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September 10, 2015, 9:10 AM

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Josh Tyrangiel / Bloomberg Business:
How Apple Built 3D Touch  —  Apple has made many things over the years, but its process has remained essentially the same: Find something ugly and complicated and make it prettier and easier.  Prettiness, in brushed aluminum, is more or less a permanent state.
Husain Sumra / MacRumors:
Apple promo video confirms iPhone 6s has a 1715mAh battery, smaller than 1810mAh battery in iPhone 6  —  Apple's 3D Touch Video Confirms 1715 mAh iPhone 6s Battery  —  Last month, rumors and photos of a battery that looked very similar to an iPhone battery suggested that the iPhone 6s' battery capacity …
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Hands-on with the new Apple TV  —  As expected, Apple announced an updated version of the Apple TV today, and I just spent a little time playing with it.  Physically, the unit itself isn't much different than the older model — it's just a little bit taller — but the remote and interface are entirely new.
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Siri on Apple TV will be restricted to just 8 of 80 launch countries, apps limited to 200MB  —  When Apple announced its fourth-generation set-top box on Wednesday, the company put Siri front and center while proudly proclaiming that the new Apple TV would launch in 80 countries …
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
Here's why Apple made the stylus that Steve Jobs hated  —  When Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller announced that the company's stylus for new iPad Pro would be called Pencil, the crowd audibly laughed in unison.  On the surface, it was because it played into the stereotype that Apple lays claim to everyday inspirations.
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Mike Lennon / SecurityWeek:
Kaspersky: Turla cyber-espionage group hijacking satellite-based Internet links to hide wherabouts  —  Russian-Speaking Turla Attackers Hijacking Satellite Internet Links  —  Russian Speaking “Turla” Cyber-espionage Group Exploits Satellites to Reach the Ultimate Level of Anonymity: Kaspersky Lab
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
IronSource Merges With Supersonic In Mobile Ad Consolidation Play  —  On the heels of AOL snapping up Millennial Media last week comes another mobile advertising consolidation play.  IronSource, a specialist in mobile app distribution and promotion services, has merged with SupersonicAds …

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