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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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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” …
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Opens Up Bing As A Platform For Developers  —  At its Build developer conference today, Microsoft announced that it is opening up quite a bit of Bing's advanced functionality to developers.  As Microsoft corporate VP Gurdeep Singh Pall noted, developers are already using Bing APIs …
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
New dimension for Windows: Microsoft puts 3D printing support directly into OS  —  Printing from Windows 8.1 directly to a MakerBot 3D printer.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Hitting the “Print” button in Windows just took on a whole new meaning.  —  Microsoft is adding native support for 3D printing …
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 …
Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:
Google Play Edition Samsung Galaxy S4 And HTC One Now Available, Will Start Shipping By 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 …
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.
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 …
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.”
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 …
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:
IDC: Apple's iPhone sheds European marketshare in Q1, pushed out of top 5 in India  —  A pair of reports from market research firm IDC on Tuesday showed the iPhone lost ground in Western Europe during the first quarter of 2013, while Android devices bumped Apple's handset out of the top-five in India over the same period.
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 …
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
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.
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Facebook denies providing user data to Turkish authorities following government requests over protests  —  Facebook today released a statement saying it has not handed over any user data to Turkish authorities despite government requests to do so in relation to the ongoing protests in the country.
More: The Verge and Reuters

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