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September 22, 2014, 1:15 PM

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Apple:
Apple sells over 10M iPhone 6 and 6 Plus units in three days after launch, beating 9M iPhones sold in the same period last year  —  First Weekend iPhone Sales Top 10 Million, Set New Record  —  Apple® today announced it has sold over 10 million new iPhone® 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models …
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
iOS 8 adoption hits 30% after first weekend of iPhone 6 sales, iPhone 6 usage outpaces 6 Plus  —  While iOS 8 adoption was lagging behind last year's release at just 15% before the official launch of the new iPhones on Friday, it's now hovering at approximately 30% after record first weekend sales for the new iPhones.
Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal:
Google selects HTC to make its upcoming 9-inch Nexus tablet  —  HTC Returns to Tablets with Google Nexus Partnership  —  After disappointing sales of the Flyer tablet in 2011, HTC's executives said they'd swear off making tablets until they found a compelling reason to try again.  —  They have one now.
Steven Millward / Tech in Asia:
DuckDuckGo joins Google in being blocked in China  —  Privacy-oriented search engine DuckDuckGo is now blocked in China.  We noticed this over the weekend, and on Sunday DuckDuckGo founder and CEO Gabriel Weinberg confirmed to Tech in Asia that the team has noticed the blockage in China:
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
AT&T, Chernin buy majority stake in Fullscreen YouTube network, valuing it between $200-300M  —  AT&T & Chernin Buy Fullscreen, the Big YouTube Video Network  —  Otter Media, the Web video joint venture between AT&T and the Chernin Group, is confirming its deal to buy a controlling stake in Fullscreen …
Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal:
BlackBerry Passport to go on sale Wednesday in the US, will cost $599 without contract  —  BlackBerry CEO: New Smartphone Will Cost $599  —  Passport Smartphone Is Company's First Device Launch Since BlackBerry 10  —  SINGAPORE— BlackBerry Ltd. plans to sell its new square-screen smartphone …
Wall Street Journal:
Merger talks between EMC and Hewlett-Packard recently broke down; EMC also talked with Dell  —  EMC Weighs Merger, Other Options  —  Pressed by Activist and With CEO Expected to Retire, Data-Storage Giant Reaches Crossroad  —  Data-storage giant EMC Corp. , under pressure from a shareholder activist …
Kevin C. Tofel / Gigaom:
New Skype for iOS 8 uses extensions for answering calls from the iPhone lock screen  —  Once you upgrade to the latest Microsoft-owned Skype client for iOS 8, you'll be able to answer incoming voice or video calls much faster.  The newest Skype version takes advantage of extensions …
Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:
Filmmaker shows iPhone line-sitters sleeping in garbage bags, selling devices for cash  —  iPhone line sitters in NYC slept in garbage bags and got arrested  —  Waiting for an iPhone used to be fun.  I did it once back in 2009.  I got up around 3 AM — on vacation, no less — and stood outside an Apple store in Charleston, SC.

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