This Week in Tech 578

Apple will unveil the iPhone 7 this Wednesday, September 7th. Google will announce its Pixel phones and Google Home October 4th. Samsung recalls the Galaxy Note 7 due to exploding batteries.

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• What to Expect From Apple's 'See You on the 7th' Event - Bloomberg
• Samsung shares hit over Galaxy Note delays, battery explosion claims | Reuters
• Samsung launches Galaxy Note 7 exchange program for US customers, new devices coming as soon as next week
• Samsungs Note 7 Recall Will Be Expensive, But Probably Worth It
• Consumer Reports: Samsung Should Officially Recall the Galaxy Note7
• After Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple CEO, he was still working on an Apple TV set - Recode
• Google will announce Pixel phones, 4K Chromecast, Google Home, Daydream VR viewer on October 4th
• Amazon Echo Adds Sonos To Its Voice-Control Stable
• Instagram FINALLY lets you zoom in on photos
• Sony's new $2,300 headphones would pair well with a $3,200 portable media player
• Samsung unveils Gear S3 Classic and Gear S3 Frontier smartwatches
• Tim Cook responds to tax ruling in Irish press: it is “total political crap”, 0.005% rate is a “false number”
• Tim Cook Says Apple Could Send Cash Back to U.S. Next Year - WSJ
• Tim Cook liquidates $65M of his AAPL stock, still holds around $110M
• Everyone Involved in This $1.8 Million Grumpy Cat Lawsuit Sucks Except for the Cat
• Google Coder Analyzes a Billion Files to Find a Winner in Tabs vs Spaces Debate
• You can now actually rent Erlich’s Aviato car from HBO’s Silicon Valley | TechCrunch
• Bloke accused of Linux kernel.org hack nabbed during traffic stop • The Register
• Ozzy Osbourne genome sequenced | Music | The Guardian
• SpaceX explosion destroyed Facebook's AMOS-6 satellite - Business Insider