Reuters Technology Report: September 24, 2015

Click to View in Browser Thursday, September 24, 2015 New iPhone 6s to hit stores Friday in test for Apple SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus arrive in stores and at consumers' doorsteps on Friday, kicking off a sales cycle that will be scrutinized for signs of how much juice Apple's marquee product has left. Apple lists top 25 apps hit by malware in first major attack (Reuters) - Apple Inc said the WeChat messaging app and car-hailing app DiDi Taxi were among the 25 most popular apps that were found to be infected with malicious software, the first-ever large-scale attack on its App Store. Exclusive: Pivoting after failed Syngenta bid, Monsanto to build big data business CHICAGO/KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - With its shares trading at three-year-lows since it abandoned a $46 billion bid to buy Syngenta AG last month, Monsanto Co plans to offer its shareholders a new corporate vision: a future in big data. Oculus and Samsung unveil new Gear VR for $99 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's Oculus and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled a new version of Gear VR virtual reality headset for $99, half the price of the previous "Innovator Edition", and said the product would be available in the United States in time for Black Friday and globally shortly after. Sprint unveils $1 plan ahead of new iPhone launch (Reuters) - Sprint Corp announced a $1 per month plan for Apple Inc's new iPhone, upping the ante in a battle among top U.S. carriers to sign up customers ahead of the phone's launch on Friday. Facebook.com up for most users after outage (Reuters) - Facebook.com was up for most users, except in some parts of western Europe, nearly four hours after an outage was first observed. Marvell Technologies to cut jobs in mobile business (Reuters) - Chipmaker Marvell Technology Group Ltd said it would cut jobs in its mobile platform business, resulting in a 17 percent reduction in its global workforce. U.S. regulator sanctions bitcoin trading platform over wash trades WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A New Jersey-based bitcoin swap trading platform was sanctioned by U.S. derivatives regulators on Thursday after it allegedly facilitated illegal wash trades and then misled U.S. regulators both through press releases and at a government-sponsored public meeting. EU launches inquiry into web companies' online behavior BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Thursday launched an inquiry into the behavior of online companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon to try to gauge whether there is a need to regulate the web. Uber will appeal order to shut Brussels service using non-professional drivers BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc, the company behind the popular ride-hailing service, said on Thursday it would appeal a court decision that ordered it to shut down its unlicensed service UberPOP in Brussels. Related Video Bloodhound supersonic car makes world debut China and U.S. talk tech behind closed doors Mediafile How about Hightail-ing it? On Twitter, dubious health claims from e-cigarette bots A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today A quick-fix on the day's news delivered when you want it. Register Today » » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2015 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook