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September 7, 2016, 3:05 PM

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William Turton / Gizmodo:
Amazon erroneously publishes page for iPhone 7 accessories before official announcement; page confirmed iPhone 7 Plus' dual-camera setup before reveal  —  It seems like Amazon just accidentally released its specialized page for iPhone 7 accessories—an hour before Apple was set to announce the new phone.
The Verge:
Live blog of Apple's event: iPhone 7 and an updated Apple Watch  —  We're in!  Spotted near the front of the stage: Phil Schiller, Eddy Cue, Greg Joswiak, and Craig Federighi, all wearing untucked button-downs.  They're playing “Closer” by The Chainsmokers, which is a song …
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Apple unveils iPhone 7 with water and dust resistance, force-sensitive, haptic-enabled home button, 7MP Facetime HD camera, new colors and finishes, more  —  Apple has officially announced the iPhone 7 today.  The new iPhone features a design that's very similar to last year's iPhone 6S …
Apple:
Live stream of Apple's media event in San Francisco, viewable in Safari, Microsoft Edge, and on Apple TV  —  Join us here on September 7 at 10 a.m. PDT to watch the keynote live.  —  Requirements: Live streaming uses Apple's HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) technology.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
iOS 10 will be available on September 13th  —  Apple will release iOS 10 to existing devices on September 13th. iOS 10 is the biggest update to Apple's mobile operating system so far, and it includes a significant update to the Siri digital assistant.  Siri has been overhauled to improve image searches …
More: 9to5Mac and TechCrunch
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet:
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Super Mario Run, a new iOS side-scrolling runner game, is coming to iOS in time for the 2016 holidays, price TBD; Nintendo's Nasdaq-listed stock up 21%+  —  Nintendo finally announced that it is introducing a new Mario game to Apple's iOS app store for the first time.
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Apple announces Apple Watch Series 2 with “swimproof” water resistance to 50 meters, built in GPS, new ceramic chassis variant, S2 SoC, brighter display, more  —  Apple unveiled its second generation smartwatch today at its annual mobile hardware event, and it is unsurprisingly called the Apple Watch 2.
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch:
Amazon launches restaurant delivery service in London via the Prime Now app; delivery is free on all orders over £15  —  Back in July we reported that Amazon was set to launch a restaurant delivery service in London for its Amazon Prime customers and now the e-commerce giant has done just that.
Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
Adult site Brazzers forum hacked, 800K account details leaked including emails, usernames and plaintext passwords  —  Nearly 800,000 accounts for popular porn site Brazzers have been exposed in a data breach.  Although the data originated from the company's separate forum …
Bloomberg:
Snapchat ends its Local Stories section as it shifts to live events, fires about 15 curators  —  Snapchat Inc. is ending its daily local stories for cities feature, which pulled together video of everyday activities — concerts, cute puppies in the park — shot by users in locales such as New York.

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