Fast Company goes inside the unlikely partnership between Apple and Intel to develop hundreds of enterprise apps. “At least in theory, IBM MobileFirst for iOS could open up a big market for Apple,” FC notes. “Big IBM clients that decide to use one of the co-developed apps will obviously need lots of Apple devices on which to run them.”

Yahoo plans to close Flickr’s commercial licensing and royalty program, Venture Beat reports. “The company confirmed the closure and cited ‘consistent feedback’ as the basis of its realization that ‘there is more work to be done,’” VB writes. “Flickr Marketplace was an effort to increase exposure for photographers and help monetize their work.”

Tinder just launched Tinder Stacks -- a voting app that lets users choose a “stack” of pictures and send them to friends in an iMessage conversation. “Recipients will then be able to swipe left and right on the photos to indicate whether they're into them or not,” The Verge writes. “As voting happens, the sender will be able to see how many likes and skips each image received.”

To prevent people from using others people’s pictures in their dating profiles, Bumble is launching a photo verification system. “For some reason certain people feel the need to create a dating profile using someone else’s pictures,” TechCrunch notes. “Whether it’s done to impersonate someone else, bully someone or even just pull a prank, it happens more than you’d think.”

The latest version of WhatsApp supports ‘mentions’ in group conversations, Android Police reports. “When you're in a group chat, try typing the symbol @ and you'll get a list of all the participants in that chat,” it writes. “You can tap any of them or just type the first letters of anyone's name and it'll narrow down to them.”

It looks like Google plans to unveil some new gadgets on October 4, according to a tweet from the tech giant. “People have been expecting Google to at least show new mobile devices on that date, and the smartphone-shaped outline in the tweet confirms it,” Venture Beat reports. Google also posted a page where curious minds can sign up for updates on “devices from Google and all the things you can do with them.”

Bonfire -- a startup led by former World of Warcraft lead designer Rob Pardo -- just raised $25 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. “Bonfire does not have a game in development yet,” The New York Times notes. “Mr. Pardo, 46, says it is safe to assume the company will make online multiplayer games, though he has not yet decided whether it will create them for mobile devices, PCs or both.”

Pandora on Thursday unveiled Pandora Plus -- an enhanced version of its $5-a-month service formerly known as Pandora One. “It also has enhanced its free, ad-supported service, which the majority of its users take advantage of,” The Verge reports. Now, “The company will end 2016 with three tiers of service and an on-demand service to compete against Spotify and Apple Music.”

Contrary to recent reports, Apple says it isn’t looking to buy any music streaming services. “A member of Apple Music’s senior leadership said the company has no current plans to acquire Jay Z’s Tidal or any other rivals,” Buzzfeed reports. As Jimmy Iovine, head of Apple Music, tells the online publication: “We’re really running our own race … We’re not looking to acquire any streaming services.”

Consumers shouldn’t expect to find all new iPhone models in store by Friday, Apple cautioned in statement released this week. “The statement makes it clear that all iPhones will be in short supply for walk-in customers without a reservation,” TechCrunch writes. The statement also indicates that Apple’s jet black iPhones and all iPhone 7 plus models in all colors have sold out completely in the initial online ordering period.”