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June 24, 2014, 7:15 PM

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Brad Stone / Businessweek:

Profile of Sundar Pichai, who will show the next Android release, Android Wear, and Android TV at Google I/O — Google's Sundar Pichai Is the Most Powerful Man in Mobile — At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, Samsung introduced new software for its tablets, called the Magazine UX.

Matt Rogers / Nest:

Nest Developer Program opens to the public; integration with LIFX, Mercedes, Whirlpool, Jawbone, IFTTT, and more already enabled — The Nest Developer Program is here. — Wouldn't it be cool if our homes could be more aware? If they could learn from us? And help take care of us?

Matt Burns / TechCrunch:

Google Makes Its Nest At The Center Of The Smart Home — “Okay Google, turn down the heat.” — Using Google Now, a homeowner will soon be able to talk to a Nest Learning Thermostat and complain about the heat. And that's just the beginning. — Google is turning the Nest Learning Thermostat into the hub of smart homes.

More: CNET. Tweets: @benedictevans

Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:

Nest to allow opt-in sharing of limited user information with Google and other partners, enables Google Now integration

More: Nest, SiliconANGLE, 9to5Google, Re/code, SiliconBeat, Neowin, Salon, Wired, iPhone in Canada Blog, DailyTech, Guardian and InvestorPlace

Tweets: @dannysullivan and @sacca

Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Hackers release Nest Thermostat jailbreak tool that requires physical access

More: GTV Hacker and SlashGear. Tweets: @gtvhacker

Oculus VR:

Oculus to acquire Carbon Design, gaining the product engineering team known for the Xbox 360 controller — Oculus Agrees to Acquire Carbon Design Team — We're thrilled to announce that we've agreed to acquire the Carbon Design team, one of the premier industrial design and product engineering teams …

More: The Next Web, Gigaom, Engadget, GeekWire, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Business Insider, ZDNet, The Verge, Re/code, Gizmodo and GamesIndustry International. Tweets: @bhsharp

JR Raphael / Computerworld:

Google offering $150 credits to make up for Chromebook data debacle — Some good news for owners of Google's LTE Chromebook Pixel: Following my report that data plans for the device were being disconnected prematurely, Google is stepping up to make things right.

More: Engadget, Gigaom, PC Magazine, 9to5Google, The Verge, Ars Technica, Phandroid, PC World, Digital Trends, Pocketables, Android Central, TechSpot, blog.chron.com, SlashGear, Daring Fireball and Electronista. Tweets: @dcseifert

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Google refreshes Glass hardware with 2GB RAM and a bigger battery; current owners won't get upgraded — Google refreshes Glass hardware, but current owners won't get upgraded — Small tweaks suggest that a true consumer product is still a ways off — Google's plan to sell its Glass headset …

More: Google Glass, CNET, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, The Next Web, Pocketnow, Droid Life, Connectedly, SlashGear and Android Police

David Kravets / Ars Technica:

FAA grounds Amazon's drone delivery plans — The Federal Aviation Administration has said that online shopping powerhouse Amazon may not employ drones to deliver packages, at least not anytime soon. — The revelation was buried in a FAA document (PDF) unveiled Monday seeking public comment …

More: The Technology Chronicles, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, GeekWire, Gizmodo, Electronista, The Hill, Business Insider, Ubergizmo and Consumerist

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Twilio partners with Google to release a Chromebook communications package — Cloud telephony firm Twilio today announced Twilio CX for Chromebooks, a new partnership with Google that bundles its WebRTC-powered client, 7,500 voice minutes, a Plantronics headset and a Chromebook together …

More: ZDNet, Gigaom, CITEworld, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and Twilio Cloud Communications …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

App Store Policy Of Rejecting Apps With Rewarded Video, Social Sharing Gets Rolled Back...With A Few Caveats — A recent policy change floated by Apple caused a flurry of discussion - and concern - among mobile app developers. According to several public forum postings and other industry sources …

More: AppleInsider, MacRumors, Touch Arcade, App Advice and MacNN

Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:

Oculus seeks partners to help make hardware, emulating Android's expansion model — Facebook's Oculus, Emulating Android, Seeks Partners — Oculus VR Inc. has a plan for making virtual reality mainstream: Replicate Google Inc. (GOOGL)'s success with Android.

More: VentureBeat, Business Insider, CNET and TechnoBuffalo. Thanks:@sarahfrier

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Twitter tests ‘retweet with comment’ that shows referenced tweet as a card below your comment — Twitter Is Experimenting With A New Way To Retweet — The best thing about Twitter is that it forces users to embrace brevity thanks to its 140-character updates.

More: PandoDaily, Mashable, Engadget, Business Insider and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Dana Wollman / Engadget:

Samsung Galaxy Tab S review: slim design, long battery life, stunning screen — It'd be silly of me to talk about tablets in the past tense — we still write stories about them daily and clearly, we review them, too. But of the ones we've seen lately, most have been low-end; mid-range at best.

More: DisplayMate, Computerworld, CNET, LAPTOP Mag, SamMobile, DisplayBlog, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Gizmodo and Inquirer

Walt Mossberg / Re/code:

Samsung's Latest Tablet Boasts Sleek Hardware, Confusing Software

More: The Verge, Wall Street Journal, IntoMobile, TechCrunch, Business Insider, AnandTech and SlashGear

Kim Zetter / Wired:

Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones — Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement and intelligence agencies use the tool …

More: Securelist / Blog, The Citizen Lab, The Register, Techdirt, Digital Trends, The Verge, Engadget, Security Watch, SC Magazine, SlashGear, BetaNews and Help Net Security

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Pebble becomes a real pedometer with new Misfit app — The smartwatch that charmed with its simplicity is starting to smarten up — Looking to preempt Google's big Android Wear unveiling, Pebble is today announcing a new partnership with wearable maker Misfit that will turn its smartwatch into a pedometer.

More: Pebble, Wall Street Journal, NEWS.com.au, Re/code, Engadget, Liliputing, ZDNet, Connectedly, Pocket-lint, TechCrunch and AppleInsider

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

ABC News Comes to Apple TV with Live and On-Demand Video, Local News, and Historical Footage — ABC News is launching a new Apple TV channel today, bringing access to live and on-demand content to Apple's set-top box. The channel offers a variety of news and entertainment offerings …

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Car-Sharing Startup RelayRides Raises $25 Million In Funding Led By Canaan Partners — Over the past year, peer-to-peer car rental startup RelayRides has been growing its average rental times and revenues by focusing specifically on daily and multi-day rentals.

More: VatorNews, The Technology Chronicles and Re/code. Tweets: @deepakkamra

Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal:

Microsoft's Top Lawyer Slams Secret Surveillance Court — The U.S.'s secret surveillance court is unaccountable to the public and not “inclined to promote justice,” Microsoft's top lawyer said Wednesday. — General counsel Brad Smith said the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court …

More: CNET, BGR, TechCrunch, Computerworld and Engadget. Tweets: @csoghoian

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Ex-Hulu CEO Jason Kilar teases video startup Vessel backed by Benchmark, Greylock, and Bezos — Jason Kilar's New Startup Has a Name, and a Whole Lot of Money — Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar still doesn't want to say much about the startup he has been working on since last fall.

More: Variety, Vessel, Above the Crowd, Gigaom, GeekWire and Medium

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