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June 26, 2014, 1:20 PM

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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:

Google's ambitious agenda to reach every corner of our lives may also be its greatest challenge — A Reach Too Far by Google? — SAN FRANCISCO — One way to think of Google is as an extremely helpful, all-knowing, hyper-intelligent executive assistant. Already, it can remind you about your flight …

More: CNET, SiliconBeat, Guardian, ROUGH TYPE, Fortune, Business Insider, The Verge, Agence France-Presse, The Economic Times and http://patriciahandschiegel …

Tweets: @fmanjoo, @cdixon and @nytimesbusiness

Mat Honan / Wired:

Everything You Need to Know About Google's I/O Keynote — We're at Google's big developer conference today, Google I/O 2014. We're expecting an Android-news heavy show, with lots of announcements about the future of the operating system, including Android in the home, the car, and all sort of other devices.

More: The Verge, Re/code, Washington Post, Marketing Land, Beyond Search, Patently Apple, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal and Android Police

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

The Elephants In The Google I/O Room: Glass And Plus — Google's two-and-a-half-hour keynote address at its I/O conference today was filled with developer news. A new design language for Android, cross-platform concessions, watch apps, a health platform and much more was shown off.

More: ZDNet, BGR, VentureBeat, ITProPortal, BBC, Geek Beat, Business Insider and The Verge

Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:

Google's Grand Plans: A Conversation With Google's Larry Page and Sundar Pichai — Shortly after Google's keynote presentation at the company's developer conference on Wednesday, I was ushered into a green room backstage at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Sundar Pichai / The Official Google Blog:

Google evolves Android and Chrome to ease moving between screens on your phone, tablet, laptop, TV, car, and watch

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple said to be working on ‘mainstream’ Smart Home hardware — With iPhones in pockets, Macs on desks, iPads in bags, and iWatches soon coming to the wrist, Apple is said to be eyeing another category for continued growth: Smart Home hardware. The Cupertino-company is said to have assembled …

More: MacRumors, TechnoBuffalo, App Advice, MacDailyNews, iLounge and The Information. Tweets: @markgurman. Thanks:@apollozac

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:

Google Starts Removing Search Results Under Europe's ‘Right to be Forgotten’ — Search Engine Updated Technical Infrastructure Overnight to Start the Implementation — Google Inc. said Thursday that it has started removing results from its search engine under Europe's new “right to be forgotten …

More: The Register, Washington Post, Search Engine Land, Ars Technica, PC Magazine, Gigaom, VentureBeat, PandoDaily, The Verge, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Engadget, Marketing Pilgrim, Tech.eu, WebProNews and The Next Web. See also Mediagazer

Brad Molen / Engadget:

Here's a look at Android's L Developer Preview (hands-on) — By releasing a Developer Preview of the next version of Android (only known as “L” for now), Google is walking new ground — and it's blazing a glorious path that will greatly benefit the platform going forward.

More: 9to5Google, BGR, ReadWrite and Tim Anderson's ITWriting

Kelly Hodgkins / MacRumors:

Apple launches new 16GB iPod Touch with rear camera for $199, drops 32/64GB models to $249/$299 — Apple Launches New 16GB iPod Touch for $199, Drops 32/64GB Models to $249/$299 — Following our report from earlier today, Apple has launched its new entry-level 16 GB fifth-generation iPod touch …

E. Werner Reschke / Three Guys and a Podcast:

Costco starts selling iPhones and iPads online at discounts of up to $120 — Breaking News: Costco Now Offering iPhones and iPads Online with Steep Discounts — Costco's Mobile Online Store is offering iPhones and iPads with steep discounts. Below are a few screen captures of pricing deals found today.

More: AppleInsider, App Advice, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, 9to5Mac and iDownloadBlog.com

Chris Davies / SlashGear:

LG is making a Google Project Tango device for 2015 — Google's Project Tango team is working with LG to release a commercial device based on the platform, expected to hit store shelves in 2015. The partnership, revealed at Google IO 2014 during a presentation from Google's ATAP team of skunkworks …

More: The Verge and VentureBeat. Thanks:@c_davies

John Bergmayer:

SC's Aereo ruling could apply to any online cloud services such as file hosting, cloud lockers, and VPNs — Uh oh, Aereo — The Aereo decision is bad news for consumers, since it could take away a promising new model for watching free over-the-air television. Cord-cutters still have options.

More: Slate, NationalJournal.com, Forbes, AVC, MediaNama and SCOTUSblog. Tweets: @binarybits. See also Mediagazer

Chet Kanojia / Aereo:

Aereo CEO on SCOTUS ruling: “we are disappointed in the outcome, but our work is not done”

Brent Rose / Gizmodo:

Moto 360 Hands-On: This Smartwatch Will Make You Swoon — We just went hands-on with Samsung's first Android Wear, the Gear Live. It was lovely and very promising. But then we just got to strap Motorola's Moto 360 on, and oh man, it's gorgeous. GORGEOUS. Here are our quick first impressions.

More: Wall Street Journal, Marketing Land, The Verge, Softpedia News, Engadget and Ausdroid

Tweets: @dannysullivan, @finlayedridge and @flyosity

David Pierce / The Verge:

Hands on with the LG G smartwatch; incredibly simple, drab even

More: TechCrunch, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Tom's Guide, Delimiter, Ausdroid, IntoMobile, Marketing Pilgrim, ABC News and NEWS.com.au. Tweets: @sharatibken

Michael Gorman / Engadget:

Hands on with the Samsung Gear Live smartwatch; solid build, and light on the wrist

More: Mobile Magazine, TechnoBuffalo, Gizmodo, Mashable and The Verge

Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:

Study: one in four mobile sites are misconfigured, resulting in a 68% drop in search traffic — Report: Mobile “Configuration” Errors Cause 68 Pct. Traffic Loss — BrightEdge has released a report that observes, “over one in four mobile sites are misconfigured, leading to a massive loss of potential traffic.

More: Search Engine Watch, Vision Systems Design, BizReport, MediaPost, Search Engine Watch, MarketingVox News & Trends and BetaNews

Benedict Evans:

Android users spend half as much on apps as iOS users, with more than twice the user base — Market shares — There's lots that was interesting in this year's Google IO, and indeed some of the absences were also interesting (no mention at all of Glass or Plus, for example).

More: Slate, BGR, Tech.pinions, Beyond Devices and 9to5Mac

Tweets: @johnmaeda and @semil

Jonathan Vanian / Gigaom:

Couchbase rakes in $60 million to improve upon its NoSQL technology — NoSQL database specialist Couchbase has raised $60 million in a Series E investment round, bringing the company's total funding to $115 million. With the influx of cash, the company plans to invest aggressively …

More: PE Hub Blog, Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch

Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Wall Street Journal:

SoundCloud iPhone App Revamp Caters to Listeners, Not Uploaders — When it comes to music-streaming apps, the dozens of current options can be overwhelming. There are the major players like Pandora and Spotify, and there are the upstarts like 8tracks and Hype Machine.

More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Guardian, iMore, The Next Web and Silicon Allee News. See also Mediagazer

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