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June 2, 2014, 11:25 AM

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Samsung Tomorrow:

Samsung Launches Industry's First Tizen Smartphone - the Samsung Z — Samsung Z offers a unique user experience with advanced web performance and usability — Samsung Electronics today introduced the Samsung Z, the first commercially available smartphone powered by the Tizen platform.

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Google plans to spend over $1B to deploy low altitude satellites for internet access in remote areas — Google Invests in Satellites to Spread Internet Access — Company Projects Spending More Than $1 Billion to Connect Unwired Reaches of the Globe — Google Inc. plans to spend …

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John Legere: How The T-Mobile CEO Is Poised To Make Millions After Bringing The Company Back From The Dead — A few weeks ago, there was a boozy party on the rooftop of the Empire Hotel, which overlooks Lincoln Center on the west side of Manhattan. — Waitresses in heels, tights, and short dresses served plates of sliders to guests.

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Carmel DeAmicis / PandoDaily:

SV Angel invested in TapTalk after finding it on Product Hunt, a daily product leaderboard — Well, that's a first. SV Angel closes seed deal sourced through Product Hunt — Product Hunt is fast-becoming a HackerNews for product geeks. And now, in what we're pretty sure is a first …

Tomio Geron / Exitround:

Report on tech M&A: raising more capital does not necessarily result in a larger exit price — The Exit Curve: Exitround's Report On Tech M&A — Raising as much capital as possible is often seen as a badge of honor in Silicon Valley. And there are many great reasons for startups to raise as much capital as possible.

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Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:

RSS client Reeder 2 for Mac now available on the Mac App Store — After a brief public beta period, the popular RSS client Reeder is out with the first update to its Mac software since Google Reader broke support Reeder last year. — The new version supports a number of RSS services …

More: iMore, Cult of Mac, MacNN, MacRumors, App Advice, iClarified, TechCrunch, Lifehacker, iDownloadBlog.com and MacStories

Richard Lai / Engadget:

ASUS Transformer Book V is a Windows hybrid laptop with a detachable Android phone — Wow, just wow. ASUS has just announced the Transformer Book V, a Windows 2-in-1 laptop with a detachable Android phone. No, this isn't the Windows Phone-powered PadFone that we've been waiting for, but the package is still pretty mind-blowing.

Jo Best / TechRepublic:

The gadget with a conscience: How Fairphone crowdfunded its way to an industry-changing smartphone — Right now, you're nowhere. Tomorrow, your aim is to persuade consumers that they shouldn't buy an iPhone, or a Samsung Galaxy, or any number of well-known smartphones. How can you do it?

More: Fairphone. Tweets: @fairphone. Thanks:@forthebest

Camille François / Wired:

Self-Driving Cars Will Turn Surveillance Woes Into a Mainstream Worry — In the aftermath of the NSA spying revelations, our society is struggling to equip itself with the laws and public understanding necessary to deal with the spread of technology into every corner of our lives.

Liam Spradlin / Android Police:

Rumor: Google Exploring ‘KITT’ For Eyes-Free Functionality In The Car, Always-On Listening — A while ago, we posted about information we'd received indicating that sometime soon, Google's search functionality (and other actions) would be expanding beyond the Search app …

More: Search Engine Land, Ubergizmo, WebProNews, Gizmodo, Geeky Gadgets, SlashGear, Greenbot, 9to5Google and Engadget

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Micah Lee: the man hired to keep First Look Media and the NSA documents secure — Meet the Man Hired to Make Sure the Snowden Docs Aren't Hacked — In early January, Micah Lee worried journalist Glenn Greenwald's computer would get hacked, perhaps by the NSA, perhaps by foreign spies.

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