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June 28, 2014, 12:10 AM

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Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Apple To Cease Development Of Aperture And Transition Users To Photos For OS X — With the release of OS X Yosemite later this year, Apple will cease the development of its ‘pro’ photo editing app. — “With the introduction of the new Photos app and iCloud Photo Library …

Dan Rowinski / ReadWrite:

Nexus program manager Dave Burke says Google has no plans to stop making Nexus devices — No, Google Isn't Going To Kill Its Nexus Devices — Rumors of the demise of Google's Nexus line of “pure Android” devices have been greatly exaggerated. When Google launches the official release …

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Mike Isaac / New York Times:

Sources: Facebook has disbanded the original team of engineers working on Facebook Home — What Happened to the Facebook Phone? Not Very Much, It Seems — Facebook has long wanted to be a major part of how you use your smartphone. Now, it looks as if the company has all but abandoned one of its major strategies to do so.

More: The Verge, Engadget, Ars Technica, Gigaom, SlashGear, Pocketnow, The Next Web, Business Insider, AllFacebook, Marketing Pilgrim, 9to5Google, TechHive and WebProNews. Tweets: @suzannespecnyt

Russell Brandom / The Verge:

The NSA just posted its first-ever transparency report — The National Security Agency has posted its first full transparency report. Posted on the official agency Tumblr, the report breaks out the total number of orders for 2013, broken out into FISA orders, National Security Letters, and government requests for business records.

More: IC ON THE RECORD, Google Public Policy Blog, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Wired, ZDNet, Federal Computer Week, PandoDaily, The Register, Re/code, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Electronista, SlashGear, Slate, Techdirt, Engadget, Gizmodo and TechSpot

Tweets: @realbengilbert and @mathewi

Reuters:

Exclusive: HP to settle suits over Autonomy deal; make claim against ex-CEO Lynch — (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co and attorneys representing shareholders have agreed to settle litigation over its troubled $11.1 billion acquisition of British software company Autonomy Corp, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.

More: Electronista, Re/code, Gigaom, bizjournals and SiliconBeat. Tweets: @ahess247

Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:

GE announces $15 connected LED light bulb controlled by Wink app — The “Internet of things,” the “Connected Home,” the “Smart Home,” whatever you want to call it, it's just a fancy way of turning your stuff on and off with your smartphone. Now GE has introduced a cheaper way to stay on the couch and control your lights.

More: GE, Gigaom, Digital Trends, Wall Street Journal, PC Magazine and SlashGear. Tweets: @fmanjoo

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Widespread outages leave Verizon customers without upgrades and online payments — Many Verizon Wireless customers are reporting that the carrier's online systems have been unavailable for well over 24 hours now. Complaints about the downtime are flooding Twitter; subscribers are currently unable …

More: Re/code, Engadget, AppleInsider, Business Insider, Mashable, USA Today, Cult of Mac, TechnoBuffalo, Electronista, Consumerist and Digital Trends

Tweets: @chriswelch and @kevinmason

David Ruddock / Android Police:

Video Hangouts No Longer Require A Plugin On Desktop - If You're Running Chrome Dev Or Canary Channel — If you're a regular user of Google's video Hangouts service, you'll be glad to know that the experience on desktop for this service is about to get a little more stable (we hope).

More: Victoria Kirst, Engadget, The Next Web, 9to5Google, TechCrunch and Android Central

Bloomberg:

The Fancy Said to Seek Funding at $1.2 Billion Valuation — The Fancy, an online shop with eclectic goods curated by customers, is seeking to raise money at a valuation as much as $1.2 billion, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. — An investment in the Web retailer …

More: VentureBeat and Business Insider

Marc Ferranti / PC World:

GoPro continues rise on day two of trading, now up nearly 50% from IPO price, as NASDAQ surges to highest point since spring of 2000 — Wall Street Beat: GoPro continues to soar after IPO as Nasdaq surges — Shares of action-camera maker GoPro shot up again Friday, a day after its IPO …

More: Mercury News, Fortune, International Business Times, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Outside Magazine, ValueWalk and Benzinga

iFixit:

iPod Touch 5th Generation 16 GB 2014 Teardown — Apple has quietly introduced an updated version of the iPod Touch 5th Generation 16 GB. What exactly is Apple trying to sneak past us? We're about to find out. Join us as we explore the newest addition to the iPod Touch family.

More: MacRumors, Forbes, iFixit, Geek.com, Ubergizmo, Softpedia News, TUAW, CNET, Cult of Mac, iMore, Techvibes Global News, Geeky Gadgets, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog and Apple

James Vincent / The Independent:

Facebook introduces more than 70 new gender options to the UK: ‘We want to reflect society’ — Custom options added specifically for the UK market include intersex man, asexual, and hermaphrodite — From today, Facebook users in the UK will be able to choose from more than 70 new gender options …

More: Engadget, Telegraph, PinkNews.co.uk, Geeky Gadgets, Gay Star News, So So Gay, ITProPortal, The Next Web, Telegraph, Gizmodo UK and VentureBeat

Tweets: @chrismessina and @jjvincent

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