Techmeme: WWDC 2014 Roundup: Enhanced iOS 8, redesigned OS X 10.10, new hardware (plus fresh details) (Mark Gurman/9to5Mac)

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May 31, 2014, 2:55 PM

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Larry Seltzer / ZDNet:

Registry hack enables continued updates for Windows XP — Summary: A single registry setting makes Windows Update think your XP system is Windows XP POSReady, which will receive updates for another five years. — As reported by Wayne Williams at Betanews and confirmed by us …

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Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Goodbye to All That: Today Is Katie Cotton's Last Day at Apple — Today, Katie Cotton, perhaps the most powerful communications exec in tech, is retiring from Apple after 18 years. — As Code/red columnist John Paczkowski noted in reporting the departure earlier this month …

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

WWDC 2014 Roundup: Enhanced iOS 8, redesigned OS X 10.10, new hardware (plus fresh details) — Despite Apple CEO Tim Cook teasing that Apple would introduce new products “across 2014,” so far this year the company has simply released a cheaper version of the iPhone 5c in select markets …

More: VentureBeat, Gigaom, Wired, BGR, Neowin, Tech2, IGN, Los Angeles Times, The Verge, Cult of Mac, TechCrunch, Gotta Be Mobile, TechnoBuffalo, BGR, Engadget, PC Magazine, Gizmodo UK, AppleInsider, CNET News, Gizmodo, Quartz, InfoWorld, Softpedia News, Ubergizmo and SlashGear

Tweets: @bzamayo and @hunter

Thanks:@markgurman

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 …

Arikia Millikan / Medium:

One of Medium's first paid Collection Editors leaves the platform after one year, citing wage disparity, rocky product changes, poor analytics, more — LadyBits' First and Last Year on Medium — So long, folks. It's been real. — In May of 2013, I signed on as a Collection Editor with Medium to launch LadyBits on Medium.

Tweets: @alexhern, @fmanjoo, @mathewi, @sarahkendzior, @arikia, @margit and @caseynewton

Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:

WhatsApp emerges as big share driver for publishers — Publishers tend to focus their social media strategies around the twin titans of Facebook and Twitter. But perhaps they are ignoring WhatsApp at their own peril. — FTW, USA Today's viral sports site, offers a good case study for the platform's potential for publishers.

More: Marketing Land. See also Mediagazer

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: Redmond Pie, Neowin, Ausdroid, AndroidGuys, TechnoBuffalo, TechSpot, The Next Web, Droid Life, Business Insider, Phandroid, SlashGear, 9to5Google, BGR, TechHive and TechCrunch. Tweets: @jank0

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Luca Maestri officially succeeds Peter Oppenheimer as Apple's CFO and Senior VP — In an SEC filing today, Apple announced that Luca Maestri has officially transitioned into the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President role. His first official day on the job was yesterday, May 29th.

More: iPhone in Canada Blog, MacNN, App Advice, AppleInsider and iMore. Tweets: @markgurman

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: ctvnews.ca, Marketing Land, BGR, SlashGear, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, WebProNews, Search Engine Land and Re/code. Tweets: @lexnfx

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: Softpedia News, TUAW, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, App Advice, iMore, MacStories, iPhone in Canada Blog and MacRumors

Tweets: @karaswisher, @roddrury, @waltmossberg, @johnpaczkowski and @macrumors

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