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Cade Metz / Wired:
Google Embraces Docker, the Next Big Thing in Cloud Computing  —  Google is putting its considerable weight behind an open source technology that's already one of the hottest new ideas in the world of cloud computing.  —  This technology is called Docker.  You can think of it as a shipping container …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Lack of Apple Maps updates at WWDC said to be caused by departures and internal politics  —  Apple's Maps Are Still Lost  —  Apple, during WWDC last week, delivered some significant updates across various parts of its business.  It released, among other things, some 4,000 new APIs …
Deepa Seetharaman / Reuters:
Amazon to launch online subscription and billing payments for startups, competing with Paypal  —  Amazon expands middleman role in latest online payments push  —  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc will start managing subscription payments for start-ups and other companies - the latest in a series …
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Time to Monetize Messenger?  PayPal's President David Marcus Jumps to Facebook to Run Messaging Unit  —  David Marcus, who runs the PayPal online payments service for eBay, is moving to Facebook to become head of its messaging products.  —  This is a very big Silicon Valley poach by Facebook …
John Paczkowski / Re/code:
Tim Cook looks to fill Apple comms VP position with a “friendlier, more approachable face”  —  Code/red: Apple Looks Outside for New Comms VP  —  // HAPPENING TODAY  — Apple shares split seven-for-one.  — E3 begins.  — Netflix holds its annual meeting.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft bets on Kinect-like gestures for the future of Windows Phone  —  Microsoft is trying to cram Kinect-like features into its future flagship Windows Phone handsets.  At least one device, codenamed McLaren, will debut on a range of US carriers later this year with features that let you hover …
Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
PayPal Co-Founder Max Levchin Raises $45 Million for Startup Affirm  —  Max Levchin spent a year searching for the perfect person to lead his new online-lending startup until he realized it was him.  —  Levchin, a serial entrepreneur who co-founded payments company PayPal and game maker Slide …
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Google search results may indicate ‘right to be forgotten’ censorship  —  Search engine considering alert at bottom of results pages to show links have been removed after landmark EU privacy ruling  —  Google is planning to flag up search results it has censored following a controversial ruling …
Leo Mirani / Quartz:
iOS 8 randomizes MAC address when scanning for WiFi, deterring location tracking by marketers  —  A tiny technical change in iOS 8 could stop marketers spying on you  —  This item has been corrected.  —  Whenever you walk around a major Western city with your phone's Wi-Fi turned on …
Fortune:
GoDaddy files for IPO  —  GoDaddy revs up IPO  —  The Internet domain registrar with a raunchy reputation previously scrapped IPO plans in 2006.  GoDaddy Group, an Internet hosting company and domain registrar with a reputation for raunchy ads, today filed for an initial public offering …
More: Re/code and Business Insider.  Tweets: @danprimack
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Shares of Apple stock open at $92.69 as 7-for-1 split takes effect  —  Apple's much-anticipated 7-for-1 stock split officially went into effect with its new pricing on Monday morning, trading at $92.69 when the NASDAQ Stock Market opened at 9:30 a.m. Eastern in New York.

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Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at the first “case” brought before Objection, which aims to use AI to evaluate news stories, and a Q&A with Objection's founder; the site is now dark

The News Minute:
Delhi High Court quashes the case against NewsClick on foreign funding, saying investigators failed to establish cheating, conspiracy, or any scheduled offense

Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
Apple TV relies on a few tentpole titles to draw audiences, like HBO did in the past, while Netflix uses its catalog size and algorithms to keep viewers engaged

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