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September 16, 2014, 11:00 AM

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Buster Hein / Cult of Mac:

Apple confirms iPhone 6 NFC chip is only for Apple Pay at launch — Apple finally added NFC to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, but if you were hoping the company's new NFC chip will allow you to pair speakers or integrated NFC tags into your favorite apps, however you won't be able …

Austin Carr / Fast Company:

Tony Fadell on the evolution of Nest, working with Jobs and Page, and integrating Google's culture — The $3.2 Billion Man: Can Google's Newest Star Outsmart Apple? — Google is betting big on Nest CEO Tony Fadell, who helped invent the iPod and iPhone. Here, a look inside his design revolution.

More: Business Insider. Tweets: @austincarr

Michael Carney / PandoDaily:

Paypal attacks Apple Pay security with full-page ad in NYT referencing recent iCloud celebrity photo hack — “We the people want our money safer than our selfies.” PayPal goes after Apple in a full page NYT ad — As the rumors of an Apple payments platform swirled leading up to last week's keynote …

More: Inquirer, BGR, Cult of Mac, CNET, DailyTech, ReadWrite, App Advice, TechRadar.com, Patently Apple, MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac and TUAW

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Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:

Tim Cook doesn't want Apple to be a ‘treasure trove’ of user data for the NSA — Apple's privacy and security measures have been under a microscope for the past month, first with a targeted attack on celebrities that led to leaked nude photos, and now on Apple's own systems as the company gears …

More: Re/code, Bank Innovation, Inquirer, PandoDaily, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Cult of Mac, App Advice, Ubergizmo, MacRumors and The Mac Observer

Jonathan Vanian / Gigaom:

Cloud darling Docker gets $40M in funding to push its container technology — The closing of the funding round ends a momentous summer for the container management startup in which companies like Google, Microsoft and VMware have all pledged support and a bunch of startups have sprung up to take advantage of the Docker platform.

More: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, Docker Blog, The Register, InfoWorld, Data Center Knowledge and PE Hub Blog

Nate Hoffelder / The Digital Reader:

Hackers can exploit Kindle security flaw to access your Amazon account using malicious ebooks — Your Amazon Account Can be Hacked via a Kindle eBook — Amazon might not have a security issue at Audible but they do have one on their main website. — A security researcher has reported …

More: B.FL7.DE, The Verge, PandoDaily, ZDNet, Softpedia News, Business Insider, Gizmodo, Digital Book World, Engadget, Good E-Reader and ITProPortal

Tim Peterson / AdAge:

Amazon tops list of Google's biggest search advertisers, spent $158M on search ads in 2013 — Amazon Tops List of Google's 25 Biggest Search Advertisers — Online Retail Giant Spent $158M on Search Ads in 2013 — One of Google's emerging rivals for online ad dollars is also its biggest search-ad buyer.

More: Digiday, Softpedia News, bizjournals, Business Insider, ECPM BLOG, ScreenwerkScreenwerk and Marketing Land. Tweets: @jyarow

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft announces Windows 9 event in San Francisco on September 30th — Microsoft is preparing to detail its next major version of Windows. We had been expecting the company to hold a press event later this month, and now it's official. Microsoft will hold a “Windows event” in San Francisco on September 30th.

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Mail.ru Takes Over 'Russia's Facebook' Vkontake In $1.47B Deal, Settles Durov Suit — Some big shareholder shifts at Vkontake, the social network with 92 million monthly active users that's often described as Russia's Facebook and has been embroiled in political controversies that resulted in the ousting of its founder, Pavel Durov.

More: Mail.ru Group, PC World, Associated Press, PandoDaily, Gigaom, The Next Web, New York Times, Reuters, Bloomberg and Webrazzi

Tweets: @ingridlunden and @jonrussell

Stephen Wolfram / Wolfram Blog:

Wolfram launches cloud-based Mathematica Online that works in the browser — Launching Today: Mathematica Online! — It's been many years in the making, and today I'm excited to announce the launch of Mathematica Online: a version of Mathematica that operates completely in the cloud …

More: The Next Web

Eugene Kim / Business Insider:

Richard Branson invests in ex-Wired editor Chris Anderson's drone company 3D Robotics — Richard Branson Explains Why He Just Invested In Drones — Billionaire entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson just made it official on Monday that he became the latest investor in 3D Robotics …

More: PRWeb and Gigaom

Bloomberg:

Apple Watch Privacy Questioned by Connecticut AG Jepsen — Apple Inc. (AAPL) faces questions by Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen over privacy protections for users of the company's watch, which includes features such as health tracking, unveiled last week as part of its lineup of new products.

More: State of Connecticut, The Register, Fox News, CNET, New Haven Register, Hartford Courant, iDownloadBlog.com, BGR and MacRumors

Tweets: @evilbachus and @parislemon

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Roku has sold over 10 million of its streaming players — Roku just hit a milestone: over 10 million of its streaming players have been sold to this point, stretching from the company's original set-top box — which debuted in 2008 — through today. It's a big number, and it establishes Roku …

More: The Official Roku Blog, Tech Times, Engadget, CNET, Ubergizmo, Re/code, Multichannel News, Fast Company, Gigaom and The Next Web. Tweets: @piercedavid. See also Mediagazer

Derrick Harris / Gigaom:

Facebook launches an open source organization and releases new routing tech — Facebook is upping the ante in the open source world, announcing on Monday a new open source technology for routing data across server caches, and also a new open organization (along with other big-name companies) to help foster open source efforts.

More: Facebook Code, Facebook Code, New York Times, Inquirer, Help Net Security, AllFacebook, PC World, Softpedia News, VentureBeat, Re/code, Bloomberg, Inside Facebook, Data Center Knowledge, ZDNet and insideHPC

Ben Popper / The Verge:

Why parents are raising their kids on Minecraft — Microsoft's latest purchase has remarkable intergenerational appeal — Back in June of 2011, David Pakman's daughter and son, at the time age 10 and eight, asked him for a copy of Minecraft. “At the time I didn't know what that was …

More: Re/code, GeekWire and kottke.org

Tweets: @a91g and @cwarzel

Adam Lashinsky / Fortune:

Silicon Valley's view of Alibaba: a competitor only for investments, and a potential acquirer — How Silicon Valley sees Alibaba — Wall Street is seeing green this week regarding the Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. It hopes to raise more than $20 billion.

Tweets: @jonrussell

Wall Street Journal:

Alibaba increases IPO price range to $66-68 a share, from $60-66, could raise as much as $25B

More: Associated Press, New York Times, SiliconBeat, Gigaom, Tech Trader Daily, Forbes, Bloomberg, CNET and Reuters. Tweets: @wsjbreakingnews

Michael Crider / Android Police:

AT&T And Sprint Add The Midrange LG G3 Vigor (AKA The G3 Beat) To Their Lineups — If you like LG's style but aren't ready to pay for a top-of-the-line smartphone, AT&T and Sprint would like a word. Both of them have announced carrier-customized models of the LG G3 Vigor …

More: ATT, Sprint, Phandroid, SlashGear, Droid Life, Ubergizmo and Android Central

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

Jury finds CBS infringes podcasting patent, awards $1.3 million — The popular show NCIS is one of several shows that CBS was sued over. — CBS — A jury in Marshall, Texas found the infamous “podcasting patent” was infringed by CBS's website today and said that the TV network …

More: Law360 and Electronic Frontier Foundation

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Digital Studio JibJab Acquires Startup Behind ‘Hello Santa’ Video Service — JibJab Bros. Studios, the company whose backers include Sony Pictures Entertainment best known for its political satires, announced that it has acquired Make Believe Studios, creators of the “Hello Santa” …

More: PandoDaily, L.A. Biz and TechCrunch

Deutsche Welle:

German court lifts temporary injunction against car service Uber — The temporary injunction against online taxi service Uber operating in Germany has been lifted by a court in Frankfurt. Taxi drivers brought legal action against the US company, saying it created unfair competition.

More: Gigaom, Fortune, VentureBeat, BBC, New York Times and Wall Street Journal

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