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Apple Invites Media to September 9 Event: 'Wish We Could Say More' It's now official: Apple late last week sent out invitations for a media event scheduled for September 9 at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts in Cupertino. The company is reportedly planning to show off the iPhone 6, a wearable device frequently referred to as the iWatch, and perhaps a mobile payments initiative at the event. The company has spent the past several weeks building a massive temporary structure enclosing a sunken garden adjacent to the Flint Center, although the purpose of the structure is unknown.   Read Full Article Popular Stories Sep 02, 2014 iPhone 6 Built From Parts Apparently Shown Booting to 'Connect to iTunes' Screen Luxury modified iPhone maker Feld & Volk has been acquiring iPhone 6 parts over the last several months, and with a full logic board in hand has now built its own 4.7-inch iPhone 6 from those parts. A video posted by the company shows the device apparently booting into recovery mode. Feld & Volk's parts have also produced a bounty of other tidbits about the internals of the iPhone 6, including confirmation of near field communications (NFC) capabilities, a 16 GB storage option at the low end, 1 GB of RAM paired with the new A8 chip, and an improved LTE modem. The booting device also appears to support previous speculation by John Gruber about the 4.7-inch model carrying a resolution of 1334 x 750 pixels. In other leaks, we've seen new high-quality photos of the rear shell and other parts from the 4.7-inch model, as well as a video of the rear shell and a photo of the battery from the 5.5-inch model.   Read Full Article Apple to Unveil Wearable Device on September 9 Alongside iPhone 6 In an apparent change of course, Apple has reportedly decided to unveil its much-rumored wearable device, commonly called the iWatch, alongside the iPhone 6 at the company's September 9 media event. The move has been speculated to help position the iWatch as an iPhone accessory rather than a standalone device. But while an unveiling may come sooner than originally thought, the iWatch will reportedly not begin shipping until possibly early next year. An early 2015 launch for the iWatch has been hinted by several supply chain rumors, including a fresh one claiming the device is still in the "engineering verification" stage of development. Apple may or may not be ready to talk pricing at next week's event, but the company is said to be weighing options in the $400 range, although cheaper models would be likely.   Read Full Article New Aerial Video Shows Significant Construction Progress at Apple Campus 2 We've seen some aerial photos of the construction site at Apple's massive "Campus 2" in Cupertino over the past few months, but the latest footage comes courtesy of a drone flying at various altitudes over the site. The video offers an excellent look at progress on the site, including significant foundation work on the ring-shaped main building and subterranean parking garage underneath it. The first phase of the campus is expected to open in 2016.   Read Full Article Apple Partnering With American Express, Visa, MasterCard on iPhone Mobile Payments Initiative With the leaked iPhone 6 logic board having turned up an NFC chip, it's looking like Apple may be ready to make a dive into mobile payments. According to several reports, Apple has reached agreements with American Express, Visa, and MasterCard and is ready to announce the initiative at next week's media event. Leveraging the millions of credit cards linked to iTunes Store accounts and the new NFC technology in the iPhone 6, users will likely be able to easily use their phones to pay for their purchases at a variety of retailers.   Read Full Article Celebrity iCloud Accounts Compromised by Weak Passwords, Not iCloud Breach Over the weekend, a significant leak of private photos and videos from various celebrities began making the rounds online, with evidence suggesting Apple's iCloud services may have been involved in the breach. After two days of research, Apple has now issued a statement claiming there has been no breach of the company's systems. Instead, the company says a "very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions" allowed malicious parties to gain access to the affected accounts. Full details on exactly what happened have yet to surface, however.   Read Full Article

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