddle, @eringriffith, @joshconstine and @papapishu

Andy Baio / ello.co:

With its $435K seed funding, Ello is unlikely to sustain its “ad-free” model, and will need to turn a profit

More: The Next Web and Betabeat. Tweets: @benjaminjackson, @waxpancake, @bryce, @exiledsurfer, @kimcooper, @joshconstine, @scottbeale, @mmasnick and @sinequanon

Rene Ritchie / iMore:

Apple: OS X safe from Bash exploit unless users configured advanced Unix services, fix coming — Apple comments on ‘Shellshock’ exploit, working quickly to provide OS X software update — 0Apple is aware of the recently discovered bash exploit, nicknamed Shellshock …

More: MacRumors, Mac Tips and Lifehacker

Liam Tung / ZDNet:

First attacks using Bash bug discovered in the wild, available patch only a partial fix

More: Wired, Ars Technica, eWeek, The Register, Computerworld, Information Security, Gigaom, Forbes, BBC, FireEye Blog, Cloud Security Alliance Blog, Guardian, CSO Online, blog.trendmicro.com, Krebs on Security and The Daily Dot. Tweets: @yinettesys

Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:

Intel Takes $1.5B, 20% Stake in China's Tsinghua, To Market Intel Chips with Spreadtrum — Confirming speculation yesterday morning by Chinese media and social networking outfit Tencent, chip giant Intel (INTC) said early Friday morning it will invest $1.5 billion for a 20% stake …

More: VentureBeat, New York Times and Bloomberg

Rachel Whetstone / Google Europe Blog:

News Corp says Google makes a platform for piracy, stifles competition, more; Google responds — Dear Rupert — Last week, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp sent an open letter to the European Commission complaining about Google. We wanted to share our perspective so you can judge the arguments on their merits.

More: Marketing Land, Beyond Search, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, BetaNews, CNET, The Register, SlashGear, Financial Times, CNBC, Talking New Media, Independent.ie, WebProNews, Bloomberg, Hollywood Reporter and TorrentFreak

Tweets: @wblau and @dannysullivan

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San Francisco Chronicle:

LA and SF district attorneys threaten Uber and Lyft with new legal action, say they're operating illegally — S.F., L.A. threaten Uber, Lyft, Sidecar with legal action — A black SUV bearing the distinctive “U” logo of the Uber ride-sharing service takes the transit lane on Geary Street …

More: SFWeekly, TIME, KQED News Fix, CBS San Francisco and San Francisco Examiner …

Tweets: @bryce and @susie_c

Thanks:@ilamont

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Facebook Is Partnering With Stripe to Power “Buy” Button — Facebook first began testing a “Buy” button within News Feed in July, and payments startup Stripe has been tasked with powering the technology, Re/code has learned. — The “Buy” button, which allows Facebook users to purchase goods …

Tweets: @tristanwalker, @slexaxton and @justglew

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Instagram Lets You #Selfielapse By Adding Front-Facing Camera Option To Hyperlapse — Instagram's first update to its timelapse app Hyperlapse will let you create mini-travelogues of your face hurtling through the world. Hyperlapse now lets you capture timelapses with the front-facing camera …

More: The Verge, The Next Web, NEWS.com.au, Inside Facebook, AllFacebook and Macworld

Sal Cangeloso / Geek.com:

Seek Thermal: A $199 thermal cam add-on for iOS and Android — This summer FLIR released the first consumer-friendly thermal camera. The $300 “terminator vision” camera was built into a an iPhone case which streamlined the design and protected the camera, but also meant that the case was outdated as soon as the iPhone 6 was released.

More: The Next Web, Electronista, CNET, Gizmodo, BGR, AndroidHeadlines.com, BroadwayWorld.com, Greenbot, Re/code, CNET, VentureBeat, PetaPixel and Android Police

CJ Arlotta / Talkin' Cloud:

Docker Adds Top Language Stacks to Docker Hub Registry for Developers — New partner program enables ISVs, technology partners to maintain their own stacks — The San Francisco-based open source platform company this week said it has added the 11 most searched for programming language stacks …

More: Docker Blog

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Goodreads updates its iOS app with new home feed, streamlined navigation and improved shelving — Amazon's Goodreads App Finally Gets A Makeover — Goodreads, the social network for book lovers, has at last seen its first major update since Amazon bought the company last March.

More: GeekWire, Goodreads, The Province, Good E-Reader and App Advice

Joan Lowy / Associated Press:

FAA's upcoming traffic control system, NextGen, not designed to handle drones — Drones left out of air traffic plans … WASHINGTON (AP) — Designers of the ambitious U.S. air traffic control system of the future neglected to take drones into account, raising questions about whether …

More: The Verge, Engadget, CBS News, Reuters and Politico

Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch:

Eventbrite Now Has An All-In-One App For Event Organizers Called Neon — Eventbrite's new Neon, launching in the app store today, combines the functionality of both its organizer side apps At the Door and Entry Manager into one single smartphone app. — Eventbrite has been working on making …

More: The Next Web, Eventbrite Blog, Business Insider and hypebot

Tweets: @sequoia and @thewebbyawards

Jeff Barr / Amazon Web Services (AWS):

Amazon confirms EC2 reboot due to Xen hypervisor issues, says less than 10% of instances will be affected — EC2 Maintenance Update — Today I've received a few questions about a maintenance update we're performing late this week through early next week, so I thought it would be useful to provide an update.

More: Gigaom, Data Center Knowledge, Forbes, Network World and Securosis Highlights

Brad Chacos / PC World:

Sorry, folks: Samsung's curvaceous Galaxy Note Edge is a ‘limited edition concept’ — Samsung's Galaxy Note 4 phablet is barreling towards release, but amid all the talk about the phone's preorders and super-nifty Gear VR headset accessory, one question has remained unanswered …

More: Gizmodo, BGR, Gotta Be Mobile, Gigaom and Phandroid. Thanks:@bradchacos

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Apple kicks off iPhone 6 sales in 20 more countries starting w/ New Zealand — NZ carrier Spark offers customers life-sized cardboard emoji characters to reserve their spot in line for iPhone 6 — Apple's second wave of iPhone 6 sales has just kicked off with customers in New Zealand getting access …

More: New Zealand Herald, Gizmodo and MacRumors

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