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June 2, 2014, 5:25 PM

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Apple:
Apple Unveils iOS 8, the Biggest Release Since the Launch of the App Store  —  Introduces iCloud Photo Library, New Messages Features & New Health App  —  SAN FRANCISCOJune 2, 2014Apple® today unveiled iOS 8, the biggest release since the launch of the App Store, giving users incredible …
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
iOS 8: interactive notifications, improved keyboard, Messages app, Spotlight search, enterprise functionality, more; public beta this summer, release in fall  —  Apple Introduces iOS 8  —  Last year, Apple revealed the biggest change to-date of iOS, the mobile operating system that many of us have been using for years.
Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:
Apple takes on Dropbox with iCloud Drive, lowers storage prices to $0.99/month for 20 GB, $3.99 for 200 GB  —  Apple meets Dropbox head-on with iCloud Drive  —  At WWDC 2014, Apple announced iCloud Drive, a Dropbox-like file system for storing your documents in the cloud.
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Apple officially introduces iOS 8 “Healthkit” platform & “Health” app  —  Following our reports earlier this year that exclusively revealed details and screenshots of Apple's Healthbook app, Apple today just officially announced the app confirming the details of our reports.
Apple:
Apple Releases iOS 8 SDK With Over 4,000 New APIs  —  Biggest Developer Release Ever Includes Extensibility Features, HealthKit, HomeKit & Swift  —  SAN FRANCISCOJune 2, 2014Apple® today released its iOS 8 SDK, the biggest developer release ever with more than 4,000 new APIs …
John Timmer / Ars Technica:
Apple shows off Swift, its new programming language  —  Apple announced on Monday that it has developed a successor to its venerable Objective C with a language it's calling Swift.  Claimed to provide a new language with “none of the baggage of C,” Swift code will still be able to appear mixed …
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Owen Williams / The Next Web:
Apple:
Apple Announces OS X Yosemite  —  Introduces Refined New Design, Powerful Apps & Amazing New Continuity Features  —  SAN FRANCISCOJune 2, 2014Apple® today announced OS X® Yosemite, a powerful new version of OS X redesigned and refined with a fresh, modern look …
Joseph Volpe / Engadget:
OS X Yosemite: new iOS-inspired design, revamped Spotlight, Notification Center, Safari, and Mail; public beta this summer, free release in fall  —  OS X Yosemite: Apple's latest desktop operating system is free this fall  —  Apple's just unveiled the latest update to its desktop operating system for Macs and it's called Yosemite.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Taking Direct Aim At Google, Apple Puts Search Front And Center  —  Looks like Apple's acquisition of Topsy and the work Apple been doing with Chomp technology and engineers is coming into focus.  Today during WWDC, the company announced some significant upgrades to search in its newest version of Mac OS …
More: The VergeTweets: @novaspivack
Ryan Whitwam / Android Police:
Asus Announces Multiple Updated Fonepads, Transformer Pads, And MeMO Pads  —  When Asus announces stuff, it really announces stuff.  That weird Turducken Transformer thing from earlier is far from the only thing the Tiawanese OEM has revealed at Computex.  There are also new Transformer Pads …
Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
Google Will Kill Off Its Digital Coupon Business, Zavers  —  Google has decided to discontinue a 17-month-old initiative that let shoppers clip coupons online and then get those savings when they purchased products in the stores of partnering retailers.  —  The product, dubbed Zavers by Google …
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