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June 3, 2014, 11:00 PM

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Stephan Somogyi / Google Online Security Blog:

Google announces End-to-End Chrome extension alpha for sending secure emails with OpenPGP — Making end-to-end encryption easier to use — Your security online has always been a top priority for us, and we're constantly working to make sure your data is safe.

More: CNET News, 9to5Google, New York Times, The Register, BetaNews, Computerworld, Gigaom, Ars Technica, Engadget, Business Insider, The Next Web, Liliputing, TechCrunch and Daily Dot

Tweets: @nikcub, @normative, @jonathanstray, @dannysullivan, @kennwhite, @mattcutts, @gaberivera and @timbray

Brandon Long / The Official Google Blog:

Google warns that 40-50% of messages sent between Gmail and other services are unencrypted — Transparency Report: Protecting emails as they travel across the web — When you mail a letter to your friend, you hope she'll be the only person who reads it.

More: Marketing Land, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Computerworld, Techdirt, USA Today, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, Electronista and The Next Web

Tweets: @msuster, @dannysullivan, @csoghoian, @csoghoian and @dangillmor

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

iOS 8 Offers Quick Access to Apps Based on Location — Apple outlined several of iOS 8's major features during yesterday's WWDC keynote, but with the operating system now in the hands of developers, details on several lesser known features have been leaking out.

More: The Verge, TechCrunch, MacStories, App Advice, Business Insider, Apple Bitch, BGR and iPhone Hacks

Tweets: @fraserspeirs, @stevecheney, @fmanjoo, @ow and @mg

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

AirPlay on iOS 8 doesn't need a network to stream your media — Right now, Apple's AirPlay media streaming requires an established WiFi network to fly. That's fine when you're at home, but do you really want to ask for a friend's hotspot password just to show vacation photos on their Apple TV?

More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacStories, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Gizmodo, TechnoBuffalo, Electronista, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, Ubergizmo, iPhone Hacks, SlashGear and Socialnomics

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Touch-first Microsoft Office for Android to beat Windows 8 version to market — Summary: In another example of Microsoft's mobile-first strategy, the company is expected to make the Android version of its core touch-first Office apps available months ahead of the Windows 8 variant.

More: 9to5Google, BGR, Android Central, TechnoBuffalo, Ubergizmo, Pocketnow, Neowin, Business Insider, Gotta Be Mobile, SlashGear, The Verge, Engadget, Inquirer, TechCrunch and WinBeta

Alex St. John / The Saint:

DirectX creator Alex St John says Metal announcement heralds the end of OpenGL as a gaming API — Apple Ditching OpenGL? — Wow, finally something interesting to say about Apple for a change! Apparently at Apple's recent WWDC event they announced a “competitor” to DirectX called “Metal” …

Tweets: @benjaminjackson and @ckindel

Ryan Smith / AnandTech:

Apple's single GPU architecture across devices and control over the OS give Metal an advantage over competing low-level graphics APIs — Some Thoughts on Apple's Metal API — Though it seems like Apple's hardware divisions can hardly keep a secret these days due to the realities of mass production …

More: iLike.code, TechCrunch and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @whatthebit

Christina Bonnington / Wired:

A Startup Called HealthKit Isn't Pleased That Apple Is Using Its Name — HealthKit already exists, and it doesn't belong to Apple. — The HealthKit website and Twitter handle both belong to an Australian startup of the same name. It's a global health platform connecting doctors …

More: Gizmodo Australia. Tweets: @joelhousman, @joelhousman and @healthkit. Thanks:@redgirlsays

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.

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

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, ZDNet, Ars Technica, Computerworld, Windows Phone Central, WinBeta, BetaNews, SlashGear, 9to5Google, Softpedia News and Lifehacker

Ryan Whitwam / Geek.com:

Valve shows off updated VR headset prototype with Dota 2 demo — Have you heard? Virtual reality is a thing again. The trend kicked off by the Oculus Rift head-mounted display has ensnared companies like Sony, Samsung, and Valve, and the latter has only recently started showing off its secret VR project.

More: TechCrunch, Road to Virtual Reality, The Verge, Eurogamer.net, The Next Web, VG247, IGN and Pocket-lint

Barb Darrow / Gigaom:

Google Hangouts go corporate with integration into business apps — If you're not quite sure how serious Google is about wooing business users, here's another indication that it is: the company is working with enterprise-y software companies to put the Google Hangout button on their websites or applications.

More: Google Enterprise Blog, BetaNews, ZDNet, CITEworld and VentureBeat

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: Business Insider

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: Business Wire, Reuters, TheStreet.com, bizjournals and Wall Street Journal. See also Mediagazer

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, Wall Street Journal, PC World, VentureBeat, Digital Media Wire, Engadget, The Verge, The Next Web, Ars Technica, GadgeTell and SlashGear

Agam Shah / PC World:

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

More: ZDNet, Computerworld, CNET News, Geek.com, 9to5Mac and iMore

Brad Foreman / Google Chrome Blog:

Gooooooaal!: Chromecast scores WatchESPN, Major League Soccer and Google+ Photos — Soccer, fútbol, football, jogo bonito—however you say it, there's a good chance you'll be tuning in to watch when the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ kicks off next week.

More: TechCrunch, ESPN, 9to5Google, Engadget, The Next Web, SlashGear, Liliputing, Phandroid, Geek.com, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, Android Central, Droid Life, Gigaom, PC Magazine and Google Plus Daily

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

Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint:

Samsung Tizen TV prototype shows what could be in store for the Smart TV — Samsung has shown off a prototype Tizen TV at a Tizen Developer Conference in San Francisco, showing us what could be in store for the company's range of Smart TVs in the future. Although spokespeople at the event were keen to stress that this is merely...

More: Re/code, Tom's Guide, Ars Technica and Connectedly

Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch:

Online Tutoring Center InstaEDU Acquired By Chegg For $30 Million — Chegg, the textbook resale site turned all things student hub, today announced a $30 million cash acquisition of student tutoring marketplace InstaEDU. — An acquisition like this makes sense for Chegg.

More: VatorNews, Fortune, MacRumors, Re/code and Reuters

Tweets: @artzandy and @joshconstine

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Netflix ditches Silverlight for HTML5 on Macs too: Available today in Safari on OS X Yosemite beta — Netflix today furthered its plans to ditch Silverlight for HTML5 on Macs, having already done so last year in IE11 on Windows 8.1. HTML5 video is now supported by Netflix in Safari on OS X Yosemite …

More: The Netflix Tech Blog, The Mac Observer, TUAW, Gigaom, FierceCIO:TechWatch News, Liliputing, WebProNews, AppleInsider and Ubergizmo

Dennis Romero / LA Weekly:

Uber driver accused of kidnapping a drunk passenger and taking her to a motel, but wasn't on the Uber system at the time — Uber Driver Allegedly Kidnapped L.A. Club-Goer, Took Her to Motel — A 26-year-old female clubgoer was allegedly kidnapped by an Uber driver and taken to a motel in Panorama City, police said today.

More: Los Angeles Times, KTLA 5, Mashable, The Snitch, ABC7 Los Angeles, NBC Southern California, LAist, KTTV Los Angeles, Valleywag, CBS Los Angeles and Business Insider. Tweets: @rahulsood

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Apple's Health Offerings Focus On Data Collection, Not Interpretation — One of the major announcements in Apple's iOS 8 presentation yesterday was the Health app and the HealthKit system that allows developers to feed data into the app. — HealthKit is being billed as a unifying force …

More: mobihealthnews and AppleInsider

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