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June 9, 2014, 8:05 PM

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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 …

More: Gigaom, ZDNet, InfoWorld, eWeek, SiliconANGLE, The Register, Data Center Knowledge and Softpedia News

Ron Miller / TechCrunch:

Docker, Open Source Application Container Platform, Has 1.0 Coming Out Party At Dockercon14

More: Docker Blog, ZDNet, Forbes, CITEworldNancy Gohring, The Official Rackspace Blog and Docker Blog

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 …

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 …

More: Facebook, PandoDaily, Business Insider, GeekWire, Wall Street Journal, LinkedIn Pulse, VentureBeat, iPhone Hacks, SeekingAlpha.com and internetretailer.com

Tweets: @benedictevans, @rabois, @eringriffith, @patrickc, @davidmarcus and @caseynewton

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Facebook accidentally launches, then pulls Snapchat competitor Slingshot — After recently killing off Poke, its first Snapchat competitor, Facebook is back with a second shot at ephemeral messaging. The new app, called Slingshot, lets you quickly send photos and videos to friends inside a minimal messaging interface.

More: TechCrunch, BuzzFeed, ReadWrite, AllFacebook, USA Today, Engadget, VentureBeat, Gigaom, Inside Facebook, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Business Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, Pocketnow, TechnoBuffalo, MyTechSkool and WebProNews. Tweets: @viticci

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 …

More: Fortune, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, SlashGear, CNET News, VentureBeat, GeekWire, PandoDaily, Connectedly, Gigaom, Good E-Reader, TechnoBuffalo, Ubergizmo, The Verge, Electronista, WebProNews and SeekingAlpha.com. Tweets: @amazonpayments

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.

More: Daring Fireball, The Verge, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, AppleInsider, Business Insider, App Advice and MacNN. Tweets: @reckless

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 …

More: Gigaom, Computerworld, ITProPortal, LAPTOP Magazine, Windows Phone Central, BGR, Network World, Electronista, SlashGear, IntoMobile, Softpedia News, TechnoBuffalo, WMPoweruser, Inquirer, Pocketnow, Neowin, Ubergizmo and Digital Trends

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Apple Begins Rejecting Apps That Offer Rewards For Video Views, Social Sharing — Apple has begun to crack down on tools that app developers use to monetize and grow their applications, including incentivized video viewing and rewarded social sharing, as well as discovery tools that allow users …

More: AdExchanger, MacRumors, AppleInsider, iPhone, App Advice, iPhone in Canada Blog and iLounge. Tweets: @jwhdavison

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Secret Is Taking Its Anonymous Networking App To Schools, Workplaces With New “Secret Dens” Feature — Anonymous social networking app Secret, a popular watercooler for Silicon Valley gossip, and now, much more thanks to recent expansions, has just announced a new feature called “Secret Dens …

More: Medium, VentureBeat, TechHive, Digital Trends, The Next Web, Gigaom, Engadget, Business Insider, Daily Dot, Phandroid and App Advice

Tweets: @themediaisdying, @mikeisaac, @davidbyttow and @mat

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, Business Insider and theWHIR.com. Tweets: @danprimack

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 …

More: VentureBeat, Business Insider, SiliconBeat, internetretailer.com, CNET News and bizjournals

Ben Grubb / Sydney Morning Herald:

Hackers who held Apple devices to ransom detained in Russia — Russian authorities say they have detained two young hackers who hijacked Apple devices and held them ransom for a sum of money before relinquishing control. — The hackers - aged 17 and 23 - were detained in the course of …

More: iPhone, Guardian, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, TUAW and MacNN. Thanks:@bengrubb

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 …

More: The Verge, Ars Technica, Business Insider, GeekWire, AppleInsider, TechSpot, Cult of Mac, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, MacDailyNews, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Macworld and Forbes

Tweets: @fredericjacobs, @csoghoian, @stevesi, @privacychoice and @panzer

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Alleged iPhone 6 Rear Shell Shown From Multiple Angles in New Photos — Back in late May, a single photo of an alleged rear shell from the iPhone 6 surfaced, showing what appeared to be a thin metal part with cutouts on the rear for not only the camera, microphone, and flash, but also the iconic Apple logo.

More: 9to5Mac, SlashGear, Geek.com, AppleInsider, Gigaom, TUAW, Business Insider, Forbes, VentureBeat and App Advice

Nick Statt / CNET News:

At E3 2014, Microsoft's Xbox One focus is all about games — Microsoft dedicated its Xbox One press conference to ensuring players that it's not the company that trotted out a controversial console last year. This time, games come first. — Josh Miller/CNET

More: Xbox Wire, Bloomberg, Xbox Wire, Guardian, The Verge, The Verge, Re/code, PC World, WinBeta, Business Insider, Xbox Live's Major Nelson, SuperSite for Windows, TechCrunch, Wired and The Official Microsoft Blog

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