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Amazon's $200 Kindle Voyage is the Rolls-Royce of e-readers — Perhaps Amazon sold a lot of 3G Paperwhites without special offers. Or maybe Kobo's Aura HD has quietly taken the world by storm and Jeff Bezos decided he needed an answer. Whatever the impetus, Amazon has decided there is room in the world for a $199 e-reader.
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Amazon releases Fire OS 4: Adds Firefly to tablets, integrates cloud — Summary: Amazon's latest mobile operating system lands with a few new features, notably Dynamic Light Control, deep cloud integration, and Firefly product matching for tablets. — Zack Whittaker
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| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
With iOS 8, Apple no longer holds encryption keys, making it unable to decrypt user data for law enforcement — Apple will no longer unlock most iPhones, iPads for police — Apple said Wednesday night that it would no longer turn over data from most iPhones or iPads to police …
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| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Tim Cook reiterates commitment to user privacy and security in letter on Apple website, launches new security page — As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Tim Cook has published a letter (below) on the company's website expressing his commitment to the privacy and security of iOS and Mac users.| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
iOS 8 review: Apple empowers developers with Continuity, iCloud Drive, HealthKit, HomeKit, Pay — iOS 8, thoroughly reviewed — A big, developer-centric update completes the overhaul started in iOS 7. — “Huge for developers. Massive for everyone else.”
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Developers warn iOS 8 users not to upgrade to iCloud Drive before OS X Yosemite release — With the public release of iOS 8 landing today ahead of the new iPhone models shipping on September 19, developers are warning users not to upgrade to Apple's new iCloud Drive feature just yet.
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Tim Cook Interview: The iPhone 6, the Apple Watch, and Remaking a Company's Culture — Steve Jobs's office remains Steve Jobs's office. After his death in 2011, Tim Cook, his friend and successor as Apple (AAPL) chief executive officer, decided to leave the sparsely decorated room on the fourth floor of 1 Infinite Loop untouched.
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| Lorraine Luk / Wall Street Journal: |
Foxconn struggles with iPhone 6 demand despite 200K workers making 540K phones/day — Foxconn Struggles to Meet New iPhone Demand — Apple fans may have to wait for weeks to get the new iPhones as Apple's major assembler Foxconn appears to be struggling to boost its production to meet strong demand.
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9to5Mac, PC Magazine, SlashGear, AppleTell, iPhone, TechnoBuffalo, Cult of Mac, TUAW, AppleInsider, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, CNET and iMore
| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
iPhone 6 better in every way: display, performance, photos, videos, battery life, and network speed — One More Thing — Going through my notes, I realized that I neglected to write about pricing and storage tiers in my iPhones 6 review. I really wanted to, and blame exhaustion for omitting it.
| Liz Gannes / Re/code: |
Airbnb to begin collecting a 14% transient occupancy tax in San Francisco October 1 — Airbnb Will Collect Taxes in San Francisco Starting Next Month — Airbnb will collect taxes from its hosts and and remit them to its hometown of San Francisco starting October 1, the company said today.
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Android Browser flaw a “privacy disaster” for half of Android users — Thanks to a bug in the Android Browser, your cookies aren't safe. — Surian Soosay — A bug quietly reported on September 1 appears to have grave implications for Android users. Android Browser, the open source … | Phil Goldstein / FierceWireless: |
Verizon Wireless plans to launch Wi-Fi calling in mid-2015 — Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) plans to introduce Wi-Fi calling in the middle of next year but does not see an urgent need for it, according to Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo. — Speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media …
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Gizmodo, TechnoBuffalo, Windows Phone Central, Ubergizmo, DSLreports, SlashGear, Droid Life and Android and Me. Tweets: @jbrodkin
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple TV updated w/ Beats Music channel, refreshed design, Family Sharing, & iCloud Photos — In addition to shipping iOS 8 to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users today, Apple has released a software update to Apple TV (third-generation) users as well. As we previewed before …
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| Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC: |
Peter Thiel: Twitter execs probably smoke pot, Uber most ethically challenged company — Peter Thiel on Twitter and pot, Google, Uber and gay CEOs — Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, provides his play on social media company Twitter. — Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple to Require App-Specific Passwords For Third-Party Apps Accessing iCloud — Apple is now offering app-specific passwords for third-party apps that access iCloud, allowing users to generate unique one-time use passwords to sign into iCloud securely. In a support document …
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