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Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Snapchat Closes $60 Million Round Led by IVP, Now at 200 Million Daily Snaps  —  Snapchat, the ephemeral messaging service that has grown extremely popular over the past year, has closed its $60 million dollar Series B round of venture funding, the company announced on Monday morning.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Seeds iOS 7 Beta 2 to Developers with iPad and iPad Mini Support  —  Two weeks after Apple released the first beta version of iOS 7 following its unveiling at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple has just released a second beta for testing.
Malathi Nayak / Reuters:
Microsoft to bring Xbox and PC games to Apple, Android phones: report  —  (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will offer its console and computer games for Apple Inc's iPhone and other smartphone platforms this fiscal year, through a tie-up with Japanese smartphone game maker Klab Inc, the Nikkei said on Monday.
Kim Yoo-chul / The Korea Times:
Samsung to close desktop business  —  Samsung Electronics has decided to ditch its unprofitable desktop PC business and devote itself to tablet computers and all-in-one laptops, company officials said Monday.  —  “Demand for conventional desktop PCs is going down,” said a Samsung Electronics official.
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Oracle partners with Microsoft to let its customers run software on Hyper-V and Azure; Java support coming soon  —  Microsoft and Oracle today announced that they are putting their differences aside to strike a strategic partnership in the cloud enterprise space.
Scott Buscemi / 9to5Mac:
Siri takes initiative to learn how to pronounce names in iOS 7  —  When Siri first launched, many users found lots of names were pronounced incorrectly and couldn't do much beyond adding phonetic spellings manually for each contact.  With iOS 7, it appears that Siri can now take initiative for learning proper pronunciations.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple's Prototype iPhone 5S Based on New A7 Chip  —  Last week, we shared a pair of photos of Apple's upcoming iPhone 5S, revealing a few details such as a larger-capacity battery and a new dual-LED flash system for the rear camera.  At the time, we had some questions about the main chip from the device …
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Just in time for Google Reader's demise, beloved RSS reader NetNewsWire launches open beta  —  In just a couple of weeks, Google will shut the door on Reader forever.  But now a local reader alternative is coming back with a vengeance and, eventually, with syncing between Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Jennifer Saba / Reuters:
Demand Media acquires e-commerce marketplace for $94 million  —  (Reuters) - Demand Media, the owner of content websites eHow, Livestrong and Cracked, said on Monday it had acquired the e-commerce marketplace Society6 for $94 million in cash and stock as the company diversifies its business model.
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Fab.com's Ascent to $1 Billion Valuation Brings Missteps  —  Fab.com Inc., valued at more than $1 billion dollars after just two years in existence, is suffering growing pains from its rapid expansion as it applies a culture of meticulous control to a global business.
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Bing For Schools Will Strip Out All Ads, Beef Up Privacy Protections And Adult Content Filtering  —  Bing is taking a step to hep make its products more appealing for school-age children, with Bing For Schools, an opt-in program targeting K-12 institutions launching later this year.
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1, 8.0 and 7.0 Coming To The U.S. July 7 For $399, $299 And $199  —  Samsung's new Galaxy Tab 3 line has been official for a little while now, but U.S. availability and pricing was up in the air until today.  The relatively cheap tablets are going to be $199 …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Customized Tablet For Restaurants E La Carte Raises $13.5M From Intel Capital And Others  —  E la Carte, a company that develops a tableside tablet for the restaurant and related hospitality industries, has raised $13.5 million in Series B funding led by Intel Capital with participation from Romulus Capital.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Device Shipments Up 6% To 2.4B In 2013, Driven By Android Smartphones, Tablets Amid More PC Decline  —  Gartner today has released its latest figures charting its overall predictions for how IT devices — from PCs to mobile handsets — are going to perform this year and in 2014.
Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:
Disruptions: Medicine That Monitors You  —  SAN FRANCISCO — They look like normal pills, oblong and a little smaller than a daily vitamin.  But if your physician writes a prescription for these pills in the not-too-distant future, you might hear a new twist on an old cliché …
Wall Street Journal:
Disney, Sony Experiment in Korea With Early Video on Demand  —  Big Studios' Korea Experiment Rents Movies on Demand While Still in Theaters  —  Two Hollywood studios have quietly begun testing a controversial business model in South Korea after years of failed efforts in the U.S. …
Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:
Image-sharing juggernaut Imgur launches Android app; iPhone app stalled by Apple  —  Imgur, one of the web's most popular image-sharing apps and a destination for viral pictures, has finally launched its first official Android app, and an iPhone app is on the way.
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Duck Duck Go's Post-PRISM Growth Actually Proves No One Cares About “Private” Search  —  Look out, Google!  Duck Duck Go is on the rise, posting a 50% traffic increase in just eight days.  Is this proof people want a “private” search engine, in the wake of allegations the PRISM program allows …

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