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May 29, 2015, 12:25 AM

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Anil Sabharwal / The Official Google Blog:

Google Photos launching today on Android, iOS, and web with unlimited storage to help you organize and share photos and videos for free — Picture this: A fresh approach to Photos — Every second of every day, people around the world are capturing their memories through photos and videos.

Steven Levy / Backchannel:

Google VP of Streams, Photos, and Sharing Bradley Horowitz: Google Photos is like Gmail for your images — Bradley Horowitz Says That Google Photos is Gmail for Your Images. And That Google Plus Is Not Dead. — An interview with Google's head of Streams, Photos and Sharing

More: PCWorld, NEWS.com.au, CNET, Marketing Land, ReadWrite, Electronista, iDownloadBlog.com, VentureBeat, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog and TechCrunch

Tweets: @caseyjohnston and @jasonhowell

Pali Bhat / Official Android Blog:

Google announces Android Pay, will allow users to pay in over 1000 apps and at 700K US stores — Pay your way with Android — Credit cards, debit cards, loyalty cards, cash, coins. Forget fumbling through your wallet next time you're in a store—what if you could pay with just a tap?

More: USA Today, PC Magazine, Google Operating System, The Verge, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, Android Police, Business Insider, CNET, International Business Times, BetaNews, Bank Innovation, ZDNet, The Next Web, TechSpot, Tech Times and WebProNews. Tweets: @noyesclt. See also Mediagazer

Jamal Eason / Android Developers Blog:

Google launches M Developer Preview with system images for testing on Nexus 5, 6, 9, and Player — Android M Developer Preview & Tools — Today at Google I/O, we announced a developer preview of the next version of Android, the M release. Last year's developer preview was a first for Android and we received great feedback.

More: Android Police, The Official Google Blog, Google Webmaster Central Blog, Android Developers Blog, PC Magazine, Google Developers Blog, ReadWrite, Droid Life, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, Digital Trends, Electronista, WebProNews and Search Engine Journal

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:

Google's free, automated “Cloud Test Lab” service will let developers test apps against top 20 Android devices — Google announces the “Cloud Test Lab,” a free, automated testing service — Upload your APK and Google will test it against the top 20 Android devices.

More: The Register, SlashGear, BGR, Android Authority, TechCrunch, ZDNet and The Overspill

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Google announces Android M coming later this year with improved app permissions, app links, mobile payments, fingerprint API, more

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Google gives developers new AdWords, Analytics, and AdMob tools to monetize their apps with ads

More: VentureBeat, Forbes, TechCrunch and Marketing Land

Reto Meier / Android Developers Blog:

Google Play services 7.5 includes Smart Lock for Passwords, App Invites beta, Google Cast, Remote Display API, Google Fit, more

More: Google Geo Developers Blog, Android Police, Google Developers Blog, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Liliputing, PhoneArena and Android Central

Ross Miller / The Verge:

Google announces Brillo, a cut-down Android-based OS for the Internet of Things, and Weave, a communications layer for those devices

More: Re/code, eWeek, The Verge, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Engadget, bizjournals, The Next Web, 9to5Google, Gotta Be Mobile, Seeking Alpha, Android Police, ReadWrite, The Register, AppleInsider, Engadget, GeekWire, PCWorld, InfoWorld, VentureBeat, Android Authority, BGR and Tech Trader Daily. Tweets: @benbajarin

Leena Rao / Fortune:

Google Play saw 50B app installs in past year, launches Play For Families store section

More: Official Android Blog, Android Authority, 9to5Google and Android Police

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Play Store Now Lets Developers A/B Test Their App Listing Pages, Customize Their Catalog Page

More: Ars Technica, Android Developers Blog, Telegraph, Climb Higher, Engadget, VentureBeat and CNET

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Google's Now On Tap offers help when you hold home button based on context of what you're doing on phone, suggests possible actions with indexed apps

More: Inside Search, CNET, Greenbot, TechCrunch, Droid Life, The Next Web, Search Engine Land and VentureBeat

Dave Morin / Path Blog:

Path and Path Talk acquired by Daum Kakao; services to continue — A New Chapter for Path — In 2010 a small team of us set out to build a company focused on quality products that bring you a source of happiness, meaning, and connection. Five years later, Path continues to follow …

More: TechCrunch, The Verge, Tech in Asia, Fortune, Business Insider, daumkakao.com, Re/code, e27 and PE Hub Blog

Tweets: @carnage4life, @path, @ericjackson and @danprimack

TechCrunch:

Apple Acquires Augmented Reality Company Metaio — Apple has acquired Metaio, an augmented reality startup that launched way back in 2003 as an offshoot of a project at Volkswagen. The company's site said it stopped taking new customers, and now a legal document shows Apple has bought it.

More: Wall Street Journal, Engadget, PCWorld, New York Times, Patently Apple, Tnooz, SlashGear, The Next Web, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, The Verge, AppleInsider, Business Insider, Cult of Mac, Fortune and CNET

Tweets: @joshconstine and @markgurman

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Nvidia launches Shield 4K Android TV set-top box for $200 with 16GB of flash storage, $300 with 500GB hard disk drive — Nvidia launches its Shield set-top box for Android TV — with optional 500GB hard drive — If you're not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you're likely losing them to someone else.

More: The Official NVIDIA Blog, NEWS.com.au, The Official NVIDIA Blog, CNET, Engadget, AndroidGuys, The Official NVIDIA Blog, PhoneDog.com, Android Police, Phandroid, The Next Web, The Verge and Android Authority

Ganesh T S / AnandTech:

NVIDIA Shield Android TV review: gaming performance exceeds other set top boxes but media playback disappoints

More: Gizmodo, PC Perspective, IGN, Tom's Guide, Bloomberg Business and SlashGear

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

New 15-inch MacBook Pro is first MacBook to support 5K and 4096×2160 4K displays — New 15-inch is the first MacBook to support 5K displays, 4096×2160 4K — Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Pro is the first of Apple's notebooks to officially support single-stream 4K displays at a full resolution of 4096×2160 at 60Hz.

More: Official Apple Support, MacRumors, Laptop Mag, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore and O'Grady's PowerPage. Thanks:@apollozac

Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:

Amazon planning to expand its private-label goods under its Elements brand to include grocery items such as milk, cereal, razors, vitamins, cleaning products — Amazon Plans to Add Its Own Line of Food — Milk, cereal, baby food and household products would carry Elements label

More: USA Today, CNET, Fortune, Business Insider, GeekWire, The Verge and SlashGear

Sean O'Kane / The Verge:

Google announces Jump, an ecosystem for creating and sharing virtual reality content, includes camera rig, software, and YouTube-based player — Google Jump is an entire ecosystem for virtual reality filmmaking — Near the end of the opening keynote at Google's I/O developer conference …

More: Computerworld, Ars Technica, The Register, Slate, Quartz, AndroidGuys, GeekWire, Make and Road to VR

Conor Dougherty / New York Times:

Google redesigns Cardboard VR headset to fit larger phones, updates SDK with support for iOS, partners with GoPro to develop 16-camera 360-degree VR recorder

More: The Verge, VentureBeat, Wired, The Verge, Business Insider, The Verge, The Next Web, The Next Web, USA Today, YouTube Creator Blog, Engadget, TechSpot and Engadget

Sébastien Page / iDownloadBlog.com:

Apple releases temporary fix for iMessage-crashing text bug, says update coming soon — Apple publishes temporary fix for Messages issue, says software update coming soon — In a new support document published Thursday night, Apple acknowledges the Messages bug that was first uncovered two days ago …

More: MacRumors, AppleInsider and 9to5Mac. Thanks:@sebastienpage

Kyle Russell / TechCrunch:

Google Brings Turn-By-Turn Directions To Offline Maps — Google just announced that turn-by-turn directions will soon be accessible from Maps even when you don't have a data connection. — Rounding out a series of announcements about improvements to the offline experience of its major mobile apps …

More: The Verge, Ubergizmo, Engadget and CNET

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