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Gurdeep Pall / The Official Microsoft Blog:

Skype Translator, a real-time language translation tool, will begin rolling out later this year — Microsoft demos breakthrough in real-time translated conversations — The following post is from Gurdeep Pall, Corporate Vice President of Skype and Lync at Microsoft.

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Satya Nadella on Microsoft's future, the “post-post-PC era,” and his immediate to-do list — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at the Code Conference — Highlights: Microsoft's future is about building platforms and software for productivity. Nadella says we're entering a “post-post-PC era.”

More: The Verge, Re/code, Gigaom, ReadWrite, TechCrunch, Fortune, Neowin, Re/code, GeekWire, BGR, GamesIndustry International, Softpedia News, Polygon, Electronista, WinBeta, gameinformer.com and TechCrunch

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Liz Gannes / Re/code:

Google unveils a self-driving car prototype without a steering wheel or pedals, speed limited to 25mph — Google's New Self-Driving Car Ditches the Steering Wheel — Google has finally built its own car from scratch. And it looks like a gondola with wheels.

More: The Official Google Blog, New York Times, Re/code, The Verge, Washington Post, Re/code, PC Magazine, Engadget, Business Insider, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, Associated Press, Softpedia News, TechSpot, The Atlantic Online, I4U News, Wall Street Journal, blog.chron.com, GadgeTell, ExtremeTech, Daily Dot, TechCrunch, Geek.com, The Register, Phandroid, Mashable, EE Times, The Tell, PC World, Guardian, Forbes, Bloomberg, GSMArena Blog, Washington Post, DisplayBlog, Gigaom, Search Engine Land, Search Engine Roundtable, Mercury News, Marketing Land, Fortune, NEWS.com.au, Connectedly, GeekWire, BBC, Inquirer, The Technology Chronicles, BetaNews, CNET News, Android Authority, NPR, BuzzFeed, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, The Equity Kicker and The Next Web

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Chris Duckett / ZDNet:

iCloud not compromised in Apple ID attack: Apple — Summary: Apple has produced a minuscule response to the Apple ID attack that began affecting Australian and New Zealand iCloud users yesterday. — Chris Duckett — Almost a half and a day after a number of Australian users reported finding …

Troy Hunt / Troy Hunt's Blog:

The mechanics of the iCloud “hack” and how iOS devices are being held to ransom

More: eWeek

Mary Meeker / KPCB:

Slides: Mary Meeker's Internet Trends Report for 2014 — Internet Trends 2014 — Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) partners with the brightest entrepreneurs to turn disruptive ideas into world-changing businesses. The firm has helped build pioneering companies like Amazon …

More: Business Insider, Quartz, Re/code, TechCrunch, Re/code and The Guardian

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Liz Gannes / Re/code:

Meeker: As Internet User Growth Slows, the Real Driver Is Mobile Usage

Wall Street Journal:

Facebook seeks EU antitrust review of WhatsApp deal in bid to avoid multiple national probes — Facebook Seeks EU Antitrust Review of WhatsApp Deal — Unexpected Twist to $19 Billion Deal Already Approved in the U.S. — Facebook Inc. 's acquisition of messaging service WhatsApp is facing …

More: Financial Times, Marketing Land, Telegraph, Computerworld, TechCrunch, AllFacebook, The Register, CNET News, ZDNet, TIME, The Hill, Engadget, Gigaom and Webrazzi

David Pierce / The Verge:

Amazon confirms its fight with publishing giant Hachette is real, and it's far from over — The war for ebooks rages on — Amazon's spat with publishing conglomerate Hachette has been unofficial but well-documented, as the retail giant uses its considerable muscle to gain more favorable terms …

More: Amazon.com, Ars Technica, New York Times, The Register, GadgeTell, The Mac Observer, Gizmodo UK, Engadget, The Next Web, CNET News, Guardian, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Re/code and SlashGear. See also Mediagazer

Richard Padilla / MacRumors:

Apple Introduces Education Pricing for iPad Air and Retina iPad Mini, Now Starting at $469 and $379 — Apple has introduced reduced education pricing for the iPad Air and Retina iPad Mini, offering both tablets at starting prices of $469 and $379, reports iGeneration (Google Translate).

More: TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, iMore and Cult of Mac

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:

NTT DOCOMO, Japan's Largest Carrier, To Start Carrying The iPad Air And iPad Mini 2 On June 10 — Apple announced today that it will begin to sell the iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display in Japan on NTT DOCOMO's network starting June 10. NTT DOCOMO is the country's largest carrier …

More: Apple, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Softpedia News, PadGadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, Pocketnow, Cult of Mac, The Next Web, AppleTell and App Advice

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Microsoft Buys Mobile App Management Platform Cappitan, Will Integrate It Into Azure — Yesterday, Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella noted that Azure, the company's cloud platform, had more work to do have better traction with startups and developers. Today, the company is taking a step to improve that …

More: Microsoft Azure Blog, ZDNet, GeekWire, The Next Web and Softpedia News

Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge:

Google Using Machine Learning to Boost Data Center Efficiency — Google is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to wring even more efficiency out of its mighty data centers. — In a presentation today at Data Centers Europe 2014, Google's Joe Kava said the company has begun using …

More: The Official Google Blog, ZDNet, Ars Technica, Gigaom, Engadget, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Softpedia News and Google Cloud Platform Blog

Cade Metz / Wired:

Mark Russinovich embodies Microsoft's new company attitude as a principal architect of Azure — Microsoft's Most Clever Critic Is Now Building Its New Empire — Before joining Microsoft and becoming one of its most important software engineers, Mark Russinovich was in the business of pissing the company off.

More: Wired.co.uk

Dylan Tweney / VentureBeat:

Mobile analytics company App Annie acquires Distimo, raises $17M — In a sign of the growing importance of mobile analytics, App Annie has raised another $17 million from its existing investors and is acquiring one of its competitors, Distimo. — Both companies provide data on how people are using mobile apps and mobile websites.

More: App Annie Blog, Distimo, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Marketing Land and Re/code

Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:

Apple granted patent for embedding sapphire displays in LiquidMetal iPhone chassis — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday issued Apple a patent describing a process in which an iPhone's display glass — including sapphire — is integrally joined with a bezel made out of amorphous metal alloy, namely LiquidMetal.

More: TechCrunch, Computerworld, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews, BGR, TUAW, Business Insider and Gizmodo

Rebecca Jeschke / Electronic Frontier Foundation:

AF Holdings is denied 1K IP addresses in federal court, big win against copyright trolls — Crushing Blow for Copyright Trolls: Appeals Court Halts AF Holdings' Extortion Scheme — Copyright Holders Can't Abuse Legal System to Pressure Thousands of Internet Users to Pay Unfair Settlements

More: DSLreports, Bloomberg, The Register, TorrentFreak and Gigaom

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Wavii founder Adrian Aoun leaving Google, taking some of the Wavii team with him — Wavii Founder Leaves Google — Lots of Google executives are at the Re/Code Code conference in Rancho Palos Verdes this week. But at least one of them won't be a Google executive for very much longer.

More: Wall Street Journal and Re/code

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

New Matter launches Indiegogo campaign for MOD-t, an impressive $249 3D printer for the masses — This cheap and beautiful machine is 3D printing's best chance at going mainstream — Frog Design and startup New Matter want to make 3D printing as easy as buying an app

More: PandoDaily, TechCrunch, Gigaom, Re/code, Imaging Insider, Wired and socalTECH.com

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