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Walt Mossberg / Re/code:

What's Apple Really Up To? Keeping You in Apple World. — Today, at its annual developers conference, WWDC 2014, Apple laid out the first step in its latest plans — new versions of its mobile and Mac operating systems, iOS and OS X, respectively. The second step will come in the fall …

More: Computerworld, Business Insider, VentureBeat, New York Times, Daily Dot, Forbes, SiliconANGLE, Slate, ITworld.com, The Register, MacDailyNews, Fortune, fr.anc.is, Pixel Envy, Wired, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet and FierceWireless. Tweets: @mrinaldesai

Eric Johnson / Re/code:

The Winners and Losers at Apple's WWDC Keynote — With 200 million iPads and 500 million iPhones sold to date, Apple can cause some serious waves when it throws its weight around. Here's a look at who should be cheering after today's keynote address at the Worldwide Developers Conference …

More: The Verge, Digital Trends, Bloomberg View, Mashable, Techie News, Wired.co.uk, CrackBerry.com, Softpedia News, iDownloadBlog.com, Ubergizmo, Tech2 and TechCrunch. Tweets: @startupljackson

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Apple's WWDC Delivers Developer Fanservice

More: AnandTech, MediaNama, Slanted Viewpoint, MacStories and TechCrunch. Tweets: @drbarnard

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

Intel bets on Surface Pro 3-like 2-in-1 devices with “mobile PC” reference design — Intel Bets On Surface Pro 3-Like “2-In-1″ Devices — Today at the Computex event in Taiwan, Intel unveiled a reference design '2-in-1′ device, raising the profile of tablet-hybrids.

More: Intel Newsroom, Engadget, LAPTOP Magazine, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, Engadget, Re/code, The Verge, SlashGear, BGR, Gizmodo, Engadget, Electronista, The Next Web and TechEye

Agam Shah / PC World:

Intel's new Core M chips turn PC processors tablet-friendly — Intel wants to deliver more performance to tablets while curbing power consumption, and has launched a new Core M line of processors to meet those needs. — The Core M will be based on the architecture used in the popular Core i3 …

More: Computerworld, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, iMore, CNET News, InfoWorld, Softpedia News, Geek.com, Windows Phone Central, Electronista and The Register

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

Apple Drops Google For Bing As “Spotlight” Search Provider In iOS 8 & Mac OS X “Yosemite” — Bing has gained another win with Apple, becoming integrated into a new version of Spotlight in Apple's forthcoming Mac OS X “Yosemite” operating system and in the coming iOS 8 mobile operating system.

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:

Big Win For DuckDuckGo: Apple Adding To Safari As Private Search Option

More: AppleInsider, VentureBeat, iMore, ReadWrite, Daring Fireball, 9to5Mac, Softpedia News, MacStories, ITworld.com, Daily Dot, Engadget, Geeky Gadgets, SlashGear, Search Engine Roundtable, WebProNews and TechCrunch

Duncan Campbell / The Register:

Details of GCHQ's secret base tapping undersea cables in the Middle East revealed — REVEALED: GCHQ's BEYOND TOP SECRET Middle Eastern INTERNET SPY BASE — Snowden leaks that UK.gov suppressed — Exclusive Above-top-secret details of Britain's covert surveillance programme …

More: Wired.co.uk. Tweets: @theregister and @csoghoian

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Instagram 6.0 Seduces Pro Photographers With Adjustable Filters And 9 New Effects — “People come to Instagram today to post their photos but haven't come back to edit their photos” Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom tells me. So today Instagram is adding sliders to control 9 new photo effects and the intensity of its existing filters.

More: Instagram Blog, The Verge, Gizmodo, Business Insider, New York Times, Gigaom, Re/code, Engadget, Wired, MobileSyrup.com, Lifehacker and Droid Life. Tweets: @parislemon

Kurt Wagner / Mashable:

Myspace Is Embarrassing Users With Old Photos to Win Them Back — Myspace wants you back — even if it requires a little blackmail — The social network is emailing users old photos of themselves in hopes of enticing them to return to Myspace. The emails include one or two old photos …

More: The Register, Business Insider, Consumerist, Neowin, ABC News, hypebot and InvestorPlace

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Cloud HR Startup Zenefits Raises Another $66.5M From Andreessen Horowitz and IVP At A $500M Valuation — Well that was fast. — It was a little more than four months ago that Zenefits raised a $15 million Series A Round from Andreessen Horowitz to power explosive growth in its cloud-based HR platform.

More: Re/code, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Fortune

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:

Facebook acquires mobile data plan firm Pryte — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is acquiring Pryte, a Finnish company that aims to make it easier for mobile phone users in under-developed parts of the world to use wireless Internet apps. — Facebook did not disclose financial terms of the deal …

More: Pryte, CNET News, AllFacebook, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The Next Web, USA Today, Bloomberg and Mashable

David Yanofsky / Quartz:

Safari in OS X Yosemite demo shown to truncate URLs in address bar to domain name level — Apple just took another step towards obscuring the way the web works — At Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference today the company rolled out a new look for its web browser, Safari.

More: The Verge and Wordyard. Tweets: @jbenton, @ubax, @steve_e and @dsearls

Bloomberg:

Fidelity Said to Be Competing to Lead Uber Round at $17B — Fidelity Investments is competing to lead Uber Technologies Inc.'s new financing in a round that could value the ride-sharing service at about $17 billion, according to people familiar with the situation.

Tweets: @eghosao

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

iOS 8 to Include Battery Usage Per App and Much More — During today's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Tim Cook and other Apple executives gave us a fast-paced, broad-ranging look at some of the features we can expect with iOS 8, including improvements to Messages …

More: SwiftKey, ZDNet, Softpedia News, iPhone, App Advice, ABC News, TUAW, PhoneArena and ParisLemon

Rich Trenholm / CNET News:

HTC One E8 is a plastic M8, coming early June — The HTC One E8 has been confirmed to bring its polycarbonate shell to “selected markets” in “early June.” — The HTC One E8 replaces the M8's brushed metal case with plastic to bring the price down. — HTC

More: HTC Blog, The Next Web, The Next Web, PC Magazine, TechCrunch, PandoDaily, GadgeTell, Softpedia News, Phandroid, BetaNews, The Verge, Android Police, IntoMobile, BGR, Gizmodo and Digital Trends

Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal:

New Chip to Bring Holograms to Smartphones — Ostendo's Tiny Projectors Are Designed to Display Crisp Video, Glasses-Free 3-D Images — In the future, virtual reality won't require strapping a bulky contraption to your head. — Instead, imagine stepping into an empty room …

More: Inside Mobile Apps, Business Insider and Ubergizmo. Thanks:@evelynrusli

Alex Hern / Guardian:

Reddit, Imgur and Boing Boing launch anti-NSA surveillance campaign — The Reset the Net campaign aims to encourage direct action, urging visitors to install privacy and encryption tools — Some of the world's largest websites are planning a coordinated day of action on Thursday to oppose mass surveillance online.

More: TechCrunch, NBC News, Tech2, Electronista, Network World, VentureBeat and BetaNews

Tweets: @counternotions and @alexisohanian

Richard Padilla / MacRumors:

OS X Yosemite Public Beta Limited to First Million Registered Users — Earlier today as Apple was unveiling OS X Yosemite for the first time at the Worldwide Developers Conference, software chief Craig Federighi announced that there would be a public open beta for the new operating system ahead of its launch this fall.

More: AppleInsider, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, Computerworld, FierceCIO:TechWatch News, Softpedia News, MacDailyNews, Geeky Gadgets, Guardian, MediaNama, Gotta Be Mobile, ReadWrite, App Advice, iSource, SlashGear, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com and BGR

Matt McGee / Glass Almanac:

Google Glass frames and shades designed by Diane von Furstenberg for women launch June 23 — Diane Von Furstenberg Launches 13 New Ladies' Frames & Shades for Google Glass — A collaboration between Google and legendary designer Diane von Furstenberg will bring more than a dozen …

More: PC Magazine, Fox News, Elle, TechCrunch, Mashable, Fast Company, Google Glass, The Verge, DVF, GSMArena Blog, WebProNews, Gizmodo, Geeky Gadgets, Ubergizmo, Business Insider, Android Community, CNET News and AndroidOS.in. Thanks:@glassalmanac

William Alden / New York Times:

K.K.R. to Buy Internet Brands for $1.1 Billion — The private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has agreed to buy Internet Brands, which operates a portfolio of websites and software, in a bet that it can help the company expand its services. — The deal, which Internet Brands is expected …

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