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June 26, 2014, 10:00 AM

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Sundar Pichai / The Official Google Blog:
Michael Gorman / Engadget:
Hands on with the Samsung Gear Live smartwatch; solid build, and light on the wrist  —  We just got to see (and touch) Samsung's new Gear Live smartwatch  —  Here at Google's yearly developer conference we just learned a whole lot more about Android Wear, the company's OS tailored to wearables.
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Chet Kanojia / Aereo:
Aereo CEO on SCOTUS ruling: “we are disappointed in the outcome, but our work is not done”  —  Statement from Aereo CEO and Founder Chet Kanojia on United States Supreme Court Decision  —  Court decision denies consumers the ability to use a cloud-based antenna to access free …
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  —  The Internet is starting to forget.  —  Google Inc. said Thursday that it has started removing results …
Ina Fried / Re/code:
Google Courts Businesses With Android for Work Initiative  —  Google is ramping up its efforts to make Android more business and enterprise-friendly.  —  At its annual I/O developer conference on Wednesday, Google announced an “Android for Work” initiative, a means of separating …
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Maxine Williams / Facebook:
Facebook releases first diversity report: global employees are 69% male; 57% White, 34% Asian in the US  —  Building a More Diverse Facebook  —  Today we're making Facebook's current diversity figures available publicly for the first time.  —  At Facebook, diversity is essential to achieving our mission.
Kelly Hodgkins / MacRumors:
Apple launches new $199 16GB iPod Touch with rear camera, 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 …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Source: Facebook Is Building FB@Work  —  The phrase “Facebook at work” usually suggests people frittering away the day on the social network and not actually doing their jobs.  But according to an anonymous source inside Facebook, the company is working on a way to put the social network into a more positive light in the office.
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Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:
Android TV hands-on: Google makes a new play for the living room  —  Google hasn't exactly been successful at taking over the living room — Chromecast aside, its previous efforts have failed to capture much consumer interest.  However, during the I/O 2014 keynote today …
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Ben Woods / The Next Web:
Google previews Android apps running on Chromebooks  —  Google has confirmed that its Chromebook devices will one day be able to run standard Android apps during its IO keynote today.  —  During the presentation, the company showed off Vine and Flipboard apps running on a Chromebook, which, of course, uses Google's own Chrome OS.

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