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Tech News Flash: Thursday -- September 25, 2014

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The Dark Side of Apple Design: From Antennagate to Bendgate
Dan Allen and Sarah White: Documentation Dearth Dooms Open Source Projects
BlackBerry Flashes Passport to the Future
iPhone 6 Bendgate: The End of Tight Jeans?
Researcher Foils iPhone 6 Touch ID

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Today's Story Highlights

The Dark Side of Apple Design: From Antennagate to Bendgate
When Apple -- which is clearly one of the world's best companies at
design -- makes a misstep, it's amplified by a wild combination of user
dismay and hater glee. Because there are millions of users and many
haters, a design flaw can turn into an instant public relations tornado.
Enter Bendgate, featuring the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Apparently,
carrying them in your pocket can make them bend.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81097.html

Dan Allen and Sarah White: Documentation Dearth Dooms Open Source Projects
One of the essential draws to open source software should be superior
product documentation. Well-written user guidelines are a key strategy
that software developers should use to increase an open source project's
growth and user adoption. All too often, programmers finish their last
line of code and shove the open source software out the door.
Documentation is often an afterthought, if that.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81093.html

BlackBerry Flashes Passport to the Future
BlackBerry on Wednesday officially launched its new square form factor
smartphone, the Passport. This new handset has the size and shape of
most national passports, which the company dubbed the "international
symbol of mobility." The Passport is now available for $599 in an
unlocked version, or about $250 with a new contract. AT&T is the first
U.S. carrier to offer the handset.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81091.html

iPhone 6 Bendgate: The End of Tight Jeans?
Another new Apple product, another "-gate" debacle. This time, it's
bendgate. On the heels of the release of the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus
handsets earlier this month has come an uproar over an unexpected
weakness: In short, when stashed in a pocket of a tight pair of pants,
the iPhone 6 Plus bends -- and it doesn't return to its original shape
when removed.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81092.html

Researcher Foils iPhone 6 Touch ID
Apple's Touch ID fingerprint scanner is a step up from passcodes for
protecting iPhones, but it's far from totally secure. Lookout Mobile
Security's Marc Roger, fooled Touch ID on Apple's new iPhone 6 by
crafting a false fingerprint from a DIY forgery kit that cost about $200
to assemble. Rogers performed similar experiments when Touch ID was
introduced in the iPhone 5s last year.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81094.html

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