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June 3, 2014, 1:45 AM

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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 …

More: Re/code, MacStories, Mashable, The Verge, CNET News, Gigaom, The Register, Liliputing, AfterDawn.com, It's a Gadget, Geek Beat, AppleTell, PhoneArena, Gotta Be Mobile, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechCrunch, CNN and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @sama

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.

More: GeekWire, The Verge, Quartz, The Verge, WebProNews, WebProNews and ZDNet

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.

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Tweets: @nsa_pr and @levie

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.

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Tweets: @rogerwcheng, @fmanjoo, @stevekovach, @reckhow, @inafried, @msquinn, @inafried, @benedictevans and @mg

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:

Big Win For DuckDuckGo: Apple Adding To Safari As Private Search Option — DuckDuckGo, the search engine that positions itself as a completely secure and private search engine, is getting a big boost. Apple is making it part of Safari in the next versions of Mac OS and iOS as an option that users can choose.

More: Apple, Engadget, Daring Fireball, Ars Technica and The Verge

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

iOS 8 to Include Battery Usage Per App and Much More

More: TUAW

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

T-Mobile confirms WiFi calling arriving for iPhone users with iOS 8

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Juli Clover / MacRumors:

A Look at ‘Health’ and ‘HealthKit’, Apple's New Health Initiative

More: 9to5Mac, The Verge, POPSUGAR, ReadWrite and Mayo Clinic News Network. Tweets: @macworld

Lisa Eadicicco / Business Insider:

Apple lists supported devices for iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, drops iPhone 4

More: MacRumors, The Next Web, 9to5Mac and Gizmodo

Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Apple announces new Siri features, including Shazam integration and “hey, Siri” always-on mode

More: The Verge

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:

Apple's iMessage Adds Self-Destructing Audio And Video Messages, Location Sharing

More: The Verge, eWeek, The Next Web and BGR

Tweets: @jankoum, @panzer, @jonrussell and @kashhill

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 …

More: The Next Web, Ars Technica, BuzzFeed, Quartz, Gigaom, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, AppleTell, TechCrunch, AppleInsider and iPhone in Canada Blog

Tweets: @tim_cook, @parislemon and @networkedglobe

Chris Dannen / Fast Company:

Apple's 850-page Swift iBook is out; here's how the language differs from C and Objective-C — What's New And Different About Apple's New Swift Programming Language? — We tore apart Apple's 850-page iBook on its new, simpler programming language, to find out why Apple would introduce a new language …

More: Apple, The Verge, graydon2.dreamwidth.org, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, CNET News, MacNN, Computerworld, The Verge, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, GeekWire, VentureBeat and App Advice

Tweets: @mickael, @tapbot_paul, @bos31337, @sama, @fastcompany and @macrumors

Husain Sumra / MacRumors:

Xcode 6 Allows Developers to Test Larger iPhone and iPad Screen Sizes — With the release of Xcode 6 today after Worldwide Developer Conference, developers have found an option within Xcode to size apps for devices referred to as “Resizable iPhone” and “Resizable iPad”, as pointed out by Mac4Ever [Google Translate].

More: iPhone in Canada Blog and AppleInsider

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Apple to deliver ‘Metal’ platform for high-end games on iOS

More: Polygon, CNET News, Gamasutra, 9to5Mac, Load the Game, Ubergizmo, App Advice and Ars Technica

Tweets: @id_aa_carmack and @marcoarment

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

TestFlight For iOS 8 Will Finally Give Developers Widescale Native Beta Testing

More: AppleTell and Gigaom. Tweets: @joshconstine

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Apple Opens Up Touch ID To All Apps

More: The Verge, eWeek, Engadget, 9to5Mac, iMore, BGR and Re/code

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Apple updates guidelines, will accept bitcoin apps if currency is “legal” in a given region

More: On Bitcoin, Macworld, VentureBeat, Gliph Company Blog, Bloomberg, MediaNama, Business Insider, CoinDesk, Fortune, SlashGear and Gigaom. Tweets: @westcoastbill

Owen Williams / The Next Web:

Apple announces HomeKit, an SDK for controlling your home from your iOS device

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Tweets: @macworld, @macworld and @kabster728

Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

iOS 8 will allow users to install systemwide third-party keyboards

More: GeekWire, The Next Web, Engadget, AppleInsider, The Verge, Washington Post, ReadWrite and CNET News

Kyle Russell / TechCrunch:

Apple Introduces CloudKit, An ‘Effectively Free’ Toolkit For Making Cloud Apps

More: 9to5Mac, CITEworld and iMore

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Apple focuses on developer features for iOS 8: TestFlight beta testing, biggest SDK ever …

More: ZDNet, Digital Trends, The Verge, Gotta Be Mobile, ReadWrite, Engadget, Cult of Mac, The Next Web, App Advice and CNET News

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 …

More: The Verge, MacRumors, ZDNet, MacStories, iSource, 9to5Mac, iPhone, Guardian, MacDailyNews, CNET News and Geek Beat

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: Computerworld, BGR, iSource, App Advice, Digital Trends, iDownloadBlog.com, ReadWrite, Gotta Be Mobile, SlashGear, iPhone Hacks and App Advice

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

More: The Verge, Alfred Blog, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Yahoo Tech, Neowin, Wall Street Journal, SlashGear, CNET News, CNET, 9to5Mac and Mashable

Tweets: @gruber, @willoremus, @fmanjoo, @rossrubin, @inafried, @inafried, @dan_rowinski, @stevenlevy, @obrien, @inq and @9to5mac

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Taking Direct Aim At Google, Apple Puts Search Front And Center

More: The Verge

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: VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, MacDailyNews, fr.anc.is, Pixel Envy, Wall Street Journal, The Register and Wired. Tweets: @mrinaldesai

Eric Johnson / Re/code:

The Winners and Losers at Apple's WWDC Keynote

More: Mashable, Tech2, ABC News, Daily Dot and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @startupljackson

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: Washington Post, Neowin, ABC News, hypebot, Consumerist and InvestorPlace

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Home Deco Site Houzz Raises $150M At A $2.3B Post-Money Valuation — Looks like home-remodelling and design site Houzz is upsizing. Filings that the startup made at the end of May in Delaware, uncovered by the folks at VCExperts, indicate that it is raising a Series D round of $150 million …

More: GeekWire, Business Insider, Re/code and Wall Street Journal

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