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June 5, 2014, 2:00 AM

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Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:

Microsoft: Software update unlocks more GPU bandwidth on Xbox One — The system update does not turn the system white... only the employee models do that. — The June system update rolling out to Xbox Ones worldwide this week includes surface-level features like external hard drive support, as we mentioned this morning.

More: AfterDawn.com, Polygon, Neowin, VG247, Ubergizmo and Gamasutra. Tweets: @xboxp3

Xbox Wire:

45+ new apps for Xbox coming this year, including live TV-integrated Twitter app, Vine, HBO GO, ShowTime, Comedy Central, and MLG

Rich McCormick / The Verge:

Xbox One update unlocks entertainment apps, adds real names

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

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 …

More: Pocketnow, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, iMore, InvestorPlace, TechnoBuffalo, The Verge, Ars Technica, SlashGear, iPhone, Electronista, iLounge, AppleTell, MacRumors and App Advice. Thanks:@mikebeas

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.

More: Gizmodo, Quartz, The Verge, CNET News, New York Times, VatorNews, Consumerist, Digital Trends, DSLreports, Business Insider, Businessweek, TIME, SiliconBeat, The Verge, Electronista, Mashable, Business Insider, Ars Technica, SlashGear, The Awl, BGR and Geek.com

Tweets: @yurivictor, @jsf33 and @amy_schatz

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Just Like Comcast Did, Verizon Says Netflix Is Slowing Its Own Streams

More: Verizon, Washington Post and DSLreports. Tweets: @edmundlee

Jason Koebler / Motherboard:

Hundreds of Cities Are Wired With Fiber—But Telecom Lobbying Keeps It Unused — In light of the ongoing net neutrality battle, many people have begun looking to Google and its promise of high-speed fiber as a potential saving grace from companies that want to create an “internet fast lane.”

More: Electronista

Katrina Brooker / Newsweek:

How Greylock Partners Finds the Next Facebook — One sunny day in March, Gagan Biyani, the young and hugely ambitious CEO of Sprig—a company so new you probably have never heard of it—stepped into the main conference room at 2550 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California.

Tweets: @jyarow, @jerrychen, @ebekiel, @christianhern, @gregbensinger, @newsweek, @nicoleperlroth, @chrisyeh, @greylockvc, @johnolilly and @sg

Kim Zetter / Wired:

U.S. Marshals Seize Cops' Spying Records to Keep Them From the ACLU — A routine request in Florida for public records regarding the use of a surveillance tool known as stingray took an extraordinary turn Tuesday when federal authorities seized the documents before police could release them.

More: ACLU, Ars Technica, Techdirt, Daily Dot, Boing Boing, Inside Mobile Apps and Washington Post

Sam Biddle / Valleywag:

Sources: Fab slowly shutting down; remaining NY employees to be gradually let go over 6 months — Fab.com Is Probably Dead This Year — There hasn't been a single piece of good news from Fab.com in a very long time. Layoffs, mismanagement, plummeting morale, and executive reshuffles …

More: Business Insider, PandoDaily, Consumerist, Re/code, Mashable and WebProNews

Tweets: @betashop, @betashop, @mattlynley, @samfbiddle and @mattlynley

Ryan Knutson / Wall Street Journal:

Sprint, T-Mobile Move Closer to a $32 Billion Deal — Sprint Would Buy T-Mobile for Around $40 a Share in Merger That Likely Would Face Regulator Scrutiny — Sprint Corp. and T-Mobile US Inc. have agreed on the broad terms of a merger worth around $32 billion and are working toward a final agreement …

More: Bloomberg, New York Times, The Verge, CNBC, SeekingAlpha.com, Phandroid, The Next Web, GeekWire, VentureBeat, iDownloadBlog.com, Deadline.com, Reuters, Pocketnow, Business Insider, ZDNet and Engadget

Tweets: @wsjdeals and @harrymccracken

Abhijeet M. / SamMobile:

Samsung Z's Tizen OS demoed on video — Samsung unveiled its first Tizen-powered smartphone yesterday, the Samsung Z, which is slated to go on sale in Russia in the third quarter of this year. The Samsung Z, being the first commercial Tizen phone, runs what is the final consumer version of Tizen …

More: LAPTOP Magazine, Android Authority, Greenbot and Pocket-lint

Benedict Evans:

WWDC takeaways: Apple continues to remove restrictions on developers with Extensions and Cloud Drive, views the cloud as “dumb storage”, more — Digesting WWDC: cloudy — I've spent the last couple of days sifting through the announcements at WWDC. Apple claims 4000 new APIs, and it certainly feels like it.

More: Ars Technica. Tweets: @jonrussell and @lukew

Steve Kovach / Business Insider:

Amazon's 3D Smartphone Is Coming June 18 — Amazon is holding a product annoucnement on June 18. — It's probably for the long-rumored Amazon smartphone. — Developing...refresh for updates. — The company posted this video to YouTube that teases the product: — Join the conversation about this story »

More: 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, The Verge, ZDNet, BGR, The Next Web, Reuters, Bloomberg, Engadget, App Advice, Network World, BuzzFeed, CNNMoney.com, The Register, Yahoo Tech, iPhone in Canada Blog, Quartz, Pocket-lint, LAPTOP Magazine, Gizmodo and Gigaom

Tweets: @amazon and @dannysullivan

Christina Cocca / NBC Southern California:

Donald Sterling agrees to sell LA Clippers to Steve Ballmer — Donald Sterling Agrees to Sell Clippers for $2 Billion — A vote by the NBA Board of Governors will be needed to make the sale final — Donald Sterling officially announced Wednesday that he, the NBA and his estranged wife Shelly …

More: Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and WinBeta

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Apple's New iPhone Ad Stars A Bunch Of Health Gadgets That Are Not An iWatch — Somewhere in my basement I have a Presidential Fitness Award signed by George H.W. Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger. I think I had to do 50 pushups or something to qualify — it's a good thing that I took the test …

More: Bloomberg, CNET News, The Verge, AppleInsider, Re/code and MacRumors

Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Justice Department Plans to Begin a Review of Music Licensing Rules — The music industry has been complaining loudly in recent years about outdated federal regulation. Now it finally has a chance to do something about it. — On Wednesday, the Justice Department plans to announce …

More: VatorNews, Tech Trader Daily, musictechpolicy.wordpress.com, TechCrunch and The Verge. Tweets: @sisario. See also Mediagazer

Seamus Byrne / CNET:

Intel demos wireless display, docking, and charging features planned for Skylake reference designs in 2016 — Intel aims to eliminate all PC cables in 2016 — Goodbye rat's nest! Intel says wireless power, docking and connectivity will form the basis of its post-Broadwell “Skylake” reference designs.

More: PR Newswire, AppleInsider, BGR, 9to5Mac, Electronista, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, Engadget, Gizmodo UK, Inquirer and 9to5Google

Molly Wood / New York Times:

Report: Online TV viewing up 246% over last year, outpacing online video, up 43% — TV Apps Are Soaring in Popularity, Report Says — When it comes to online video, people may not want to cut the cord. Instead, they want to take the cord with them. People are streaming broadcast television …

More: CMO.com, TechCrunch, The Next Web, SlashGear, SocialTimes, The Verge, PandoDaily and VideoNuze Analysis. See also Mediagazer

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

In addition to Soundcloud, Twitter also reportedly considered acquiring Pandora and Spotify — Last month, a Recode rumor suggested Twitter was looking to buy Soundcloud, only to have a WSJ rumor say that “the numbers didn't add up” for a deal to go through.

More: Financial Times and SeekingAlpha.com. Tweets: @mattlynley

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