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June 3, 2014, 2:20 PM

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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, SiliconANGLE, Daily Dot, ITworld.com, Slate, Forbes, TechCrunch, The Register, Fortune, MacDailyNews, fr.anc.is and Pixel Envy

Eric Johnson / Re/code:

The Winners and Losers at Apple's WWDC Keynote

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

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Apple's WWDC Delivers Developer Fanservice

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

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

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, Re/code, The Verge, Gizmodo, BGR, Electronista, SlashGear, Engadget, The Next Web and TechEye

Agam Shah / PC World:

Intel's new Core M chips turn PC processors tablet-friendly

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

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, New York Times, The Verge, Re/code, AllFacebook, MacRumors, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Gigaom, Engadget and Wired. Tweets: @parislemon

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 …

More: socalTECH.com. See also Mediagazer

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

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: Slate, The Register and Business Insider

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: The Technology Chronicles, New York Times, Re/code, Wall Street Journal and Fortune

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: Computerworld, Elle, Gigaom, The Verge, Fox News, PC Magazine, Mashable, Google Glass, CNET News, Daily Dot, DVF, Fast Company, GSMArena Blog, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, WebProNews, Geeky Gadgets, Ubergizmo, Android Community and AndroidOS.in. Tweets: @clairecm. Thanks:@glassalmanac

Kevin C. Tofel / Gigaom:

Nexus Q replay: Motorola's $50 Moto Stream flings music wirelessly in your home — Google tried and failed to create a wireless home music streamer two years ago for $200. Now, Motorola may have the answer for one-=quarter of the price. Even better: It doesn't just work with Android devices.

More: The Official Motorola Blog, 9to5Google, Engadget, The Next Web, The Verge, Android and Me, Pocketnow and Droid Life

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.

More: Wall Street Journal, BetaBoston and Trends. Tweets: @eghosao

Kaylene Hong / The Next Web:

Sony unveils the Xperia T3, touted as the world's slimmest 5.3-inch smartphone — Sony announced a new smartphone today, the Xperia T3, which it touts as the world's slimmest 5.3-inch smartphone. — The Xperia T3, which weighs 148g, is built with a stainless steel frame and comes in three colors — white, black and purple.

Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal:

With $128M in funding, Ostendo builds 2D and 3D projectors small enough to fit in a phone — 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.

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

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: Wordyard. Tweets: @ubax, @steve_e, @dsearls and @jbenton

Bloomberg:

Line considering IPO on Tokyo Stock Exchange and NYSE or Nasdaq as soon as November — Line Said to Work With Nomura, Morgan Stanley on IPO — Line Corp., a mobile messaging application operator, is working with Nomura Holdings Inc. (8604) and Morgan Stanley to prepare for an initial public offering …

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, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Bloomberg, USA Today and Mashable

Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge:

Kickstarter simplifies rules for campaigns, allows any project that isn't illegal or dangerous, offers “Launch Now” option to skip approval process — Kickstarter's next campaign — The original crowdfunder is loosening its rules and opening the floodgates

More: The Kickstarter Blog, Re/code, Gigaom, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, VentureBeat and Laughing Squid. Tweets: @katiedrumm

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft reorgs its Office business to focus on four new investment areas — Summary: Microsoft's OneNote business is getting a big push in the newly reorganized Office business. Here's what else the company is prioritizing with its latest moves. — Up until last month …

More: WinBeta and Neowin

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google launches 64-bit version of Chrome, starting with Dev and Canary channels for Windows 7 and Windows 8 — Google today announced the debut of a 64-bit version of Chrome for Windows, starting with the introduction of 64-bit Dev and Canary channels for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users.

More: Chromium Blog, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, SlashGear, Softpedia News and Lifehacker

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, PC World, Wired, graydon2.dreamwidth.org, The Register, CNET News, Tim Anderson's ITWriting, MacNN, Global Nerdy, The Next Web, New York Times, SitePoint, TechnoBuffalo, The Verge, Mashable, App Advice, TechCrunch, Gamasutra, VentureBeat and Softpedia News

Tweets: @jyarow, @mickael, @tapbot_paul, @bos31337 and @sama

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, TechCrunch, PC Magazine, PandoDaily, Droid Life, TechSpot, GadgeTell, Softpedia News, BetaNews, The Verge, Android Police, IntoMobile, BGR, Gizmodo and Digital Trends

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