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June 11, 2015, 4:10 AM

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Xiaoyun Zhang / The Twitter Blog:

Twitter simplifies blocking multiple accounts by letting users share and import block lists — Sharing block lists to help make Twitter safer — Today we're making it possible to share block lists on twitter.com. This new, advanced feature makes blocking multiple accounts easy, fast and community driven.

More: BuzzFeed, The Register, Fone Arena, MediaNama, Block Together, Engadget, The Next Web, Forbes, Macworld, ClickZ, Neowin, Ars Technica, Lifehacker, AndroidGuys, PC Magazine, PCWorld, Mashable, International Business Times, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Fortune, TechCrunch, Windows Central, BGR, WebProNews, The Daily Dot and CNET

Tweets: @anildash, @hunterwalk and @alexjamesfitz

Kellex / Droid Life:

Sources: New Nest Cam is a slimmed down version of Dropcam; new app has updated UI, slide-down menu, button-heavy interface — This is the Nest Cam and the New Nest App for Android — You know that story from earlier today that suggested Nest may unveil a new wireless camera at next week's event?

More: The Verge, SlashGear, Engadget and VentureBeat

Steve Lohr / New York Times:

Google creates and funds Sidewalk Labs, a startup developing and incubating tech to improve urban life, headed by former deputy mayor of NYC Daniel L. Doctoroff — Sidewalk Labs, a Start-Up Created by Google, Has Bold Aims to Improve City Living — Google's ambitions and investments …

More: Larry Page, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, PCWorld, SiliconBeat, USA Today, The Next Web, Business Insider, The Verge, Engadget, Bloomberg Business, 9to5Google and Forbes. Tweets: @amir

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:

iOS 9 code hints 1080p, 240fps, flash coming to iPhone FaceTime cameras — Code found in the first iOS 9 developer betas reveals that Apple is planning to support some significant camera features and upgrades with the new software version. Presumably planned for the next iPhone hardware version …

More: MacRumors, SiliconANGLE, Fone Arena, The Verge, MacNN, Forbes, Pocket-lint, TechnoBuffalo, TodaysiPhone.com, AppleInsider, PhoneDog.com, Business Insider, Neowin and BGR. Thanks:@chancehmiller

Nate Swanner / The Next Web:

Apple Music will stream at 256kbps, below the ‘industry standard’ 320kbps — Arriving June 30, Apple Music is going to try and curate tracks with a human touch. It won't stream them at the highest possible bitrate, though. — Apple has confirmed Apple Music's streaming bitrate is 256kbps.

More: SlashGear, AppleInsider, RAIN News, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, AfterDawn.com, hypebot and TechSpot. Tweets: @alexjamesfitz. See also Mediagazer

Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal:

Jawbone sues Fitbit over patent infringement, its second suit against Fitbit in two weeks — Jawbone Hits Fitbit With Second Lawsuit in Two Weeks — Fitness trackers from Jawbone and Fitbit are made to count heartbeats. They may soon be put to use counting lawsuits between the two rivals.

More: SlashGear, BuzzFeed, Ubergizmo, Engadget, ABC News, VentureBeat and The Verge

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Reddit bans ‘Fat People Hate’ and other subreddits under new harassment rules — In the wake of a new anti-harassment policy, Reddit is banning a handful of its worst communities. “Our goal is to enable as many people as possible to have authentic conversations and share ideas and content …

More: SiliconANGLE, The Next Web, Ars Technica, BREITBART.COM, PCWorld, Gawker, Fortune and Tech Times. Tweets: @waxpancake

Mark Brown / Pocket Gamer:

Apple's Xcode 7 allows anyone to build and test apps on iOS devices, no $99/year developer license required — Apple's new Xcode lets anyone sideload apps and emulators onto their iOS device — Freedom! — Review — Videos — Tips — The new version of Xcode …

More: bouk.co, 9to5Mac, Pocketnow, SiliconANGLE, AfterDawn.com, Touch Arcade and Cult of Mac

Ian Sherr / CNET:

Video game console maker Ouya in talks to be acquired by Razer — Video game console maker Ouya is in negotiations to sell itself, possibly to Razer — The company, whose app store was pitched as the go-to place for small and independent developers, is negotiating for all employees to remain with the company after the sale.

More: TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, MacNN, TechSpot, Ubergizmo, Ausdroid, VentureBeat, Polygon, Android Police, Engadget, Android Central and AndroidGuys. Thanks:@nickstatt

Jessica Conditt / Engadget:

Twitch rolls out a private-message system called Whisper — Psst. We heard something about Twitch that you might enjoy. Lean in. A little closer. A little closer. Perfect: You can now send private messages to friends on Twitch, even if your buddies are watching different streams than you at the time.

More: The Official Twitch Blog, The Next Web, Ubergizmo and SlashGear

Chris Welch / The Verge:

iOS 9 extends Continuity to cellular connections; T-Mobile first to offer feature — iOS 9 brings more flexibility to Apple's great Continuity feature — Continuity is one of the best things about going all in on Apple hardware. With it, you can easily send and receive calls or text messages …

More: TmoNews, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, The Next Web, MacRumors, PhoneDog.com and iMore

James Vincent / The Verge:

Marriott to offer guests Netflix at no extra cost at all properties by the end of 2016 — Marriott is letting guests watch Netflix on their hotel TV — Netflix subscribers staying at Marriott hotels in the US will soon be able to log in to their Netflix accounts just like at home.

More: Marriott Newsroom, Fast Company, CIO.com, TechnoBuffalo, VentureBeat, WebProNews, Neowin, Business Insider, Forbes, Engadget, The Next Web, SlashGear, Gizmodo and Wall Street Journal

Tom Maxwell / 9to5Google:

Gmail for Android now has Oauth support for Yahoo and Microsoft accounts — Google killed its stock email app in favor of Gmail with the release of Android 5.0 Lollipop, but they also made it possible to connect email accounts from other providers including Microsoft and Yahoo.

More: Gmail - Google+, MobileSyrup.com, PhoneDog.com and Android Central

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook's Messenger platform gets its first game with Doodle Draw, a Draw Something clone — Facebook's Messenger Platform Gets Its First Game — Facebook Messenger's quest to own all the ways you connect with friends is now expanding to games. Today I spotted “Doodle Draw Game” …

More: International Business Times, SocialTimes, Tech Times, AndroidGuys, Digital Trends, Wall Street Journal, Seeking Alpha, Mashable, SiliconBeat, 9to5Google, Redmond Pie, Android Community, Ubergizmo and InvestorPlace

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

Google on iOS and Android can now use geolocation to answer “When does this restaurant open?” or “How long is this river?” — [WATCH] Google's Amazing Location-Aware Search Finds Answers About Nearby Places — How tall is that tower in front of you?

More: Android Police, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, TechnoBuffalo, Pocketnow, Liliputing, 9to5Google, xda-developers, BGR and Android and Me

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

Apple's failure to develop exciting apps and services that users prefer over third party efforts may threaten its ecosystem — Apple's Junk Drawer Problem — A sampling of BuzzFeed Tech's Apple junk drawers. — Michelle Rial/BuzzFeed — There's a folder on the homescreen of my iPhone affectionately labeled “Apple Crap.”

More: BGR and Talking New Media. Tweets: @pkafka and @stevesi

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

State sponsored sophisticated attack Duqu 2.0 penetrated Kaspersky network, tapped Iran nuke talks — Stepson of Stuxnet stalked Kaspersky for months, tapped Iran nuke talks — Hacker group used a “zero-day trampoline” to scale Kaspersky defenses. — Not long after blowing the lid off …

More: Wired, Securelist, Wall Street Journal, We use words to save the world, Kaspersky Lab US, Forbes, CrySyS Blog, Washington Post, Engadget, RT, SecurityWeek, PandoDaily, The Register, BetaNews, TechWeekEurope UK, eWeek and SlashGear. Tweets: @e_kaspersky

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Microsoft Acquires Application Management Service BlueStripe — Microsoft today announced that it has acquired BlueStripe, an application management service that helps enterprises monitor and troubleshoot applications that have been deployed across different operating systems, data centers and cloud environments.

More: The Official Microsoft Blog, Microsoft Azure Blog and SiliconANGLE

Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal:

Payroll giant ADP sues Zenefits for defamation after it cut off clients' access to the startup's service over security concerns — ADP Sues Zenefits for Defamation — A conflict between one of the biggest providers of corporate payroll services and one of the world's most highly valued startups spilled into court on Tuesday.

More: ZENEFITS, Ars Technica, PandoDaily, TechCrunch and SiliconBeat

Tweets: @brianssommer and @ryanchris

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

iOS 9 lets app developers make ad blockers for Safari — Ad blocking extensions have been possible on Safari for Mac for a long time, but plugin architecture for Safari on iOS is much more limited. With iOS 9, Apple has added a special case of extension for ad blockers.

More: Nieman Lab, SiliconANGLE, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, Sci-Tech Today, Engadget, ZDNet, The Register, Ubergizmo, InvestorPlace, Marketing Land, Cult of Mac, iClarified and SlashGear. See also Mediagazer

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