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Dan Seifert / The Verge:

BlackBerry Passport review: good display and battery life, but inefficient keyboard with clumsy software — BlackBerry Passport review — Getting stuff done or getting in the way? — “BlackBerry is still around?” — I've heard that question quite often the past few weeks, as I've been using the BlackBerry Passport.

More: Wall Street Journal, CNET, Computerworld, Techvibes Global News, The Register, CrackBerry.com, Inquirer, Laptop Mag, Gizmodo, US, DailyTech and Electronista

Bonnie Cha / Re/code:

Blackberry Passport: 4.5 inch square display, touch physical keyboard, available today for $599 unlocked — Blackberry Passport: 4.5in square display, touch-enabled physical keyboard, $599 unlocked on AT&T — To say that BlackBerry has had a rough go of it over the past few years would be an understatement.

Reuters:

Amazon to invest $55M in hardware unit Lab126 to test smart home gadgets and wearables — Exclusive: Amazon tests smart home gadgets, expands hardware lab — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc will boost staffing at its secretive Silicon Valley-based hardware unit by at least 27 percent …

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Lisa Bettany / snap snap snap:

Comparing photos taken with Camera+ using all iPhone versions, from the original to iPhone 6 — How does the iPhone 6 camera compare to previous iPhone cameras? — In the past seven years, each new advancement in iPhone camera technology has made dramatic improvements to image quality.

More: BGR, The Verge, Gotta Be Mobile, TUAW, Laughing Squid, SlashGear, AppleTell, Gizmodo, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac and TechCrunch

Tweets: @bill_gross and @timtrueman

Stephen Barrett / AnandTech:

ARM unveils feature-rich Cortex-M7 processor for embedded, internet of things, and wearables — Cortex-M7 Launches: Embedded, IoT and Wearables — Introduction — Last week, I had the distinct pleasure of visiting ARM's Austin Texas campus for a meeting with Vice President of CPU Product Marketing Nandan Nayampally.

More: Gigaom, CNET, VentureBeat, ARM Processors, EE Times, SemiAccurate, Ubergizmo, The Register, ITworld.com, SYS-CON MEDIA and ZDNet

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Karma Rolls Out An LTE Version Of Its Pay-As-You-Go Mobile Hotspot, Pre-Order For $99 — Karma, makers of the small, portable Wi-Fi hotspot that lets you pay-as-you-go, contract free, for the data you use ($14/1 GB), is now accepting pre-orders for its latest device, the Karma Go portable LTE Wi-Fi hotspot.

More: Karma, CNET, Electronista, SlashGear, Android Police, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Cult of Mac, Gigaom, FierceWireless, The Verge and Engadget

John Callaham / Android Central:

Samsung Gear S coming to AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile for fall launch — Following up on its reveal in late August, Samsung has now announced that its upcoming Tizen-based smartwatch, the Gear S, will go on sale later this fall at the top four US wireless carriers.

More: PR Newswire, PC Magazine, The Verge, 9to5Google, TechHive, Phones Review, Gizmodo, Droid Life, Wall Street Journal, The Next Web, Mashable, SlashGear, Electronista, Ubergizmo and SamMobile

Kif Leswing / Gigaom:

Manual for iOS gives photographers DSLR-style control in a well-designed app — Looking for an iPhone camera app with a wealth of manual settings? Check out Manual, which takes advantage of new iOS 8 camera capabilities to give photographers a surprising amount of control.

More: App Advice, William Wilkinson, Cult of Mac, Business Insider and The Next Web

Margaret Rhodes / Wired:

Stack's Alba smart bulb adapts to sunlight and your household habits to conserve energy — Ex-Tesla and NASA Engineers Make a Light Bulb That's Smarter Than You — Sometime in early 2013, one of the supply chain engineers at Tesla leaned back in his chair and took a look around the Silicon Valley office.

More: Engadget

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Amazon brings Kindle Unlimited to the UK, an all-you-can-eat book subscription service for £7.99 a month — Two months after Amazon launched its e-book subscription service in the US, the internet giant has quietly introduced the offering to UK readers too.

More: Engadget, Guardian, Digital Book World, TechSpot, App Advice, Inquirer, Electronista and WebProNews

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Business Goals Platform BetterWorks Leaves Stealth With $15.5M Led By KPCB — BetterWorks, a new, cloud-based platform designed to help employees set and reach business goals — and the newest project from gamification pioneer Kris Duggan of Badgeville — is coming out of stealth today …

More: BetterWorks, PE Hub Blog, PandoDaily and Forbes

Jackie Dove / The Next Web:

Hands on: Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements hit version 13 with deep upgrades — Every year — like clockwork — Adobe delivers updates to its consumer photo and video apps, Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements, and that time has arrived. While the new Elements version 13 seems modest …

More: Engadget, PHOTOSHOP.COM BLOG, MacRumors, iPhone, Inquirer, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Digital Photography Review and eWeek

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

PRSS Digital Magazine Platform Acquired By Apple — Apple has acquired Dutch digital magazine startup Prss, a platform that makes it easy to create iPad-compatible magazines using tools that don't require any knowledge of code. The company is essentially a magazine-focused version of iBooks Author …

More: Gigaom, Talking New Media, VentureBeat, iLounge, TUAW, MacRumors, Engadget, MacDailyNews, Ubergizmo, App Advice and iPhone in Canada Blog

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Amy Schatz / Re/code:

Comcast accuses Time Warner merger opponents Netflix, Discovery, and others of “extortion” — Comcast Accuses Time Warner Cable Deal Opponents of “Extortion” — Netflix, Discovery Communications and other companies opposing Comcast's $45 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Cable …

More: Ars Technica, Comcast, National Journal, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Multichannel News, Politico, Consumerist and Deadline

Tweets: @llsethj, @karlbode, @jbrodkin, @amy_schatz and @pkafka

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Sam Altman / How to Start a Startup:

First lecture of the Stanford course “how to start a startup” with Sam Altman and Dustin Moskovitz now online — Lecture 1: Welcome, and Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution Part I — Why to Start a Startup. Sam Altman , View Sam's Slide Deck. Dustin Moskovitz , View Dustin's Slide Deck.

More: Business Insider. Tweets: @trengriffin

Issie Lapowsky / Wired:

Facebook's internet connectivity drones to begin testing next year, to deploy within 2-5 years — Facebook Lays Out Its Roadmap for Creating Internet-Connected Drones — A still from an promotional video showing how Facebook and Internet.org will deliver internet access via — aerial drone.

More: Laughing Squid and SlashGear

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Bionym Raises $14M Series A For Its Heartbeat Authentication Wristband — Toronto-based startup Bionym has raised a $14 million Series A round of funding, including investment from Ignition Partners, Relay Ventures, MasterCard and Salesforce Ventures. The round includes a lot of strategic investment …

More: VentureBeat, PE Hub Blog, Forbes, Globe and Mail, CNBC and Reuters

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Mobile Wallet Laughingstock Clinkle Finally Launches To Let You Pay Friends And Earn “Treats” — After 17 months of jokes about vaporware college payments startup Clinkle, its iOS and Android apps finally launched today at a few colleges. Clinkle lets you pay friends, get a pre-paid Visa …

More: Valleywag, bizjournals, Shelly Palmer, Gigaom, Business Insider, ReadWrite, PYMNTS.com and The Next Web

Tweets: @sammywalrusiv, @delrey, @danprimack, @calebgarling, @stevekovach, @delrey, @drew, @mr_cso, @ow, @johnpaczkowski, @mikeisaac, @sarahnemerson, @rrhoover, @rrhoover, @caseynewton, @capndesign and @flyosity

Reuters:

Taiwan government investigates Xiaomi on potential cyber security concerns — (Reuters) - The Taiwanese government is investigating whether Xiaomi Inc, China's leading smartphone company by domestic shipments, is a cyber security threat and will make a decision within three months.

More: Wall Street Journal, Fudzilla and ITProPortal

Philip Kollar / Polygon:

Blizzard cancels its next-gen MMO Titan after seven years — Blizzard has officially canceled development on its mysterious next-generation massively multiplayer game Titan. The company confirmed the news to Polygon in a recent interview. — This revelation comes after at least seven years …

More: Associated Press, GamesIndustry.biz, The Verge, Eurogamer.net, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, Massively, Ubergizmo, The Register and Gotta Be Mobile. Tweets: @bradshoemaker

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Samsung says Galaxy Note 4 will debut in Korea on Sept 26, be on sale in 140 markets by the end October — Samsung has announced that the Galaxy Note 4, the latest version of its popular ‘phablet’ range, will go on sale from September 26, initially in its home country Korea.

CBC News:

Netflix refuses CRTC demand to hand over subscriber data — Video streaming company not ‘in a position to produce competitively sensitive information’ — Netflix was ordered last week to give confidential subscriber data to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

More: Michael Geist Blog, SlashGear, Financial Post, Globe and Mail, CityNews, Toronto Star and Techdirt

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