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June 26, 2013, 1:40 PM

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Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog:

The Windows 8.1 Preview is here! — A couple of weeks ago, Antoine Leblond talked about continuing the Windows 8 vision with Windows 8.1. It continues to push ahead with our bet that the PC industry is going through a shift that is driven by mobility. We previously announced that Windows 8.1 …

More: Digital Trends, CITEworld, eWeek, VentureBeat, Somasegar's blog, WebProNews, MSDN Blogs, TechNet Blogs, InfoQ, Gotta Be Mobile, GeekWire and Business Insider. Thanks:@brandonleblanc

The Verge:

Live from the Microsoft Build 2013 keynote — We're live blogging Microsoft's two-hour keynote address at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. We're expecting lots of Windows 8.1 news. The preview bits will be released to developers today. Shazam has no idea what music is playing and nor …

More: BetaNews, TechCrunch, Business Insider, GeekWire, Engadget, Windows Phone Central, SlashGear, Softpedia News, CNET and The Verge. Tweets: @bldwin

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Microsoft Launches Windows 8.1 Preview With Start Button, Deep SkyDrive Integration, Smarter Search Tool & More — Microsoft today officially launched Windows 8.1 Preview, the first public beta of its flagship operating system's next version, at its Build developer conference in San Francisco today.

More: AllThingsD, CITEworld, ABC News, Gizmodo, LAPTOP Magazine, ZDNet, BGR, Ars Technica, The Next Web, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Engadget, The Verge, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, Electronista and Gotta Be Mobile

Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:

Xbox One's Kinect now ready for $399 Windows developer pre-order — Microsoft is opening up pre-orders for development kits of its next-generation Kinect for Windows. The new peripheral, which was unveiled at the Xbox One launch in May, features a vastly improved sensor set and microphone array …

More: TechCrunch, The Next Web, PC World, Engadget, AllThingsD, MSDN Blogs, SlashGear, TechNet Blogs and Gizmodo

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft: ‘Metro-Style’ Office not due until 2014 — Summary: The ‘Metro-Style’ versions of Microsoft's core Office applications won't be out until 2014, Microsoft officials are confirming. — Microsoft officials are showing off a quick sneak peek of one of the coming “Metro-Style” …

More: Engadget, The Verge, CNET, SlashGear, Teching It Easy and Pocket-lint

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Confirmed: Official Facebook app is coming to Windows 8 — Today at its Build developers conference in San Francisco, Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer announced that Facebook will bring an official application to Windows 8 in the future. A timeframe was not specified. — Gathered developers managed applause at the news.

More: The Verge, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, Engadget and Ars Technica

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Xbox Music For Windows 8.1 Preview Adds Pandora-Like Radio Feature — One of the redesigned apps Microsoft is introducing in the Windows 8.1 Preview is an update to its Xbox Music app that now puts the emphasis back on your own music - whether in the cloud or on your local machine …

More: The Next Web, PC World, ReadWrite and Engadget

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Microsoft treats Build 2013 attendees to an Acer Iconia W3 Windows 8 tablet and a Surface Pro — At its Build 2013 conference today, Microsoft announced that developers will be receiving an Acer Iconia W3 Windows 8 tablet and a Surface Pro. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the former …

Sean Hollister / The Verge:

Windows 8.1 will finally add high-res display support

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

New dimension for Windows: Microsoft puts 3D printing support directly into OS

More: The Next Web, Engadget, TechCrunch and VentureBeat. Thanks:@taylor_soper

Gregory Kohs- / Examiner:

Jimmy Wales breaks Wikipedia rules in hunt for Snowden — Wikipedia's notorious co-founder, Jimmy Wales, has launched an investigation to determine if any of the pseudonyms who edit the world's biggest encyclopedia are in fact (or suspected to be) classified security info leaker, Edward Snowden.

More: Softpedia News. Tweets: @jilliancyork and @kmmokai. See also Mediagazer

Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:

Greenwald: Snowden's Files Are Out There if ‘Anything Happens’ to Him

More: Forbes, Quartz, I4U News, WebProNews, Wired.co.uk and Guardian

Heather Murphy / The Lede:

Why Snowden Asked Visitors in Hong Kong to Refrigerate Their Phones

More: Business Insider

Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

This is Motorola Mobility's new logo — Motorola Mobility is making changes to its well-known brand this week, switching to a new, all-lower-case typeface that's both thinner and softer than the classic bold and italic “MOTOROLA” that has been used for decades.

More: Gizmodo, SlashGear, Android Beat, PhoneArena, MobileSyrup.com and Droid Life

Matthew Miller / ZDNet:

Sprint announces HTC 8XT and Samsung ATIV S Neo Windows Phone 8 devices — Summary: Sprint is again the last major carrier to carry a Windows Phone device and today announced that two new models will be coming later this summer. — Matthew Miller — Sprint customers only had one choice …

More: Sprint Newsroom, GeekWire, PC Magazine, CNET, The Next Web, VentureBeat, GigaOM, The Verge, Engadget, The Windows Blog, IntoMobile, Electronista, TechNet Blogs and SlashGear

Matt Brian / The Verge:

Mobile giant Telefónica backs Windows Phone in move to stymie Android and iOS duopoly — Spanish mobile provider Telefónica today announced it is to help boost the visibility of Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 operating system in a bid to end the “current duopoly of Android and iOS.”

More: Telefónica, ZDNet, CITEworld, Computerworld, The Next Web, PC Magazine, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, CNET, The Next Web, GigaOM, VentureBeat, Inquirer, Yahoo! News, SlashGear and Engadget

Alex Byers / Politico:

NSA takes surveillance fact sheets off website — Following a complaint from two senators, the National Security Agency has removed from its website two fact sheets designed to shed light on and defend a pair of surveillance programs. Users now trying to access the documents detailing …

More: Washington Post and The Huffington Post

Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:

Google Play Edition Samsung Galaxy S4 And HTC One Now Available, Will Start Shipping On July 9 — Despite plenty of rumors that attested to the contrary, Google didn't show off any new Nexus phones at its I/O developer conference. Instead it trotted out a version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 …

More: The Verge, Ars Technica, Gizmodo and AnandTech

Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts …:

Can Apple read your iMessages? — About a year ago I wrote a short post urging Apple to publish the technical details of iMessage encryption. I'd love tell you that Apple saw my influential crypto blogging and fell all over themselves to produce a spec, but, no. iMessage is the same black box it's always been.

More: iMore. Tweets: @nikcub

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple Online Store opens in Russia, establishes direct sales in key emerging market — Today, Apple has finally launched a version of its official online store for customers in Russia. The online store is similar in style to Apple's online stores in other countries.

More: The Verge, MacRumors, GigaOM, The Next Web, CNET, The Register, iMore, Fortune, iPhone, Macgasm, AppleInsider and TUAW

Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

Cue the fight music: Pandora responds to Pink Floyd's op-ed on lower royalty rates — Internet radio service Pandora has responded to a strongly worded opinion piece recently written by the remaining members of legendary rock band Pink Floyd. — In the op-ed piece, Pink Floyd's members argued …

More: the understatement, The Verge, iPhone, Plagiarism Today and BestTechie. See also Mediagazer

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Square branches out into e-commerce with new Square Market virtual stores for US businesses — Mobile and digital payment platform Square has moved into a new market today. It's a bit different than what most people might think — it's an e-commerce play called Square Market …

More: AppleInsider, Mobile Marketing Watch, Computerworld, GigaOM, ZDNet, Wired, Engadget, The Verge, Mashable, memeburn, iPhone, CNET, Los Angeles Times, WebProNews, Gizmodo and Payments News

Netcraft:

SSL: Intercepted today, decrypted tomorrow — Millions of websites and billions of people rely on SSL to protect the transmission of sensitive information such as passwords, credit card details, and personal information with the expectation that encryption guarantees privacy.

Tweets: @dalmaer

Brent Rose / Gizmodo:

Inside YouTube's Master Plan to Kill Lag Dead — There is a moment between when you click on a video and when it starts playing. That moment is the worst part of your day. The agony of waiting! The torture of anticipation! YouTube understands that, and on a visit to YouTube HQ in San Bruno …

More: SiliconANGLE, ReelSEO Video Marketing, Softpedia News and TechnoBuffalo

Tweets: @danroth and @snlevine

Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD:

Cut Clutter: Two Ways to Put Your Inbox on a Diet — Lots of people feel they're drowning in email, with swollen inboxes that make it hard to pinpoint important messages in a sea of annoying marketing mail and unwanted newsletters. — Some major email players have tried to improve the situation.

More: Business Insider and The Next Web. Tweets: @waltmossberg

Jonny Evans / Computerworld:

The guy who sold an unreleased Apple iPhone 4 to Gizmodo wouldn't do it again — and says he didn't get paid — Kudos to TheNextWeb for picking up on a story on Reddit today, in which Brian Hogan, the man who found and sold the 2010 Apple [AAPL] iPhone prototype tells us everything …

More: The Next Web, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore and MacDailyNews

Jack Kim / Reuters:

U.S. troops' details leaked in cyber attacks aimed at South Korea: reports — (Reuters) - Hackers say they have leaked personal details of tens of thousands of U.S. troops to websites, South Korean news reports and online security officials said on Wednesday, a day after cyber attacks disabled access to government and news sites.

More: CNET, Hackers News Bulletin, Softpedia News and TechEye

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