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May 30, 2014, 11:05 PM

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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: The Next Web, TechHive, SlashGear, Business Insider, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Droid Life, Phandroid, TechSpot and BGR. Tweets: @jank0

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 …

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.

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Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:

Apple's WWDC banners show iOS 8, next OS X are coming — Apple's 25th annual developers conference kicks off next week, and as usual, the company's spent the past week putting up large, colorful banners all over the Moscone West building in San Francisco. That includes large Apple logos …

More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, MacStories, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, ParisLemon, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, Ubergizmo, iMore, SlashGear, Redmond Pie, TechnoBuffalo, Cult of Mac, PhoneDog.com, TechCrunch, Complex, FierceMobileIT News and Gear Live

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: Marketing Land, BGR, SlashGear, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, Reuters and WebProNews. Tweets: @lexnfx

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

How Google's New “Right To Be Forgotten” Form Works: An Explainer

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

Tweets: @aleyda, @justinbrookman, @tomstandage, @dannysullivan, @sengineland and @privacymatters

Thanks:@dannysullivan

Liz Gannes / Re/code:

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

More: Financial Times, New York Times, BBC, Ars Technica, BGR, Guardian, Telegraph, TechCrunch, Reuters, The Verge, ABC News, Daily Dot, Turnstyle, GadgeTell, Naked Security, Associated Press, BuzzMachine, Bloomberg, Washington Post, BuzzFeed, theWHIR.com, The Register, Neowin, PandoDaily, BetaNews, ITProPortal, Digital Trends, Gigaom, bizjournals, Engadget, 9to5Google, ZDNet, CNET News, Softpedia News, Inquirer and TechEye. Tweets: @loic

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.

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: Ars Technica, Forbes, Engadget, PandoDaily, SlashGear, Mashable, VentureBeat, Congressman Bob Latta …, dailywireless.org, CED and The Hill

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