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Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:

Barnes & Noble Reports $118.6M Loss On Revenue Of $1.3B In Q4, Plans To Open Nook Brand To Tablet OEMs — Barnes & Noble reported its fiscal fourth quarter earnings this morning, and the financials make it clear that the company is still struggling to figure out how it fits into the larger digital reading ecosystem.

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Barnes & Noble says it will stop manufacturing Nook tablets in-house; e-readers live on

More: Business Wire, Betabeat, TechCrunch, The Next Web and CNET

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:

Exclusive: Samsung in talks to settle EU antitrust case - sources — (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics is in early talks with the EU antitrust regulator to settle charges that it abused its market position by barring Apple from using an essential mobile phone patent, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

More: Bloomberg, ZDNet, MacRumors, Computerworld, The Next Web, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, CNET, BGR, Electronista, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, iLounge and iClarified

Jenna Wortham / NYT Bits:

Instagram Video and the Death of Fantasy — Over the weekend, I went to a sunset picnic on a rooftop in Brooklyn. The evening couldn't have been more picturesque — a group of stylish women chatting and lounging on blankets, framed against a lavender and glittering cityscape.

More: Guardian, Business Insider, Co.Design and AllThingsD

Tweets: @joshm, @pkafka, @oryankim and @om

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

iOS 7 Disables Screenshot Interruptions, Allows Users to Secretly Take Snapchat Screenshots — While we detailed a number of new features of iOS 7 beta 2 earlier today, a MacRumors reader sent us a tip on a small change that has gone unnoticed since the first beta was released on June 10.

More: Business Insider, The Next Web, Yahoo! News, PetaPixel, Gizmodo, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com and Mashable

Tweets: @panzer and @samfbiddle

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Windows 8.1 includes options to shut down from Start button and disable hot corners — Microsoft is just days away from releasing its Windows 8.1 preview, complete with the return of the Start button. The software maker has started to distribute final preview copies of Windows Server 2012 R2 …

More: CNET, InfoWorld, Geek.com and ExtremeTech

Euan Rocha / Reuters:

BlackBerry launches service to manage Android, Apple devices — (Reuters) - BlackBerry launched a service on Tuesday allowing government agencies and corporate clients to secure and manage devices powered by Google Inc's Android platform and Apple Inc's iOS operating system.

More: AppleInsider, BetaNews, Electronista, The Register, ITworld.com, CrackBerry.com, Engadget, ZDNet, Cult of Mac, PhoneArena, SlashGear, Macgasm, CNET and Phones Review

Mariella Moon / Engadget:

OUYA hits retailers for $100, promptly sells out at Amazon — OUYA has unlocked a major achievement today: the teensy crowdfunded gaming console is now available at retail, after a slight delay from the June 4th date it promised earlier. That's good news for everybody …

More: Digits, AllThingsD, CNET, Inquirer, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, WebProNews, Kickstarter, Electronista and SlashGear

Timothy B. Lee / Wonkblog:

One of the worst patents ever just got upheld in court — Forget patenting an invention. These days, companies patent conceptual categories for future inventions. — During the first dot-com boom, Amazon famously patented the concept of buying things online with one click.

More: SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica and VentureBeat. Tweets: @mdudas

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple investigating new MacBook Air WiFi issues, some customers receiving replacements — Over the past few days, a notable amount of users have complained about WiFi issues plaguing the new 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air models released during the week of WWDC.

More: AnandTech, Macgasm, Digital Trends, iClarified, T3 News, iMore, CNET, Engadget, MacRumors and Insanely Great Mac

Jeff Blagdon / The Verge:

Microsoft licenses ‘Age of Empires’ for iOS and Android, but downplays further releases — Microsoft is bringing its games to iOS and Android, beginning with Age of Empires sometime in 2013, reports Japan's Nikkei business daily. The ports are coming courtesy of mobile developer KLab …

More: Reuters, Computerworld, Geek.com, App Advice, Ubergizmo, Gearburn, Kotaku, VG247, MacNN, AppleInsider and Insanely Great Mac

Malathi Nayak / Reuters:

Microsoft to bring Xbox and PC games to Apple, Android phones: report

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Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Sprint shareholders approve SoftBank takeover — SoftBank's efforts to purchase Sprint got one step closer to completion on Tuesday, as Sprint's shareholders overwhelmingly approved the proposed purchase. Sprint says that about 98 percent of the votes cast at a special shareholders meeting were in favor of SoftBank's offer.

More: Featured News, Engadget and Wall Street Journal

Mat Smith / Engadget:

Sony Xperia Z Ultra official with 6.4-inch 1080p screen and 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 chip, global launch in Q3 2013 — Sony's unveiled its latest addition to its Xperia Z series, a new smartphone that blurs the line between smartphone and tablet once more — the appropriately-named Xperia Z Ultra.

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Sony's ‘Music Unlimited’ iOS app adds offline playback & high-quality 320kbps AAC streams — A nice update is landing any minute now for Sony's Music Unlimited iOS app, which is continuing to improve thanks to some nice improvements coming with PS4 and PlayStation Plus.

More: Sony Entertainment Network, CNET, PC Magazine, The Next Web, Macgasm, Engadget, I4U News and iDownloadBlog.com

Terrence O'Brien / Engadget:

Google Cloud Playground lets you dip your toes in the Cloud Platform waters — Google's Cloud Platform holds a certain amount of appeal for developers looking to quickly build robust web apps. Of course, getting started is a bit involved. You'll first need to download and install several tools and an SDK on your local machine.

More: Cloud Platform Blog, TechCrunch and VentureBeat

Kaylene Hong / The Next Web:

Samsung denies ‘groundless’ rumor that it is shutting down its PC business — UPDATE: Samsung has denied a report that says it is shutting down its PC business and provided the following statement: The rumor that Samsung is withdrawing from the PC desktop business is groundless.

More: Engadget, BGR, PC World, TechnoBuffalo, Neowin and SlashGear. Thanks:@kaylenehong

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

New Google Groups now available to all with revamped management features, moderation tools, and mobile site — Google today announced it is retiring the previous release of Google Groups and launching a revamped version in its place, available immediately for all users.

More: Gmail Blog, CNET, Engadget, WebProNews, VentureBeat, 9to5Google and Softpedia News

Matt Brian / The Verge:

EU court says Google doesn't have to delete sensitive data from search results (update) — The Advocate General at the European Court of Justice has said that Google should not have to delete sensitive information from its search results. In a statement published today …

More: TechCrunch, BBC, Associated Press, CNET, Reuters, Computerworld, Bloomberg, ZDNet, Inquirer, New York Times, Guardian, SlashGear and Softpedia News

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

How Sony's SmartWatch 2 Stacks Up To The Pebble And The MetaWatch Strata — Sony's first go at the smartwatch mostly went unnoticed - a lot of people, myself included, had to be reminded of its existence when the Pebble made big waves for its huge Kickstarter funding success.

More: Engadget, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, AllThingsD, The Verge, Pocketables, Gearburn, Softpedia News, Pocket-lint, The Next Web and Digits

USA Today:

Pink Floyd: Pandora's Internet radio royalty ripoff — Internet radio companies are trying to trick artists into supporting their own pay cut. — Great music can inspire deep emotions, and businesses have long sought to harness this power in order to make money.

More: The Trichordist, SiliconBeat, The Next Web, The Verge, CNET, The Register, VentureBeat, Computerworld and SocialTimes. Tweets: @joshconstine. See also Mediagazer

Associated Press:

SKorea says several gov't, private websites hacked — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said multiple government and private sector websites were hacked on Tuesday's anniversary of the start of the Korean War, and Seoul issued a cyberattack alert warning officials and citizens to take security measures.

More: CNET, New York Times, The Next Web, BBC, Mashable, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, Softpedia News and Bloomberg

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