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| 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.
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| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 8 allows all apps to use Safari's JavaScript engine, improving performance of all browsers — iOS 8 WebKit changes finally allow all apps to have the same performance as Safari — When iOS 7 launched, developers discovered that their apps with built-in web browsers were unable … | Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 8 turns iPhone into the ultimate game controller for iPad & Mac, Game Center hits 130M monthly active users — Apple took some time to talk gaming during a presentation closed to the public yesterday at WWDC. While noting that gaming is now an area that Apple is “pushing on very strongly” …
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| Xbox Wire: |
45+ new apps for Xbox coming this year, including live TV-integrated Twitter app, Vine, HBO GO — Twitter, Vine, HBO GO, ShowTime Anytime, Comedy Central, and MLG among More Than 45 New Experiences Coming to Xbox — Today, just five days from the Xbox: Game On briefing at E3 … | Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Xbox One update unlocks entertainment apps, adds real names — Update rolls out this week and adds external hard drive support — Microsoft is rolling out updates this week that will allow Xbox One owners to use external hard drives with their consoles, control their TVs using the OneGuide interface …
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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.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
LinkedIn revamps Premium Accounts to help paid profiles stand out from the crowd, adds $9.99/month subscription — LinkedIn today revamped its Premium Accounts with new features aimed at help paying members stand out from those using the free service. They all focus on the profile …
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| 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
| 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.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Cut Off Glassholes' Wi-Fi With This Google Glass Detector — Not a fan of Google Glass's ability to turn ordinary humans into invisibly recording surveillance cyborgs? Now you can create your own “glasshole-free zone.” — Berlin artist Julian Oliver has written a simple program called Glasshole.sh … | Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
Yext Raises $50 million at a $525 Million Valuation And Eyes A 2015 IPO — Yext, a company that helps businesses manage local listings and ad campaigns across the web, has raised a $50 million Series F round of financing. The round gives Yext a $525 million post-money valuation, up from a $270 million valuation in 2012.
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| Paul Mozur / Wall Street Journal: |
China Blocks Google, Puts Restrictions on LinkedIn Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary — China is ratcheting up scrutiny of foreign companies online ahead of the sensitive 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown Wednesday, presenting challenges to businesses that see it as a growth market.| Klint Finley / Wired: |
A look at Contiki, the 10yo OS that fits GUI, networking and browser into less than 30KB — Out in the Open: The Little-Known Open Source OS That Rules the Internet of Things — You can connect almost anything to a computer network. Light bulbs. Thermostats. Coffee makers. Even badgers.
Tweets: @adunk, @peternotail, @somebitslinks and @klintron
| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Netflix Nags Another New Partner, Blaming Verizon for Slow Streams — Earlier this year, Netflix signed a Web traffic deal with Comcast, then complained about it. — Here's a new version of the story: In April, Netflix signed a Web traffic deal with Verizon.
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Apple introduces MFi specs for Lightning cable headphones, support arriving in future iOS update — We've learned Apple has quietly introduced a new specification for manufacturers in its Made-For-iPhone/iPad/iPod (MFi) program that allows them to create headphones that connect to iOS devices using …
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Ars Technica, iMore, SlashGear, TechnoBuffalo, MacRumors, Electronista, iLounge, AppleTell, iPhone, Ubergizmo and App Advice. Thanks:@mikebeas
| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Vevo on the Block after Failed Bid for Independence — Vevo, the leading purveyor of online music videos and one of the largest Web video services in the world, is for sale: the company and its bankers have begun taking meetings with a veritable who's who of media and tech companies that have signaled they could be buyers.| Katie Zezima / Washington Post: |
The Secret Service wants software that detects social media sarcasm. Yeah, sure it will work. — The Secret Service is looking to buy software that can detect sarcasm on social media. Whatever. We're sure it will work. — In a work order posted online Monday, the agency …
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