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June 26, 2013, 2:40 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 …

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 …

More: Ars Technica, VentureBeat, BetaNews, LAPTOP Magazine, TechCrunch, The Next Web, PC World, Engadget, AllThingsD, MSDN Blogs, Joystiq, Softpedia News and Gizmodo

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: Inside Flipboard, GeekWire, TechCrunch, The Verge, Microsoft News, Gizmodo, Mercury News, VentureBeat, Engadget, Gizmodo, PC World and Gotta Be Mobile. Tweets: @joshconstine

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

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 …

More: Engadget, Search Blog, SiliconANGLE, SiliconBeat, The Next Web and VentureBeat

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 …

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

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

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Xbox Music For Windows 8.1 Preview Adds Pandora-Like Radio Feature

More: The Next Web, PC World, ReadWrite and Ars Technica

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 …

More: BGR, CNET, Ars Technica and IntoMobile

Brian Klug / AnandTech:

HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S 4 Google Play edition Review - Nearly Nexus — Back at Google I/O, the search giant announced the Samsung Galaxy S 4 with Nexus User Experience, a device which combined Samsung's SGS4 hardware and the stock Android experience atop it.

More: The Verge, Computerworld, The Verge, Gizmodo and Android Beat. Thanks:@nerdtalker

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, Android Authority, AndroidHeadlines.com, SlashGear, Android Beat, PhoneArena, MobileSyrup.com and Droid Life. Tweets: @zpower

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. See also Mediagazer

Heather Murphy / The Lede:

Why Snowden Asked Visitors in Hong Kong to Refrigerate Their Phones

More: Business Insider

Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:

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

More: Forbes, Quartz and I4U News

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, Windows Phone Central, 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, TechHive, VentureBeat, CNET, TechCrunch, 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

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.

More: The Times Of India, Businessweek, InvestorPlace, AndroidHeadlines.com, Unwired View, PhoneArena, ZDNet, App Advice, Digital Trends, iClarified, Android Beat, Firstpost and CNET

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

India Passes Japan To Become Third Largest Global Smartphone Market, After China & U.S.

More: Handset Country Share Tracker, CNET, nextbigwhat.com, iDownloadBlog.com and www.idigitaltimes.co.uk

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, iMore, Fortune, iPhone, Macgasm, AppleInsider and The Register

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, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore and MacDailyNews

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, memeburn, iPhone, Mashable, WebProNews, CNET, Los Angeles Times and Gizmodo

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

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 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 and The Next Web. See also Mediagazer

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, The Next Web and Android Community. Tweets: @waltmossberg

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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