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September 10, 2015, 10:20 AM

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Josh Tyrangiel / Bloomberg Business:
How Apple Built 3D Touch  —  Apple has made many things over the years, but its process has remained essentially the same: Find something ugly and complicated and make it prettier and easier.  Prettiness, in brushed aluminum, is more or less a permanent state.
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Thoughts about Apple's event: iPad Pro should compare favorably to recent MacBooks, Apple TV might be the most disruptive Apple product since iPhone, more  —  Brief Thoughts and Observations Regarding Today's ‘Hey Siri’ Apple Event  —  All for One, One for All
Husain Sumra / MacRumors:
Apple promo video confirms iPhone 6s has a 1715mAh battery, smaller than 1810mAh battery in iPhone 6  —  Apple's 3D Touch Video Confirms 1715 mAh iPhone 6s Battery  —  Last month, rumors and photos of a battery that looked very similar to an iPhone battery suggested that the iPhone 6s' battery capacity …
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Hands-on with 3D Touch and new cameras on the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus  —  iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus: hands-on with 3D Touch and the new cameras  —  Every other year, Apple releases an iPhone that many people write off as a spec bump.  Sure, it has a better camera, faster processor …
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet:
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Hands-on with the new Apple TV  —  As expected, Apple announced an updated version of the Apple TV today, and I just spent a little time playing with it.  Physically, the unit itself isn't much different than the older model — it's just a little bit taller — but the remote and interface are entirely new.
Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:
Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Microsoft confirms Office 2016 for Windows is officially launching on September 22  —  We knew it was coming, but Microsoft has now officially confirmed that Office 2016 for Windows will be “broadly available” from September 22.  —  The full public launch comes after many months of iteration …
Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
Secondhand Clothing Site ThredUp Raises $81 Million at Valuation Around $500 Million  —  The shakeout in the online used-clothing industry is here, and ThredUp is looking to separate from the pack.  —  The San Francisco-based shopping site, which sells secondhand clothing for women and children …
Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Spotify's Found Them First lets you see which artists you listened to before they became popular, defined as having over 20M streams and 2,000% growth  —  Spotify's ‘Found Them First’ Puts a New Spin on Discovery Bragging Rights  —  Do you listen to bands before they're famous?  Are you a tastemaker?
Heather Somerville / Reuters:
Former Uber driver was an employee, rules California department  —  Uber has lost another legal round in the dispute over whether its drivers are independent contractors or employees, an issue that threatens the core of the ride-hailing company's business model.
Mark Walton / Ars Technica UK:
Samsung begins mass production of 12Gb LPDDR4 DRAM modules, opens possibility of 6GB RAM inside a mobile device  —  Samsung's new 12Gb DRAM modules allow for smartphones with 6GB of RAM  —  Samsung has begun mass production of the industry's first 12Gb LPDDR4 DRAM dies for mobile devices, fabricated on its 20nm manufacturing process.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
IronSource Merges With Supersonic In Mobile Ad Consolidation Play  —  On the heels of AOL snapping up Millennial Media last week comes another mobile advertising consolidation play.  IronSource, a specialist in mobile app distribution and promotion services, has merged with SupersonicAds …

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