Techmeme: Apple releases iOS 8.0.1 with fixes for HealthKit, keyboards, Photos; some early installers report losing cellular service, problems with TouchID (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

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September 24, 2014, 2:15 PM

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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 …

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.

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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.

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Apple releases iOS 8.0.1 with fixes for HealthKit, keyboards, Photos; some early installers report losing cellular service, problems with TouchID — Apple Releases iOS 8.0.1 With Fixes for HealthKit, Keyboards, and More [WARNING: iOS 8.0.1 Causing Issues With Cell Service, Touch ID]

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Tweets: @macrumors and @inafried

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: Forbes, BGR, Business Insider, Laughing Squid, Gotta Be Mobile, AppleTell, SlashGear, TUAW, Gizmodo, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @bill_gross

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 …

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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

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

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Startup incubator Science Inc buys mobile ad network PlayHaven from Upsight for more than $20M — Science Inc. Buys Mobile Ad Network PlayHaven — Science, the Los Angeles-based startup incubator and investment company, has made its biggest deal to date, by acquiring PlayHaven, a mobile ad network.

More: The Next Web, Inside Mobile Apps, VentureBeat, tech.co, MarketWatch, TechCrunch and socalTECH.com. Thanks:@leesadalto

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.

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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

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: Forbes, BetterWorks, bizjournals, PE Hub Blog, VentureBeat, PandoDaily, Wall Street Journal and CITEworld

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

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

Paul Carsten / Reuters:

Adobe to shutter China R&D by December due to hostile government, layoffs of 300 expected — Adobe to shut China R&D as sour business climate bites — (Reuters) - Computer software maker Adobe Systems Inc will shut its Chinese research and development arm, as U.S. technology firms face …

More: The Next Web, Fortune and Seeking Alpha

Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:

Its Audacity Undiminished, Udacity Raises $35 Million To Train A New Generation of Developers — As its push to transform education through technology begins to show results, massively open online course provider Udacity is announcing a fresh $35 million financing from a global group of investors to take its vision worldwide.

More: Valleywag, Re/code, PE Hub Blog and EdSurge

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 and Digital Photography Review

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, App Advice, TechSpot, Inquirer and Electronista

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