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Ben Gilbert / Engadget:

Samsung is working with Oculus on a screenless VR headset that uses a smartphone as a display, won't focus solely on gaming — Samsung is working with Oculus on a media-focused VR headset — Last week we told you about Samsung's unannounced virtual reality headset: a peripheral …

More: PC Magazine, Daring Fireball, Digital Trends, Business Insider, Ars Technica, The Connectivist, Gotta Be Mobile, TechSpot, SlashGear, Droid Life, The Verge, Android Authority, Neowin, Polygon, Gizmodo, Electronista, Turnstyle and Develop Feed

Tweets: @ericphodgson and @alexmgrau

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Powered by Pano, focused on gaming: Google to announce Android TV at Google I/O in June — Google is about to open up another front in the war for your living room: The company is set to announce the launch of Android TV at its Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco in June …

More: Business Insider, The Next Web, 9to5Google, BGR, TechCrunch, Phandroid and SlashGear

Tweets: @jank0 and @jank0

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Apple's Jimmy Iovine and Eddy Cue Explain the Beats Deal and Hint at the Future (Video) — A few hours after announcing their $3 billion deal, Apple SVP Eddy Cue and Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine came to the Code Conference to talk about what brought them together, and what they want to do next.

More: 9to5Mac, iMore, Cult of Mac, App Advice, iPhone in Canada Blog and TUAW

Tweets: @johnpaczkowski and @macrumors

Michael Vakulenko / Medium:

Beats is a platform, connecting artists with fans; Apple's users will enable network effects on it

More: Re/code, Gigaom Research, Yahoo Tech, stratechery, The Guardian and Neowin

Tweets: @esoltys, @mvakulenko, @cdixon, @borthwick, @tomgara, @richoakley and @mryall

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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

How Google's New “Right To Be Forgotten” Form Works: An Explainer — Google has taken a big step forward with complying with the European Union's new “Right To Be Forgotten” that was established after a court ruling earlier this month. The company has established a new form allowing …

More: The Next Web, Financial Times, New York Times, SocialTimes, Marketing Land, TechSpot, WebProNews and Electronista

Tweets: @sengineland and @privacymatters

Thanks:@dannysullivan

Julia Fioretti / Reuters:

Google's “Right To Be Forgotten” form receives over 12K submissions on its first day — Google in quandary over how to uphold EU privacy ruling — (Reuters) - Google and other internet companies find themselves in a quandary over how to strike a balance between privacy …

More: The Next Web, Wall Street Journal and Reuters

Liz Gannes / Re/code:

Google has established a “right to be forgotten” form following EU ruling

Brian Fung / Washington Post:

FCC to consider changing the definition of “broadband” to 25Mbps, up from the current 4Mbps — The FCC may consider a stricter definition of broadband in the Netflix age — What is high-speed Internet? Believe it or not, there is a technical definition. Currently, it's set at 4 megabits per second.

More: VentureBeat, PandoDaily, Ars Technica and SlashGear

Tweets: @qthrul, @videograndpa and @akamai_soti

Grant Gross / PC World:

Bill would prohibit FCC from reclassifying broadband as utility

More: Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Congressman Bob Latta …, TechCrunch, dailywireless.org, Electronista, CED, The Hill, Channel Partners News … and MediaPost

Tweets: @stevenlevy and @jdmcintyre

Abhijeet M. / SamMobile:

Original Samsung Galaxy Gear (SM-V700) now being updated to Tizen — The time has come for owners of the original Galaxy Gear to say goodbye to Android and welcome Tizen onto their smartwatch. Samsung has begun rolling out an update to the Galaxy Gear that will bring over Tizen, the company's in-house OS, to the smartwatch.

Mercury News:

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife to donate $120 million to needy Bay Area schools — The world's most innovative community shouldn't also be a home for struggling public schools. Today Priscilla and I are announcing a $120 million commitment to support efforts to improve education for underserved communities in the Bay Area.

More: Mark Zuckerberg, PC Magazine, SiliconBeat, TODAY, VatorNews, Associated Press, AllFacebook, bizjournals, Mashable, Reuters, WebProNews, Re/code and Associated Press

Tweets: @senfeinstein, @jfenster, @audreywatters, @joulee, @levie, @daniellurie and @mikeisaac

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google Stars extension for Chrome leaks: Hands on — We've known for a while now that Google is testing a new favoriting service called Google Stars, aimed at helping users save, share, and organize Web content. This is largely due to multiple leaks, detailing features as well as showing off the interface in a video and screenshots.

More: TechCrunch, 9to5Google and Android Authority. Thanks:@epro

Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:

Google's Motorola to close down Texas factory this year, will continue making Moto X elsewhere — Google's Motorola Mobility to Close Factory in Texas — Fort Worth Plant to Close by End of Year; Employs 700 Workers Who Assemble Moto X Phones — Google Inc. 's attempt to build smartphones …

More: The Verge, PC Magazine, 9to5Google, The Register, VentureBeat and Ars Technica

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Hipmunk Raises $20M Round For Its Agony- And Ecstasy-Based Travel Search — Flight and hotel search startup Hipmunk is announcing that it has raised $20 million in Series C funding. — The round was led by Oak Investment Partners. Hipmunk co-founder and CEO Adam Goldstein told …

More: VatorNews, Re/code, SiliconBeat, Y Combinator Posthaven, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, Mashable, Tnooz, PE Hub Blog, Skift, GeekWire and VentureBreak. Tweets: @thehipmunk

David Ulevitch / OpenDNS Blog:

OpenDNS will be ad-free for all users starting June 6 — No more ads — TL;DR: We've always tried to put user experience first, even when that gets in the way of making more money. Browsers have changed, we've become a security company, and we've shifted our business to rely …

More: Computerworld and gHacks Technology News. Tweets: @garrettr_ and @bortzmeyer

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