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September 9, 2014, 3:15 PM

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Apple:

Apple Announces iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus—The Biggest Advancements in iPhone History — Dramatically Thin Design Features Stunning Retina HD Displays, Powerful A8 Chip, Advanced Cameras & Apple Pay — Apple® today announced iPhone® 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the biggest advancements in iPhone history …

Chris Velazco / Engadget:

iPhone 6 Plus: 5.5" retina HD display, 8MP camera with optical stabilization, two-paned landscape mode, A8, available Sept. 19, $299/16GB, $399/64GB, $499/128GB — Meet the iPhone 6 Plus and its 5.5-inch, 1080p Retina Display HD — Well folks, the time for wild-eyed rumors and clandestine reports …

More: Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Re/code, Inquirer, MacRumors, Wall Street Journal, Techvibes Global News, GeekWire, Engadget, NEWS.com.au, CNET and WebProNews

Tweets: @benbajarin and @sal19

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

iPhone 6: 4.7" retina HD display, 8MP camera, A8 processor, preorders Sept. 12, available Sept. 19, $199/16GB, $299/64GB, $399/128GB — Apple's iPhone 6 with a 4.7-inch display is here — Apple has officially announced its latest iPhone model, the iPhone 6.

More: Guardian, 9to5Mac, ABC News, Gigaom, BetaNews, ZDNet, Tech Trader Daily, PC World, BGR, AppleInsider, The Verge, Softpedia News, CNET, Gotta Be Mobile, IntoMobile and TUAW

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Apple to developers: Your apps will scale on iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus screens — Summary: Developers won't have to hurry to update their apps for the larger iPhones, but if they want to take advantage of new features they'll have to get to work. — Apple's launch of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 …

More: CNET, NEWS.com.au, The Verge and TUAW

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have a new faster A8 processor

More: VentureBeat, Engadget, 9to5Mac and tech.co

Steve Dent / Engadget:

Apple drops iPhone 5s price to $99 and the 5c to ‘free’ on contract

More: MacRumors and Re/code

Apple:

Apple Unveils Apple Watch—Apple's Most Personal Device Ever — CUPERTINO, California—September 9, 2014—Apple® today unveiled Apple Watch™—its most personal device ever—featuring revolutionary new technologies and a pioneering user interface with a beautiful design that honors the rich tradition of precision watchmaking.

Tweets: @amir

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Meet The Apple Watch — Apple today announced the Apple Watch, its first foray into the world of wearable tech during it's iPhone 6 launch event this morning. A stainless steel watch with a square face, sapphire glass, swappable bands and a rotating crown. Apparently, there are also some gold models.

More: 9to5Mac, GeekWire, 9to5Mac, Guardian, MacRumors, Engadget, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, The Verge, CNET, VentureBeat, The Verge, PC World, Engadget, Ars Technica, TUAW, Gotta Be Mobile, IntoMobile, blog.chron.com, MCV: Home Stream and Tech Times

Tweets: @llsethj, @mikeisaac, @benbajarin, @byandreachang, @macrumorslive, @fmanjoo, @charlesarthur, @tim, @rogerwcheng, @benedictevans and @om

Colin Lecher / The Verge:

Apple Watch apps and partnerships announced, powered by ‘WatchKit’ — Apple now has an entirely new category of device on its hands with the Apple Watch, meaning it'll need a robust group of third-party developers working to power it. Apple's always been the best at roping in high-profile teams …

More: TechCrunch and TUAW

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Apple Watch uses four sensors to detect your pulse — One of the most distinct elements of the new Apple Watch is a set of four rings built into its backside, but they're hardly there for style: inside those four rings are sensors that the Apple Watch uses to measure its wearer's pulse.

More: 9to5Mac

Kyle Russell / TechCrunch:

The Apple Watch Arrives Early 2015 For $349

More: AppleInsider and Gotta Be Mobile

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Apple Watch shows notifications through ‘Glances’, with contextually relevant custom UI

More: AppleInsider and TechCrunch

AppleInsider:

‘Apple Pay’ is a Touch ID-based mobile wallet included with iPhone 6, rolls out in October — Apple will enter the mobile payment space in a big way with this month's launch of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, both of which will ship with integrated near-field communications technology …

More: The Next Web, The Verge, CNET, ZDNet, MacRumors, BGR, GeekWire, Engadget, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Guardian, Gigaom, ABC News, PC World, TUAW, Softpedia News, Electronista and TechCrunch

Tweets: @nxthompson, @fmanjoo, @lukew, @stevenlevy and @mkbhd

Apple:

Apple Announces Apple Pay — Transforming Mobile Payments with an Easy, Secure & Private Way to Pay — CUPERTINO, CaliforniaSeptember 9, 2014Apple® today announced Apple Pay™, a new category of service that will transform mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay.

iFixit:

Motorola Moto 360 Teardown — Motorola Moto 360 Teardown Hello Moto! After months of speculation and publicity, Motorola has finally released their flagship smartwatch, the Moto 360. Join us as we disassemble it and answer the one question Motorola dares not ask.

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

iOS 8 available for iPhone and iPad on September 17th — Apple's latest iOS 8 update will be available on September 17th for existing iPhones and iPads. iOS 8 might not be the big visual overhaul that iOS 7 was, but it adds in a number of important features and changes for existing iPhones and the company's new iPhone 6.

More: Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, BGR, Engadget, Apple and MacStories

David Kravets / Ars Technica:

Comcast Wi-Fi serving self-promotional ads via JavaScript injection — Comcast has begun serving Comcast ads to devices connected to one of its 3.5 million publicly accessible Wi-Fi hotspots across the US. Comcast's decision to inject data into websites raises security concerns and arguably cuts …

More: InfoWorld, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, Washington Post, SlashGear, Electronista, DSLreports, Techdirt and PandoDaily

Tweets: @dsilverman and @marshray

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Rakuten Buys Ebates For $1 Billion — Rumors have been swirling around Japan's Rakuten, which has been in discussions with rebate website operator Ebates.com, regarding a potential acquisition deal. That deal is now official, as the company announced today it has agreed to acquire Ebates for $1 billion.

More: Rakuten, Inc.Press Releases, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, VatorNews, VentureBeat, Computerworld, Bloomberg, New York Times, The Next Web, Reuters, ZDNet, internetretailer.com, Gigaom and GeekTime

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Nancy Pelosi urges FCC to reclassify broadband as a utility — A good number of politicians have recently made statements in favor of net neutrality, but House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is going further than most of them today and asking that the Federal Communications Commission reclassify broadband …

More: Nancy Pelosi, The Hill, BetaNews, TechSpot, Softpedia News, Electronista, DSLreports, NEWS.com.au, Deadline, NationalJournal.com, Free Press Blog, DisplayBlog and Nextgov. Tweets: @qthrul

Brendan Sasso / National Journal:

Netflix to Join ‘Internet Slowdown’ Protest Over Net Neutrality

More: motherboard.vice.com, Variety and Multichannel News. Tweets: @nationaljournal. See also Mediagazer

Matt Burns / TechCrunch:

Nest Finally Works With Control4, Crestron, RTI And URC Home Automation Systems — Today, at CEDIA EXPO 2014, Nest made the day of every home automator installers and retailers everywhere: Nest finally works with the major players in home automation, Control4, Crestron, Remote Technologies Incorporated …

More: Nest, The Verge, 9to5Google, The Next Web, Gigaom, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Engadget and Connectedly

Jarah Euston / Flurry Insights:

Phablet install base doubles in one year to 6% of all phone and tablet users — The Tides Turn for the Phablet's Popularity — The press is buzzing that Apple may unveil a phablet-sized iPhone 6 on September 9th. Six years ago, who would have guessed that an extra inch of screen space could cause so much commotion?

More: Business Insider, ZDNet, DisplayBlog, Yahoo, Marketing Land and Gigaom. Tweets: @brianshall

Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:

Apple Watch works with Apple Pay to replace your credit cards — It turns out that Apple's Watch is also a wallet. The company has announced that the new Apple Watch works with Apple Pay, which was just revealed today. With the system, you don't need to take out your plastic credit card as the cash register to pay.

Alice Truong / Fast Company:

Isis-affiliated Twitter account calls for assassination of Twitter employees, Twitter investigating — A now-suspended Twitter account seemingly affiliated with the extremist group ISIS has been calling for the assassination of employees who work at the social network.

More: Vocativ, Mashable, The Hill, The Wire, Washington Post, Firstpost, SFGate Blog, SiliconBeat and Business Insider. See also Mediagazer

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

With a Big Push From Facebook, Facebook Video Is Booming. Heads Up, YouTube. — Do you like watching videos on Facebook? — You're not alone. And you're going to be seeing a lot more of them. — That's the word from Facebook, which is excited about the rapid uptake of its new …

More: Facebook, ReelSEO Video Marketing, DisplayBlog, USA Today, Guardian, Digiday, Marketing Land, Facebook, Inside Facebook and WebProNews. See also Mediagazer

Eric Johnson / Re/code:

Twitch CEO: “Entire Website” Is a Native Advertising Hub, Not a Store — Twitch is already good at selling people on games, but it's not interested in selling the games directly. — That's the word from CEO Emmett Shear, asked at TechCrunch Disrupt about how the company plans to integrate with its new owner Amazon.

More: Guardian, GamePolitics blogs, ReadWrite, Gamasutra, Engadget, CNET, GeekWire and The Next Web. Tweets: @petersontee

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