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September 28, 2014, 9:15 AM

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Consumer Reports Online:
Consumer Reports test results find iPhone 6 and 6 Plus not as bendy as believed  —  We stress test Apple's new phones, plus comparable models from Samsung, LG, and HTC  —  Two days ago, the Internet erupted with photos of bent iPhone 6s, and a very-viral video of a guy creasing an iPhone 6 Plus with his bare hands.
William Alden / New York Times:
Marc Andreessen says many startups with high cash burn rates will vaporize when market turns  —  Marc Andreessen Sounds Warning on Start-Ups Burning Cash  —  Fretting over a possible downturn in Silicon Valley is now a mainstream pursuit.  —  Marc Andreessen, the prominent venture capitalist …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
The Yahoo Directory — Once The Internet's Most Important Search Engine — Is To Close  —  For some, it may seem like there has always been Google, and it's always been the main way people have found things on the web.  But before Google, there was the Yahoo Directory and its hand-compiled list of websites, organized into topics.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
RIAA: revenues from music streaming services have replaced those lost from online sales  —  Music Download Sales Drop, Replaced by Streaming: RIAA  —  For a very long time, any report on the state of the music business sounded like this: Digital download sales are rising, but not enough to make up for the drop in CD sales.
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
As Roku grows, it's moving towards pay-to-play for successful channels  —  Getting your app onto Roku's platform is free.  But once you start to make real money, the company will ask you to sign a new deal — to the surprise of some publishers.  —  With 1,800 channels and growing …
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Secret launches Ping, an app that sends content notifications, says no ties to Secret app  —  Startup Behind Anonymous App Secret Unveils Another New App: ‘Ping’  —  The startup behind anonymous posting app Secret has unveiled another new app, Ping.  —  Secret's latest creation appeared …

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