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June 20, 2014, 4:35 PM

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Wall Street Journal:

Apple's smartwatch likely to come in multiple sizes and designs, contain over ten sensors, including ones for health and fitness — Apple Plans Multiple Designs for Smartwatch — Wrist Device Will Include More Than 10 Sensors Including Ones to Track Fitness

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple said to team up with pro athletes to test iWatch fitness capabilities — Apple has teamed up with some of the sports world's most notable professional athletes in order to test the upcoming “iWatch's” fitness capabilities in intense training environments, according to a source with knowledge of the testing.

More: G 4 Games, BGR, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, Geeky Gadgets, MacDailyNews and GSMArena Blog. Tweets: @markgurman. Thanks:@jordankahn

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:

Yo App Hacked By College Students — A Georgia Tech student, together with two of his room mates, claims to have hacked Yo, the Poke-like app which has set some Silicon Valley alight (though not others) in the last 48 hours. [See update below: Yo has confirmed it has been hacked].

Jim Edwards / Business Insider:

The CEO Of Secret Told Us How You Can Hack Yo And Get Anyone's Phone Number In Just 3 Minutes — The super-simple messaging app Yo is on fire right now: It's No.4 in the App Store at the time of writing. We told you earlier that someone already hacked it, and the company has admitted …

More: Quartz and Valleywag

Drake Bennett / Businessweek:

Clayton Christensen Responds to New Yorker Takedown of “Disruptive Innovation” — When The New Yorker this week published Harvard historian Jill Lepore's sharply written dismissal of “disruptive innovation,” it was an attack on one of the most widely cited and celebrated ideas in modern business.

More: Business Insider, Gawker and Forbes

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Timothy B. Lee / Vox:

House passes amendment to cut NSA's “backdoor search” funding; manufacturers can't be forced to install “backdoors” in products — The House just overwhelmingly voted to rein in the NSA — The House of Representatives just overwhelmingly voted to rein in the National Security Agency.

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Path Looks To Combine Commerce And Messaging With TalkTo Acquisition, Release Of New ‘Talk’ App — It's been a rough year for private social networking app Path. The company has seen disappointing growth in many major markets, layoffs, and the departure of some key execs over the last 12 months.

More: Path — Blog, Wall Street Journal, Re/code, VentureBeat, The Verge, iMore, 9to5Google, The Next Web, TUAW, iPhone Hacks, Droid Life, 9to5Mac, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, App Advice, BetaBoston and Electronista. Tweets: @erickschonfeld. Thanks:@jordanrcrook

Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:

Archos releases new iOS-controlled smart home suite with tablet, cameras & environmental sensors — Consumers looking for an self-installed, iOS-compatible “connected home” system now have a new option from electronics manufacturer Archos, as the company's new Smart Home system has hit virtual shelves …

More: Engadget, SlashGear, Tom's Hardware Guide, Home Toys, iTech Post, Fudzilla, Telecompaper, Electronista, Android Community, Pocket-lint, TWICE, Geek Beat and Geeky Gadgets

Scot Finnie / Computerworld:

After a 47 year run, Computerworld will publish its last print edition on June 23 — The continuing evolution of Computerworld — On June 23, we will publish the last print issue of Computerworld. — It was 47 years ago, almost to the day, that Computerworld's very first issue rolled off the presses: June 21, 1967.

More: Technologizer, Engadget, TechSpot, BetaBoston and Ars Technica

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