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September 6, 2014, 5:35 AM

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Kia Makarechi / Vanity Fair:

Renowned industrial designer Marc Newson to join Apple's design team, will remain based in UK — Marc Newson to Join Apple's Design Team (Exclusive) — Designer Marc Newson is joining Apple as part of senior vice president of design Jonathan Ive's team, the company told VF Daily on Friday.

Andy Greenberg / Wired:

FBI says Silk Road's server was located through a login page flaw that revealed its IP address — The FBI Finally Says How It ‘Legally’ Pinpointed Silk Road's Server — As the trial of alleged Silk Road drug market creator Ross Ulbricht approaches, the defense has highlighted the mystery …

More: Krebs on Security. Tweets: @dannyyadron, @micahflee, @mmasnick and @nzkoz. Thanks:@nikcub

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Apple iPhone's Mobile Payments Expected to Include CVS and Walgreens — Apple's upcoming mobile payment system will get a big head start with the country's two largest pharmacy chains coming on board. — CVS and Walgreens are expected to accept purchases made with the new iPhone payment system …

More: AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Gizmodo, SlashGear, The Mac Observer, Ubergizmo, iMore, MacNN, iPhone in Canada Blog, Business Insider, App Advice and New York Times

Adam Satariano / Businessweek:

Behind Apple's program to devise quick fixes in the factory to glitches found in new devices — Apple's iPhone 6 First Responders — As Apple (AAPL) prepares to unveil the iPhone 6 on Sept. 9, engineers are toiling in secrecy to make sure everything works properly. Their task won't end when the phone goes on sale.

More: Geek.com, 9to5Mac, DisplayBlog, The Verge, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo, iMore, BGR, MacDailyNews, TUAW, AppleInsider, MacRumors and Gizmodo UK. Tweets: @jim_edwards. Thanks:@srikardr

Telis Demos / Wall Street Journal:

Alibaba to set IPO price range at $60-$66 per share, valuing the company between $150B and $165B — Alibaba to Set IPO Price Range at $60-$66 A Share — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is expected to price its initial public offering at $60 to $66 a share, according to a person familiar with the matter …

More: Bloomberg, VentureBeat, CNBC, New York Times, Ars Technica, CNET, TechCrunch and ZDNet

Tweets: @miasaini and @mikeisaac

Seth Rosenblatt / CNET:

Google refines its 1Password-like password generator in Chrome Canary build — Google tests password generator in Chrome browser — Watch out, LastPass and 1Password. Google is experimenting with its own password maker for the Chrome browser, though it's not clear if it will become a permanent fixture.

More: Franç, Softpedia News and SlashGear

Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:

Apple employees ‘have set low expectations’ for ‘iWatch’ battery life - report — One of the biggest issues associated with color touchscreen smartwatches has been battery life, and the same problems may persist with Apple's first foray into the wrist-borne wearable devices market, according to a new report.

More: The Information, Business Insider, Punchkick Interactive, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, BGR and Cult of Mac

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Acquires, Shuts Down Luminate, An Interactive Image Platform — Another acquisition today from Yahoo to beef up its advertising and media business. It is buying Luminate, a startup founded by LiveOps, Netscape and Yahoo alums that has created a platform for interactive, tagged images …

More: Luminate, VentureBeat, The Next Web and CNET. Tweets: @luminate

Christopher Williams / Telegraph:

HP alleges Autonomy email warning of falling revenues and ‘imaginary deals’ shows fraud — Chief financial officer wrote to founder Mike Lynch demanding ‘radical action’ prior to disastrous takeover by Silicon Valley giant — Hewlett-Packard has made public an internal email …

More: Re/code, Beyond Search, Bloomberg and Business Insider

Rami Grunbaum / The Seattle Times:

T-Mobile USA sues Huawei, claiming theft of trade secrets behind phone testing robot “Tappy” — T-Mobile sues Chinese telecom giant Huawei — T-Mobile USA has sued Huawei Technologies, claiming the Chinese telecommunications giant stole its software, specifications and other secrets …

More: New York Times, Ubergizmo, AndroidHeadlines.com, bizjournals, Android Police, GeekWire and TmoNews

Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint:

HTC abandons smartwatch plans, has it been scared off by competition? — HTC has abandoned plans to make a smartwatch Pocket-lint has learnt. Sources familiar with the matter have told us that although the company was planning to launch a smartwatch for customers, it has now abandoned the idea for the time being.

More: TechnoBuffalo, Ausdroid, MobileSyrup.com, Pocketnow, BGR, Engadget, GSMArena Blog, TechHive, Neowin and Droid Life

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Google settles with photographers over book scanning lawsuit — Google has announced a settlement with a coalition of photographers over use of their work in its Google Books scanning project. — The photographers first filed suit against Google in 2010.

More: Google, WebProNews and VentureBeat

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