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September 3, 2014, 8:40 PM

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Samsung:

Samsung announces 5.7" Galaxy Note 4 and 5.6" Galaxy Note Edge with curved display on one edge — Samsung Introduces the Latest in its Iconic Note Series - The Galaxy Note 4, and Showcases Next Generation Display with Galaxy Note Edge — Offering a new dimension to Samsung's unique Note culture …

More: T-Mobile Newsroom, SamMobile, Tech Times, Gotta Be Mobile, Geek Beat, GadgeTell and Gigaom

Tweets: @samfbiddle, @harrymccracken and @mkbhd

David Pierce / The Verge:

Galaxy Note Edge's sloped right side serves as a secondary, always-on display for use as a quick app launcher, toolbar, and more — The Galaxy Note Edge is a flagship phone with an entirely new kind of curved display — Twenty months ago, it was a nameless prototype at CES 2013.

More: about.att.com, Fast Company, SamMobile, Engadget, TechCrunch, SlashGear, CNET, BGR, SlashGear, Gotta Be Mobile, 9to5Google, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Mac, AnandTech, Engadget and The Daily Dot

Brad Molen / Engadget:

Galaxy Note 4: 2560 x 1440 display, 16MP camera, 2.7GHz quad-core processor, aluminum frame, fingerprint scanner, more sensitive S Pen — The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 looks and feels like a premium device (hands-on) — When Samsung launched the very first Galaxy Note at IFA 2011, the device …

More: Gizmodo, TechCrunch, BGR, The Verge, The Verge, BetaNews, Technology Personalized, Gotta Be Mobile, VentureBeat and Business Insider

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Sony announces new flagship smartphone Xperia Z3 with 5.2" 1080p display, 20.7MP camera, and waterproofing, coming this fall — Sony announces its latest flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z3 — We hope you weren't getting too comfy with the months-old Xperia Z2 — Sony …

More: The Verge, Gigaom, ZDNet, Sony, SlashGear, Softpedia News, Business Insider, Guardian and Laptop Mag

Nick Summers / The Next Web:

Sony's Xperia Z3 Compact is a smaller Android smartphone with top-tier specs — Sony today unveiled the Xperia Z3 Compact, a smaller version its latest flagship smartphone. Unlike most Android OEMs, which position “mini” handsets as mid-range alternatives, Sony's aim is to make the Xperia Z3 Compact a no-compromise device.

More: Sony Global, The Verge, Android Police, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, GeekWire, Kotaku, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Electronista, Engadget, Inquirer and BGR

Roger Cheng / CNET:

Sony to launch Xperia Z3 in US on T-Mobile end of 2014, around the same time as in other markets

More: Ubergizmo, SlashGear and AndroidHeadlines.com

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact: 8" 1080p display, 2.5Ghz processor, 3GB RAM; available in fall

More: The Next Web, Know Your Mobile, Mashable, Pocket-lint, 9to5Google, Wired.co.uk, Gizmodo and Android Central

Andy / TorrentFreak:

In The Fappening's Wake, 4chan Intros DMCA Policy — Every now and again a phenomenon takes the Internet by storm. They're situations that the term ‘going viral’ was made for. A couple of weeks ago it was ice buckets, and since the weekend its been leaked celebrity pictures.

More: Ars Technica, ReadWrite, Gigaom, Ubergizmo, GamePolitics blogs, BetaNews and Consumerist

Apple:

Celebrity photo theft a targeted attack on names, passwords, and security questions, and didn't result from breaches of Find my iPhone or iCloud

More: Guardian, CNET, 9to5Mac, ...And You Will Know Us, New Web Order, Business Insider, Fortune, App Advice, MacDailyNews, Cult of Mac, MediaCenter Panda Security, Securelist, eWeek and Forbes. Tweets: @addelindh

Michael Rose / TUAW:

Apple's two-factor authentication doesn't cover restoring a new device from an iCloud backup, a known issue affecting data security

More: TechCrunch, Daring Fireball, The Verge, The Next Web, Deadline, Bloomberg and Lifehacker

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Apple Should Be More Transparent About Security

More: Daring Fireball, eWeek, The Verge and MacDailyNews. Thanks:@drew

Sven Grundberg / Wall Street Journal:

Nokia to release free maps app on iOS, Android that will work without an Internet connection — Nokia Plans to Unfurl New Mobile Map App — New Android, iOS Apps Would Work Without Internet Connection — STOCKHOLM— Nokia Corp.'s mapping business is making a new push to bring …

More: BGR, AppleInsider, Gigaom, ValueWalk, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, WMPoweruser, TUAW, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, iDownloadBlog.com and iPhone in Canada Blog

Rachel King / ZDNet:

Box looks to revamp business processes with Workflow; Office 365 tie-in going live — Summary: More than 240,000 businesses, 27 million users, and 99 percent of the Fortune 500 are now actively using the Box platform. — SAN FRANCISCO—After years of striving to revise how employees store …

More: VentureBeat, Re/code, The Box Blog, VentureBeat, Gigaom, eWeek, Computerworld, GeekWire, InfoWorld, TechCrunch, The Next Web, VentureBeat, The Box Blog and CNET

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Elop: Microsoft gearing up to “mass produce” Perceptive Pixel large-screen touch displays — Microsoft gears up to mass produce large-screen touch displays — Summary: Two years after buying Perceptive Pixel, Microsoft is gearing up to start mass-producing large-screen touch devices.

More: Business Spectator, WinBeta, Softpedia News, Neowin and Windows Phone Central

Ben Gilbert / Engadget:

Samsung partners with Oculus on “Gear VR” virtual reality headset that uses the Note 4, says it will ship to consumers this year for unknown price — Samsung and Oculus partner to create Gear VR, a virtual reality headset that uses the Note 4 (hands-on) — Facebook's Oculus VR is creating the Rift.

Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

Apple stock sinks below $100, losing 4.2%, after analyst downgrade and celeb iCloud data theft — Apple Shares Tank After The Celeb Nude Scandal, And Pacific Crest Tells Everyone To Sell — Rough times for Apple, suddenly. — The stock fell ~4.22% today, dropping to $98.94.

More: Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Tech Trader Daily, The Huffington Post, Reuters, Reuters and SiliconBeat

David Meyer / Gigaom:

Sony reveals Android Wear-based SmartWatch 3, along with e-ink-equipped SmartBand Talk — The company has decided to go with Google smartwatch software efforts rather than its own. — Sony revealed two new wearables at IFA on Wednesday: the SmartBand Talk and the SmartWatch 3, the firm's first Android Wear device.

More: Re/code, Engadget, Blog Portal, The Verge, CNET, SlashGear, Inquirer, 9to5Google, BGR, Softpedia News, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, The Next Web, Engadget, Engadget and iPhone in Canada Blog

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Isis Mobile Wallet Rebrands To Softcard To Distance From Militant Terror Group — Isis, the U.S. mobile wallet platform backed by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, is rebranding. “In a few weeks, Isis Wallet will become Softcard. It's a different name for the same great way to pay,” the company notes on its homepage.

More: Phone Scoop, Isis News, BetaNews, Gigaom, Engadget, The Register, Computerworld, Android Police, eWeek, The Verge, TechSpot, New York Times, BetaBoston, GeekWire, Mashable, 9to5Google, ZDNet and Domain Name Wire. Tweets: @bradcolbow

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

DWNLD Gives Web Publishers A Platform For Building Affordable, Customizable Native Apps — Last week, we reported that Pinterest investor Fritz Lanman was pursuing the company builder model for creating startups and working on two different companies simultaneously.

More: New York Times, Re/code, VentureBeat, Variety, Business Insider, Inside Mobile Apps and DWNLD

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:

Toshiba's Chromebook 2 will give you a 13" 1080p IPS display for $330 — Toshiba's Chromebook 2 will get you a very nice screen, provided you spring for the more expensive model. — Toshiba — Most Chromebook hardware can be described as “only OK.” The need to compete with others requires OEMs …

More: Digital Trends

Matt Burns / TechCrunch:

Toshiba's Encore Mini Tablet Runs Windows 8.1 And Is Just $119

More: ZDNet, Blogging Windows, Ars Technica, The Tech Report, TechSpot, Neowin, Phones Review, Geek.com and BetaNews

Electronista:

Logitech K480 Bluetooth keyboard enables simple switching between three devices, costs $50 — Logitech K480 keyboard switches between phones, tablets, computers — Switch toggles between Bluetooth-connected devices — Logitech has announced a new keyboard peripheral, the K480.

More: 9to5Google, CNET, Computerworld, Android Community, Pocket-lint, TechCrunch, AndroidHeadlines.com, Ubergizmo, Geek.com, SlashGear and Android Police

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Delivery Hero, Hungry For Growth, Orders Up Another $350M In Funding — Just two weeks after reaching a $1 billion valuation on the back of a major acquisition, Berlin-based online food ordering and delivery site Delivery Hero has yet more news: the company has raised another $350 million in finanacing.

More: VatorNews, PE Hub Blog and Wall Street Journal

Kevin Fitchard / Gigaom:

Broadcom releases a 650Mbps chip to link smartphones to gigabit Wi-Fi networks — Broadcom's newest mobile device Wi-Fi chip boasts 650 Mbps in speeds. While that's not exactly gigabit speeds, it's a lot closer to getting our smartphones to match our network speeds.

More: Broadcom, Tom's Hardware Guide, RCR Wireless News and Android Central

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Dick Costolo: Twitter shows favorites in timeline when two refreshes don't reveal new tweets — Twitter CEO finally explains why random favorites are inserted into your timeline — Seeing random tweets in your timeline, like tweets favorited by people you follow? Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has offered up one reason why:

More: PandoDaily, Marketing Land, BetaNews, Gigaom and Softpedia News. Tweets: @dickc

IDC:

Projection: phablet shipments to hit 175M in 2014, surpassing portable PCs, and 318M in 2015, surpassing tablets — A Future Fueled by Phablets - Worldwide Phablet Shipments to Surpass Portable PCs in 2014 and Tablets by 2015, According to IDC — According to a new forecast …

More: Quartz, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Gigaom, CNET, Cult of Mac and ZDNet. Tweets: @stevesi

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