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Source: Microsoft will announce $2.5B deal to buy Minecraft maker Mojang on Monday — Microsoft needs Minecraft to boost mobile ambitions — (Reuters) - Microsoft's impending purchase of Mojang, the Swedish developer with 100 million players of its open world Minecraft game … | Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
Product Hunt Raises $6 Million From A16Z — Product Hunt, the aggregation site that many people consider a direct competitor to TechCrunch and other tech blogs due to its ability to surface new tech products and startups, has raised a hefty series A, we're hearing.
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| Nick Bilton / New York Times: |
Steve Jobs and several other tech execs have imposed time limits on their kids' use of gadgets — Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent — When Steve Jobs was running Apple, he was known to call journalists to either pat them on the back for a recent article or, more often than not, explain how they got it wrong.
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| Mat Honan / Wired: |
A requiem for the click wheel iPod, discontinued after almost 13 years — On Death and iPods: A Requiem — Have you ever loved a car? Maybe it was an old truck you drove for hundreds of thousands of miles, or maybe it was your very first car: where you had your very first beer and your very first kiss.
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| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
Tim Cook on Charlie Rose: no plans for social networking; Apple's top competitor is Google — Tim Cook says Apple could have made a bigger iPhone ‘years ago’ — Apple CEO tells Charlie Rose the company's been patient — Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company could have made a larger iPhone long ago …
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| Timothy B. Lee / Vox: |
Since Supreme Court's Alice decision, 11 lower court rulings have invalidated software patents — Software patents are crumbling, thanks to the Supreme Court — The Supreme Court's June ruling on the patentability of software — its first in 33 years — raised as many questions at it answered.| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Public version of Google Chrome for Mac will go exclusively 64-bit in November — Last month Google released a 64-bit version of the Chrome browser for OS X on its developer channel. However, this version of the app has not yet been made available to the general public.
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Google Apps update alerts, iMore, Engadget and Pocket-lint
| Joon Ian Wong / CoinDesk: |
The ATM and the Battle for Bitcoin's Physical Interface — Two years ago, Zach Harvey and his brother, Josh, were saddled with a failing guitar shop selling vintage and handmade pieces in New Hampshire. The guitar venture had once been a roaring success, but that had been in Tel Aviv …
Tweets: @coindesk
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple Pay Details: Apple Gets 0.15% Cut of Purchases, Higher Rates for Bluetooth Payments — Apple's ambitious new mobile payment initiative, Apple Pay, was announced on Tuesday during the company's iPhone event. Many questions still linger about the service, but information is beginning …
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Financial Times, TUAW, eWeek, The Register, App Advice, MacNN, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, BGR, SlashGear, Pocketnow, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog and New York Times. Tweets: @mdudas
| Ian Kar / Bank Innovation: |
| Signe Brewster / Gigaom: |
Airware partners with NASA to develop drone air traffic control system — The San Francisco startup develops hardware and software that help drones avoid collisions and safely return to their operators. — News broke last week that NASA is building an air traffic control system …
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The Independent, CNET and MIT News Office
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JPMorgan hack investigation finding dozens of the company's servers breached over two months; one source says SSNs and account data not stolen — After Breach, JPMorgan Still Seeks to Determine Extent of Attack — The headache caused by the attack on JPMorgan Chase's computer network this summer may not go away anytime soon.
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Reuters and Electronista
| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Apple Users Download Free U2 Album Two Million Times — Some of you do not want the U2 album Apple is giving away. But lots of you were willing to download it. Or, at a minimum, your iPhones and MacBooks did. — iTunes users have downloaded more than 2 million copies of “Songs of Innocence” … | Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Accessory makers hit delays as iPhone 6 production eats up Lightning connector supplies — Record shipments of Apple's new iPhone 6 models unveiled this week might mean more headaches for companies building accessories with Apple's Lightning connectors. Several sources tell us in the lead … Sponsor Posts
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