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September 10, 2014, 6:00 PM

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John Paczkowski / Re/code:

Source: Apple Watch battery life is “about a day right now”, Apple trying to improve ahead of launch — Code/Red: Apple Watch Battery Life — “Charge Nightly” — // HAPPENING TODAY — Internet Slowdown Day. — Silicon Valley vanity searches of Vanity Fair's New Establishment list — congrats, bosses.

David Pogue / Yahoo Tech:

Apple Watch tidbits: water resistance, microphone for calls, apps can be loaded from iPhone, Edition box doubles as charger, more — Apple Watch Update: More Details and Hands-On Impressions — Today, it seemed as if every tech journalist in America was crammed into Apple's auditorium.

More: Ars Technica, Medium, Salon, Cult of Mac, TechnoBuffalo, iLounge, Pocketnow, Geeky Gadgets, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog and TUAW. Tweets: @inafried

Ben Thompson / stratechery:

Apple seems unclear whether Watch is an iPhone accessory or valuable in its own — Apple Watch: Asking Why and Saying No — Dan Frommer wrote in Quartz about The Hidden Structure of the Apple Keynote. His analysis covered 27 events since 2007, and included things like average length …

More: BGR. Tweets: @dens, @whatthebit, @dhh, @caseynewton and @carnage4life

Christina Farr / Reuters:

Fashion world divided on first look at Apple Watch

More: MacRumors, HODINKEE, InStyle, Vogue, New York Magazine, BGR and Wearables Arena. Thanks:@chrissyfarr

Ali Al-Qudsi / Geek on Gadgets:

Exclusive: Nokia, Windows Phone Brands to be Replaced By Microsoft, Windows — A confidential internal document we received has shed some light on the future of devices produced by Microsoft Mobile, formerly Nokia's devices and services division. It's no secret that Microsoft are trying …

More: The Verge, Engadget, Business Insider, Gigaom, Pocketnow, Gizmodo, Electronista, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, WinBeta, WMPoweruser, Neowin and Technology Personalized

Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:

IDG closing Macworld magazine; Macworld.com website to continue; most editorial staff let go; IDG editorial director Jason Snell resigns — IDG shutters Macworld Magazine, much of the editorial staff let go … International Data Group (IDG) is shutting down Macworld Magazine …

More: Jason Snell, Valleywag, Daring Fireball, Cult of Mac, MacNN, Poynter, MacDailyNews and inessential.com

Tweets: @danfrakes, @drm510, @jsnell, @stevenlevy, @pogue, @dangillmor and @glennf

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Kif Leswing / Gigaom:

T-Mobile will start offering personalized router for Wi-Fi calling; all new phones will have ability to make Wi-Fi calls and texts out of the box — T-Mobile will give you a customized router for better Wi-Fi calling — After Apple announced Wi-Fi calling support in iOS 8 …

More: Android Police, The Next Web, MacRumors, Engadget, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, GeekWire, The Verge, CNET, BGR, Re/code, iMore, IntoMobile, SlashGear, Liliputing and Electronista

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

4.93 million Gmail usernames and passwords published, Google says ‘no evidence’ its systems were compromised — Approximately 4.93 million Gmail usernames and passwords were published to a Russian Bitcoin forum on Tuesday, as first reported by Russian website CNews. That's the bad news.

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Hangouts Gets Google Voice Integration And Free VoIP Calls — For the last few years, it has always felt like Google Voice, the company's VoIP calling solution, was on its way out. Instead, the video-centric Hangouts was getting all of the attention.

More: The Official Google Blog, Android Police, Android Central, PC World, IntoMobile, VentureBeat, ZDNet, InvestorPlace, Phandroid, iMore, Gigaom, Business Insider, Droid Life, Android Authority, Android Central and The Next Web. Tweets: @robpegoraro

Elizabeth Dexheimer / Bloomberg:

Apple collects fees from banks, not developers or merchants, when consumers use Apple Pay for credit or debit card purchases — Apple Said to Reap Fees From Banks in New Payment System — Apple Inc. (AAPL) will collect fees from banks when consumers use an iPhone in place of credit …

More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, MacDailyNews, Re/code, SlashGear, WMPoweruser, Cult of Mac, AppleTell, CNET, iPhone, Computerworld, iLounge, iPhone in Canada Blog, Mashable, AppleInsider, iMore, App Advice, Gizmodo UK, Electronista, Ubergizmo, Patently Apple and TUAW

Tweets: @mims, @whatthebit and @erickschonfeld

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Here's Apple Pay In Action

More: BGR, Fortune, Marketing Pilgrim, 9to5Mac and Business Wire

Mike Snider / USA Today:

Apple hopes to jump-start mobile payments with Apple Pay

More: Wired and ABC News

David Ruddock / Android Police:

2-Hour Refund Window For Paid Apps And Games On The Play Store Is Officially Official — Around a month ago, we reported that Google had seemingly changed the refund window for paid apps and games on the Play Store to two hours. We tested our theory extensively, and 2 hours was the figure we landed on repeatedly.

More: The Verge, 9to5Google, Gigaom, Pocketnow and Liliputing

Swift Blog:

Apple invites developers to submit Swift apps as language reaches GM status for iOS — Swift Has Reached 1.0 — On June 2, 2014 at WWDC, the Swift team finally showed you what we had been working on for years. That was a big day with lots of excitement, for us and for developers around the world.

More: ReadWrite, InfoWorld, AppleInsider, CNET, MediaNama, InfoQ and The Next Web

Ian Kar / Bank Innovation:

Visa, MasterCard in talks with mobile wallet providers for “Cardholder Present” rate if they integrate biometric authentication — Visa, MasterCard in Talks with Mobile Wallets for ‘Cardholder Present’ Rate — With the arrival of Apple Pay yesterday, the mobile wallet industry has been reinvigorated.

Walt Mossberg / Re/code:

Tim Cook era emerges as Apple enters two new categories (wearables and mobile payments) in one day — It's Tim Cook's Apple Now — The Tim Cook era at Apple emerged onto the public stage today in full force, and it bears subtle differences from Steve Jobs's Apple.

More: New York Times, ABC News, SiliconBeat, CNET, Businessweek and Softpedia News

Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:

Twitter taps debt markets, to offer up to $1.5B in convertible bonds for acquisitions and expansion — Twitter Seeks to $1.5 Billion in Debt Offering — Twitter Inc. (TWTR) is tapping debt markets for the first time, with plans to raise as much as $1.5 billion to invest in acquisitions and expansion.

Tweets: @joshconstine

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Tinder in talks with Benchmark to raise funding at valuation of over $750 Million — Tinder Is Raising From Benchmark At A Valuation North Of $750 Million — Mobile dating app Tinder is in talks to raise a big round of funding from Benchmark, according to sources.

More: ReadWrite and Forbes

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Facebook is testing a feature that lets you schedule the deletion of your posts in advance — Facebook is trialing a new feature that lets you schedule the deletion of your posts in advance. — A handful of users noticed the feature in the Facebook iOS app earlier this week, and we reached out to Facebook to seek clarification.

More: The Verge, VatorNews, Engadget, Gigaom, Telegraph, Yahoo Tech, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo and Business Insider

Ryan Smith / AnandTech:

Intel's Edison development platform for wearables and Internet of Things now shipping — IDF 2014: Intel Edison Development Platform Now Shipping — As part of today's IDF 2014 keynote, Intel has announced that their Edison development platform is now shipping.

More: Intel, New York Times, PC & Tech Authority, Trusted Reviews, TechRadar.com and PC Magazine

Agam Shah / PC World:

Intel's next-next-gen Skylake chips set for 2015 launch despite Broadwell delay

More: VentureBeat, ExtremeTech, Intel Newsroom, Inquirer, Softpedia News, USA Today and Electronista

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