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June 30, 2014, 9:10 PM
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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
More details on Microsoft's desktop-focused Windows ‘Threshold’ release; public preview expected in fall 2014, release in spring 2015  —  Windows ‘Threshold’: More on Microsoft's plan to win over Windows 7 users  —  Summary: One of Microsoft's main goals with 'Threshold …
Paulo Golgher / Orkut Blog:
Google to shut down Orkut on September 30, will create archive of all public communities  —  Tchau Orkut  —  Ten years ago, Orkut was Google's first foray into social networking.  Built as a “20 percent” project, Orkut communities started conversations, and forged connections, that had never existed before.
Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times:
Some LA schools choosing between six different laptops for students after botched iPad rollout  —  LAUSD shifts gears on technology for students  —  Los Angeles school district officials have allowed a group of high schools to choose from among six different laptop computers for their students …
Abhijeet M. / SamMobile:
Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini to hit retail in mid-July  —  Just like a new Galaxy S flagship is a given each year, so is a new iteration of the current Galaxy S' mini variant, a device that Samsung always hopes to sell not based on its feature list, but on the fact that it carries the name of the company's multimillion-selling flagship.
Nick Summers / The Next Web:
Samsung's new low-end smartphones offer Android 4.4 and its redesigned TouchWiz skin
Ina Fried / Re/code:
Twitter Scoops Up AdTech Firm Tap Commerce for Around $100 Million  —  Twitter is in the process of acquiring Tap Commerce, a New York-based mobile advertising technology firm, according to sources familiar with the situation.  The deal is expected to be announced later on Monday.
Sharif Sakr / Engadget:
Privacy-focused Blackphone starts shipping for $630
Pete Rizzo / CoinDesk:
Silk Road auction: 45 bidders, 63 total bids; SecondMarket was outbid on all blocks  —  Bitcoin Price Surges as Silk Road Auction Spurs Investor Interest  —  The US Marshals Service (USMS) has begun to inform participating investors as to the official results of its 27th June auction …
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Adam Sherwin / The Independent:
Google Glass to be banned from all UK cinemas  —  If you've just acquired a Google Glass headset for £1,000, don't show it off at the movies.  UK cinemas are to ban the headsets over fears that the gadgets can be used to make pirate copies of Hollywood blockbusters.
Samit Sarkar / Polygon:
Ouya now selling 12-month pass to 800 games for $59.99  —  Ouya launched a limited deal today, the All-Access Pass, which gives customers 12 months' worth of access to almost all games on the platform for $59.99.  —  According to its listing on the Ouya Shop, the All-Access Pass covers …
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Millions of dynamic DNS users suffer after Microsoft seizes No-IP domains  —  Legitimate users caught in legal fire designed to take down botnets.  —  Millions of legitimate servers that rely on dynamic domain name services from No-IP.com suffered outages on Monday after Microsoft seized 22 domain names …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Twitter Rolls Out App Install And Engagement Ads, And New Click Pricing, Globally  —  Social networking platform Twitter says its MoPub ad network now reaches more than 1 billion iOS and Android users every month, and so today it is making its latest move to build out that mobile advertising business with more products.
Reuters:
Automakers incrementally approach self-driving cars, see dangers to Google's eagerness  —  Google, Detroit diverge on road map for self-driving cars  —  (Reuters) - In 2012, a small team of Google Inc engineers and business staffers met with several of the world's largest car makers …
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Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
“Buy Now” Buttons Start Appearing in Tweets.  Is Twitter Shopping Finally Here?  —  Two things stand out about the sneakers pictured above in a screenshot from Twitter.  First, their list price is a cool $170 million (though we imagine that's a glitch).  —  Second, there's a “Buy now” button included in the tweet.
Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Won't Hear Google's Street View Appeal  —  Search Giant Tried to Challenge Lower Court Ruling Saying It Violated Wiretap Law  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it wouldn't consider Google Inc. 's challenge to a class-action lawsuit alleging …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple Releases iOS 7.1.2 With Mail Fixes, iBeacon Improvements  —  Apple today released iOS 7.1.2 to the public, more than two months after releasing iOS 7.1.1. iOS 7.1.2 is a minor update that focuses primarily on bug fixes and security improvements, repairing an email attachment encryption issue …
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces iTunes U update with iPad Course Creation, Student Discussions & more  —  Screenshot showing new iTunes U “Student Discussions” feature  —  Apple today announced an update to its iTunes U educational app that includes a number of new features for iPad including course creation tools …

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