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August 22, 2015, 11:20 PM

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Apple:

Apple launches replacement program for rear-facing camera in a small percentage of iPhone 6 Plus devices that produce blurry photos — iSight Camera Replacement Program for iPhone 6 Plus — Apple has determined that, in a small percentage of iPhone 6 Plus devices, the iSight camera …

Howard Mintz / Mercury News:

Samsung plans to petition to US Supreme Court the 2012 verdict that it violated Apple's patents — Apple v. Samsung: Samsung plans to appeal to U.S. Supreme Court — Samsung plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court by November to hear its appeal of a San Jose federal jury's stinging 2012 verdict …

Natasha Singer / New York Times:

IDC: US desktop, laptop, tablet and 2-in-1 computer sales in education grew 33% YOY in 2014, with Chromebook sales up 310% to 3.9M, iPad sales down 6.9% to 2.7M — Chromebooks Gaining on iPads in School Sector — As school districts across the country increasingly invest in technology for their students …

More: TechRadar.com and AndroidHeadlines.com

Chris Duckett / ZDNet:

Apple says only 21% of US Apple Music users have quit, less than half of what widely reported MusicWatch study claimed — Apple says only 1 in 5 people have quit Apple Music — Apple has defended the uptake of Apple Music, saying that 79 percent of those who signed up for a trial are still using the service.

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Nikhil Pahwa / MediaNama:

Google joins Facebook in trying to prevent Internet and Mobile Association of India from taking anti-zero rating stand in upcoming report — Google joins Facebook in trying to prevent IAMAI from taking strong anti-Zero Rating stand — Google joined hands with Facebook to try and prevent …

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Sui-Lee Wee / Reuters:

Chinese police say they have arrested about 15K people for Internet crimes, a month after launching a six-month program code-named “Cleaning the Internet” — Chinese police arrest 15,000 for Internet crimes — Police in China said on Tuesday they had arrested about 15,000 people …

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Jonathan Vanian / Fortune:

Intel and Oregon Health & Science University create a cloud-computing platform that helps cancer researchers securely analyze the genomic profiles of tumors — Intel shares more details about its cancer cloud — Intel shared a few more details on Wednesday about its plans to aid cancer research …

More: TechRadar, Computerworld, eWeek and Wall Street Journal

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Razer to put Intel's RealSense depth-sensing tech into a Kinect-style camera built for game streaming and VR — Razer is putting Intel's depth-sensing tech into a VR and streaming camera — Razer is hardly the biggest name in virtual reality, but with the OSVR platform …

More: razerzone.com, Engadget, Tom's Hardware, Wareable, International Business Times, TrustedReviews, SiliconANGLE, Ubergizmo and Tech Times

Joseph Cox / Motherboard:

Ashley Madison hackers: we still have 300GB of employee emails, internal docs, some user chats and pictures, more, but will not dump all of it — Ashley Madison Hackers Speak Out: ‘Nobody Was Watching’ — For the past week, international media has reported on the hack of extramarital site Ashley Madison …

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Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

Prenda attorney hit with Illinois bar complaint over fraud and deceit related to copyright trolling cases — At long last, Prenda mastermind hit with state bar complaint — Steele, charged with numerous frauds and deceits, could be banished from the law.

More: Techdirt

Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica:

Report: NYC tech sector employs 40 percent women, 21 percent minorities — Report on 2014 data also breaks down employment by borough, age. — Companies like Google, Apple, Intel, and Yahoo have been relatively forthright about their diversity hiring numbers, particularly in the form …

More: Crain's New York Business, NYConvergence.com and Dice Insights

Paul Mozur / New York Times:

Uber partners with Bharti Airtel to provide free in-car WiFi, offer discounted phone plans for drivers, accept payments through Airtel Money in India — Uber to Provide Free In-Car Wi-Fi in India — HONG KONG — In India, a country notorious for city-snarling traffic jams …

More: Wall Street Journal, Uber Global, Fone Arena and TechCrunch. Tweets: @joshconstine

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