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Mobile Minutes: iOS update pulled; Facebook's WhatsApp bid greenlit; Apple, Twitter bet on start-up; High-fashion Apple

A software update Apple sent on Wednesday did the opposite of what the company intended, disabling cellphone service on untold numbers of iPhones, among other problems.

Facebook, the world's most popular social network, will win unconditional EU regulatory approval for its $19 billion offer for mobile messaging startup WhatsApp, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

John Collison thinks it should be as easy to move money around the Internet as it is to move information. The 24-year-old Irish entrepreneur and his brother Patrick, 26, had already built and sold one startup. As they tinkered with ideas for their next project, they were struck by the antiquated mobile payment systems that existed. They dropped out of college to find a solution.

When Apple revealed its highly anticipated watch, the company veered from its traditional design ethos: Instead of presenting one gleaming industrial design for the masses, it provided dozens.