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James Vincent / The Independent:

Facebook introduces more than 70 new gender options to the UK: ‘We want to reflect society’ — Custom options added specifically for the UK market include intersex man, asexual, and hermaphrodite — From today, Facebook users in the UK will be able to choose from more than 70 new gender options …

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Andrew Paterson / ICO Blog:

Companies using Google Glass in UK for business should comply with UK Data Protection Act — Wearable technology - the future of privacy — By Andrew Paterson, Senior Technology Officer — Not so long ago, the collection of personal information by body worn devices was limited to trials …

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Joe Miller / BBC:

Amazon pressing for new terms in UK, wants to print books itself if publishers run out of stock — Amazon ‘bullies’ UK publishers on printing and promotions — There are hundreds of publishing companies in the UK — Amazon is facing a battle with UK publishers as it seeks to secure …

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iPod Touch 5th Generation 16 GB 2014 Teardown — Apple has quietly introduced an updated version of the iPod Touch 5th Generation 16 GB. What exactly is Apple trying to sneak past us? We're about to find out. Join us as we explore the newest addition to the iPod Touch family.

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Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

YouTube's New Creator Tools Include Donations, Fan-Submitted Subtitles, And A Mobile Creator Studio App — YouTube is by far the largest platform for online video viewership in the world. But frankly, it wouldn't be anything without its creators. That's why in a keynote today at Vidcon …

Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:

Shopping App Wish Lands $50 Million Financing Round — Wish, a fast-growing mobile-shopping app, raised $50 million from venture-capital investors who believe there is still room for upstarts in an industry dominated by Amazon.com, eBay and Groupon . — The funding came from new investor Founders Fund …

More: TechCrunch. Tweets: @wsjd, @gregbensinger and @mdudas

Lehar Maan / Reuters:

Tencent to buy 20% stake in Chinese online classifieds company 58.com for $736M — Tencent to buy 20 pct in 58.com for $736 mln — (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings Ltd, China's biggest listed tech firm, will buy a 20 percent stake in online classifieds company 58.com Inc for $736 million …

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:

Google says Tango developer tablets will be available later this year for $1024, demos Tango and Ara at I/O — Google “moonshot” group demos modular phone that (almost) actually works — Google's Paul Eremenko, head of Project Ara. — SAN FRANCISCO—Google's Advanced Technology and Projects …

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New York Times:

Facebook fights Manhattan DA, seeks to invalidate warrants demanding data on 381 users in disability fraud case — Facebook Battles Manhattan D.A. Over Warrants for User Data — Facebook and the New York district attorney's office are in a bitter fight over a privacy question that was bound …

More: Facebook, PandoDaily, Washington Post, Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Next Web, bizjournals, TechCrunch, Inquirer, Forbes, The Verge and WebProNews. Tweets: @anildash

James Temple / Re/code:

Siri creators SRI International spin off Kasisto, a virtual personal assistant for business — The Creators of Siri Spin Off a Virtual Personal Assistant for Business — SRI International spun off another venture on Thursday, a sort of Siri for business called Kasisto.

More: SRI International, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac and App Advice

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Japan's Moi Corporation raises $5M to expand its live streaming app TwitCasting globally — Japan's Moi Corporation Raises $5M For Mobile Live Streaming App TwitCasting — Once upon a time, say about three or four years ago, there were all sorts of companies trying to help users live stream themselves onto the Internet.

Joe Fedewa / Phandroid:

Google Maps and Google Keep get Android Wear support — The latest trend in official Google apps is Android Wear support. Today two popular apps are adding support for Google's wearable platform: Maps and Keep. Both of these apps can already interact with Wear devices …

More: 9to5Google, Android Authority and Android Police

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Chromecast will use ultrasonic sounds to pair your TV with your friend's phones — Now this is cool: Google's Chromecast team has found an interesting way to pair Chromecast streaming sticks with mobile devices that are not on the same Wi-Fi network. Pairing is done through inaudible …

More: Geeky Gadgets, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, Softpedia News, Ars Technica, BGR, TechSpot, Electronista, Gizmodo, Engadget, PC Magazine, TechCrunch, ReadWrite, NFC World+, Android Police, The Verge and 9to5Google

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:

Independent music labels want EU to intervene in YouTube row — (Reuters) - Music trade association Impala has asked European Union antitrust regulators to intervene in a row with Google Inc's YouTube over its paid streaming music service, saying some conditions demanded by the company were anti-competitive.

More: PandoDaily and Electronista

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