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Daily Headlines WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

iPhone 6 Plus vs Galaxy Note 3: The ultimate blend test After an “unofficial” blend test for the iPhone 6 Plus that hit YouTube a few days ago, the official gadget blenders have finally performed their own such silly test, but with a twist, posting the resulting video also on YouTube. Blendtec took an iPhone 6 Plus and a 2013 Galaxy Note 3 to simultaneo...  MORE → BlackBerry officially unveils its comeback device: Meet the BlackBerry Passport The past several years have been pretty rough for BlackBerry but the company is still with us and is still releasing new handsets to the delight of its fans everywhere. On Wednesday, BlackBerry officially took the wraps off its latest flagship device — the BlackBerry Passport.  MORE → BlackBerry CEO: Unlike the iPhone 6 Plus, you can’t bend the Passport Shots have just been fired. During his big media presentation on Wednesday, BlackBerry CEO John Chen made reference to videos that showed how easy it can be to bend the iPhone 6 Plus and pledged that you will not be able to bend the new BlackBerry Passport no matter how hard you try.  MORE → BlackBerry is about to announce the Passport – here’s how to watch live! September has been a ridiculously busy month for new smartphone launches as we’ve seen the announcement of the Galaxy Note 4 as well as the release of the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6 Plus and the 2014 Moto X. But we’re not done yet because BlackBerry is getting ready to unveil its flagship Passport smartphone at a special media event in Toronto starting at 9 a.m. EDT.  MORE → Hilarious jailbreak tweak makes your iPhone scream when it gets dropped As if you don't already have enough of an incentive to not drop your shiny new iPhone, a new jailbreak tweak will give you one more reason by programming your iPhone to emit a blood-curdling scream whenever it gets dropped. Via 9to5Mac, the new tweak uses your iPhone's accelerometer to determine wh...  MORE → Hacking the iPhone 6’s Touch ID is harder, but still possible Soon after Apple unveiled the iPhone 5s last year, the first of its iPhones to sport a fingerprint scanner embedded in the Home button, researchers proved the security measure could be bypassed as long as an attacker managed to somehow replicate the fingerprints of an iPhone 5s owner. Marc Rogers, one of the same people who hacked Touch ID last year, is now back with a similar trick that works on both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, even though both devices sport better fingerprint scanners than the iPhone 5s.  MORE → Samsung has one reason to be ecstatic about record iPhone 6 sales Even though Samsung would obviously prefer that people buy its own Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 4 flagship handsets, the company does have one reason to be happy about the record opening weekend sales that Apple posted for the iPhone 6: Namely, the Korean electronics giant is supplying a huge number o...  MORE → You won’t be buying an Apple CarPlay vehicle this year after all It seems that amid all the excitement surrounding the iPhone 6 launch, Apple has quietly delayed one of its most intriguing new proposals. 9to5Mac noticed on Tuesday that Apple had updated its CarPlay landing page to note that the CBS News application will be compatible with the software, but the c...  MORE → Samsung Securities says Samsung phones have ‘lost appeal’ You’ll never be able to accuse Samsung’s own investment firm of being in the tank for its parent company. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that analysts have once again slashed their profit estimates for Samsung in the latest quarter, which sadly hasn’t been unusual to see this year. However, what makes this latest round of lower profit estimates noteworthy is a report from Samsung Securities that brutally explains why Samsung’s high-end smartphone business might be in a lot of trouble.  MORE → Let’s hope the FCC isn’t as stupid as Comcast thinks it is Hey, you know how you hate Comcast but are sticking with it because you literally have no other option when it comes to broadband services that deliver downloads at a rate faster than 6Mbps? Well, Comcast thinks you're crazy because you have plenty of options for home broadband in your neighborhood...  MORE →