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October 13, 2014, 10:45 AM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple Pay setup detailed & retailers begin training as service launches at Apple HQ — The launch of Apple Pay, Apple's NFC and Touch ID-based mobile payment solution, is upon us. Apple has begun preparing for the launch by kicking off Apple Pay training programs for its own group …

Apple:

iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus Arrive in 36 More Countries and Territories This Month — Apple's Fastest-Ever iPhone Rollout Includes India, Mexico, South Korea & Thailand — Apple® today announced that iPhone® 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the biggest advancements in iPhone history …

More: DigiTimes, Computerworld, Re/code, Fortune, PC Magazine, MacRumors, The Next Web, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, iMore, Tech in Asia, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacStories, iDownloadBlog.com and App Advice

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Google trial lets you chat with doctors when you search for symptoms — Searching the web for symptoms of illness can be dangerous — you could identify a real condition, but you also risk scaring yourself for no reason through a misdiagnosis. Google might have a solution that puts your mind at ease, though.

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Ron Miller / TechCrunch:

Salesforce Hopes To Ride Analytics Wave With New Business Intelligence Service — Salesforce.com will unveil a new analytics service tomorrow morning they have dubbed Wave. The product will be introduced by CEO Marc Benioff at the company's Dreamforce customer conference in San Francisco …

More: ZDNet, InfoWorld, Data Center Knowledge, Forbes, New York Times, VentureBeat, Bloomberg and bizjournals. Tweets: @qhardy

Matt Clinch / CNBC:

Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb blames Apple for the country's credit rating downgrade — How Apple prompted this country's downgrade — Finland's Prime Minister Alexander Stubb says the iPhone killed the once-dominant Nokia and the iPad killed the country's paper industry …

More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, iMore, TechCrunch, Cult of Mac and Business Insider

Reuters:

French bank BPCE teams with Twitter to offer person-to-person money transfer via tweets — French bank, Twitter team up for money transfers via tweets — (Reuters) - One of France's largest banks is teaming up with social network Twitter Inc. (TWTR.N) this week to allow its customers to transfer money via tweets.

More: The Verge, VentureBeat, Engadget, PC World, Bloomberg, AllTwitter, bizjournals, Mashable, Electronista, Ubergizmo, Neowin, memeburn and Gizmodo

Tweets: @whatthebit and @jtemple

Tor Ekeland / Wired:

US should follow UK and Ireland in meting out punishment to hackers that is proportional to the harm they cause — America Must End Its Paranoid War on Hackers — “How did you get caught?” I ask Darren Martyn, aka Pwnsauce, the former member of LulzSec. — “Bad Opsec. Really, really bad Opsec,” he says.

Seth Fiegerman / Mashable:

A profile of Product Hunt founder and tech tastemaker Ryan Hoover — The 27-Year-Old Who Tells Investors and Reporters What's New in Tech — Ryan Hoover was dancing with some friends at DNA Lounge in San Francisco last month when a stranger suddenly turned to him and asked, “Are you Ryan from Product Hunt?”

More: Oatmeal Stout. Tweets: @cbm and @rrhoover

Eric Enge / Stone Temple Consulting:

Google Now comes way ahead of Siri and Cortana in a 3K+ voice knowledge-query test — The Great Knowledge Box Showdown: Google Now vs. Siri vs. Cortana — Google's Knowledge Graph has been the center of much attention lately. We have been hearing a lot about another concept called the Knowledge Vault as well.

More: Search Engine Land, Android Beat, Seeking Alpha, iPhone Hacks, The Verge, Trusted Reviews, The Inquisitr News, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Huffington Post, Tech Times, Ubergizmo, Search Engine Watch, BGR, PC Magazine, 9to5Google and Business Insider. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Timothy B. Lee / Vox:

USPTO “business method” patent rejections increase to 78% in July, up from 24% in January, after Alice v. CLS Bank SCOTUS June decision — The patent office is rejecting a lot more software patents — A June Supreme Court decision on the legality of software patents has been sending shockwaves through the legal system.

More: Washington Post

Jason Hahn / Digital Trends:

Samsung announces 60 GHz 802.11ad Wi-Fi technology that increases max transmission speeds from 866 Mbps to 4.6 Gbps, expects first products in 2015 — Samsung just figured uot a way to make Wi-Fi five times faster — When it comes to Wi-Fi, it's a tale of two speeds: the theoretical and the actual.

More: Samsung Tomorrow, DSLreports, Engadget, Inquirer, BBC, Connectedly, Tech Times, TechSpot, bit-tech.net, SlashGear, SamMobile, Gizmodo, The Register, Gearburn and Bloomberg

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