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Pali Bhat / Official Android Blog:
Android Pay begins rolling out at over 1M locations in the US today  —  Tap.  Pay.  Done.  —  Today, we're beginning to roll out Android Pay — the simple and secure way to pay with your Android phone at over one million locations across the US.  Android Pay also stores your gift cards …
Chance Miller / 9to5Google:
Google releases new Wallet app with refreshed interface ahead of Android Pay launch
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Thoughts about Apple's event: iPad Pro should compare favorably to recent MacBooks, Apple TV might be the most disruptive Apple product since iPhone, more  —  Brief Thoughts and Observations Regarding Today's ‘Hey Siri’ Apple Event  —  All for One, One for All
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 …
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.
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Hands-on with 3D Touch and new cameras on the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Apple would be better off improving the iPad by making it a better platform for developers, not making a new product  —  From Products to Platforms  —  Yesterday's Apple keynote was one of the company's best in quite some time.1 One reason why was, as John Gruber noted, a certain sense of stagecraft …
Office Blogs:
Microsoft plans to update Office for iPad Pro with support for Apple Pencil, Slide Over and Split View multitasking, more  —  Office updates for the iPad Pro, iOS 9 and WatchOS 2  —  Today Apple announced the iPad Pro, iOS 9 and WatchOS 2.  We've developed a number of new features for Word …
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet:
iPad Pro has 4GB of RAM, claims Adobe
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Microsoft confirms Office 2016 is rolling out on September 22  —  We knew it was coming, but Microsoft has now officially confirmed that Office 2016 for Windows will be “broadly available” from September 22.  —  The full public launch comes after many months of iteration …
Heather Somerville / Reuters:
Former Uber driver was an employee, rules California department  —  Uber has lost another legal round in the dispute over whether its drivers are independent contractors or employees, an issue that threatens the core of the ride-hailing company's business model.
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter Is Experimenting With Putting Analytics Highlights In Your Notifications Tab  —  “Popular Tweet,” “Noteworthy Mention,” and “Top Follow” now appear in Twitter's “Notifications” tab for some verified users.  —  Twitter's “Notifications” tab now features analytics highlights, at least for some users, on the web.
David A. Grogan / CNBC:
Dell says to invest $125 bln in China over five years  —  Computer maker Dell will invest $125 billion in China over the next five years, its chief executive said on Thursday, as the company continues to expand in the world's second-largest economy.  —  The world's third-largest maker …
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Ellen Pao won't appeal verdict in gender discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins  —  Ellen Pao: “I Have Decided to End My Lawsuit Against Kleiner Perkins”  —  The epic and historic lawsuit that has rocked tech over the last year is over.  —  In a statement today …
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Social Marketer Unified Raises $30M Round Led by iHeartMedia  —  Unified is announcing that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding, plus a $10 million credit facility from Silicon Valley Bank.  —  That sounds like a nice chunk of change, but equally noteworthy is the fact …
More: SocialTimes and AdExchanger.  Thanks:@davedonohue
Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Spotify's Found Them First lets you see which artists you listened to before they became popular, defined as having over 20M streams and 2,000% growth  —  Spotify's ‘Found Them First’ Puts a New Spin on Discovery Bragging Rights  —  Do you listen to bands before they're famous?  Are you a tastemaker?

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Michael Sisak / Associated Press:
A US appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction, finding the trial judge let women testify about allegations that were not part of the case

Eli Stokols / Politico:
Interviews with 24 people reveal the tense relationship between President Biden and the New York Times, beset by misunderstandings, grudges, and a lack of trust

Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson:
Internal memo: G/O Media sells The Onion to a new Chicago-based firm, Global Tetrahedron, which promises to keep The Onion's staff intact and in Chicago

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Mark Walton / Ars Technica UK:
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Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal:
How RadiumOne VC and lawyer tried to buy their way out of Chahal scandal ahead of intended IPO, by paying Willie Brown $250K deposit to make it “go away”
Gordon Mah Ung / PCWorld:
AMD separates CPU and GPU units, restructures its graphics division as Radeon Technologies Group led by Raja Koduri
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