| 11:40 PM • | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: AT&T wants to choose which online video services count against data caps |
| 10:35 PM • | Janko Roettgers / Variety: Google Sells 17 Million Chromecast Devices, Clocks 1.5 Billion Casts |
| 10:25 PM • | Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: Snapchat has raised $537M in sale of common stock, at a valuation of $16B according to a source |
| 9:10 PM • | Brad Stone / Bloomberg Business: Google partially automates launches of Project Loon balloons, expands range by reducing reliance on ground stations by relaying signals between balloons |
| 8:15 PM • | Alan Yuhas / Guardian: In protest of NSA surveillance laws, more than 10K websites redirect visitors from congressional IP addresses to blackoutcongress.org |
| 7:35 PM • | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: Google partners with Qualcomm on Project Tango reference phone, no longer requires preapproval to purchase Project Tango tablet |
| 6:55 PM • | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: Google acquires mobile app performance startup Pulse.io |
| 6:10 PM • | Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: Apple's HomeKit platform will see first accessories launch next week |
| 5:15 PM • | Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: Salesforce acquires smart calendar app Tempo AI, will shut it down on June 30 |
| 5:00 PM • | Nathan Donato-Weinstein / Silicon Valley Business …: Google moves forward with the Charleston East development in Mountain View, a 595K-square-foot glass canopied building |
| 4:40 PM • | Joseph Menn / Reuters: Sources: US tried deploying Stuxnet-style virus against North Korea five years ago to destroy equipment, but the campaign failed |
| 4:11 PM • | Business Insider: Founder of Silk Road drug marketplace Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison, to forfeit $184M |
| 3:55 PM • | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google Partners With Udacity To Launch Android Development Nanodegree |
| 3:35 PM • | John Ribeiro / ITworld.com: Uber revises privacy policy, asks for users' permission to track location when app is running in background and to access contacts |
| 2:55 PM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Facebook Confirms It Will Officially Support GIFs |
| 2:25 PM • | Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: Google begins testing Hands Free mobile payments system that lets users pay with spoken commands at a handful of McDonald's and Papa John's in the Bay area |
| 2:20 PM • | Roberto Baldwin / Engadget: Google's Project Soli brings gesture control to wearables by using radar to recognize motion |
| 2:05 PM • | Dan Primack / Fortune: Jessica Verrilli, Twitter's Director of Corporate Development and Strategy, leaving for Google Ventures after six years |
| 1:30 PM • | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: Google's Project Vault Is A Secure Computing Environment On A Micro SD Card, For Any Platform |
| 1:25 PM • | Aaron Souppouris / Engadget: Twitter is updating its API to allow third party apps to correctly display quoted tweets |
| 1:10 PM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google Debuts App Invites, A More Personalized System For Inviting Friends To Try Apps |
| 1:05 PM • | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: Apple vans are gathering data for in-house mapping database, collecting street-view imagery and taking stills of business storefronts to replace Yelp photos |
| 12:55 PM • | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: Google SVP Sundar Pichai lays out his plan to deliver computing capabilities to billions through Project Loon and improve products through machine learning |
| 12:35 PM • | David Pierce / Wired: With Project Jacquard, Google aims to bring touch sensors, haptic feedback, and more to fabric used for everything from jeans to car seats, partners with Levi's |
| 12:15 PM • | Lizette Chapman / Wall Street Journal: Used car marketplace Beepi raising at least $300M at a valuation of more than $2B, a year after its Series B valued company at $200M |
| 12:10 PM • | CNBC: Sources: Snapchat in the process of raising $650M at $16B valuation |
| 11:35 AM • | Andy / TorrentFreak: Hola sells bandwidth and computing resources of idle user machines that make up its free VPN service, used in one case to mount a DDoS attack on 8chan |
| 10:55 AM • | Business Insider: Snapchat is reportedly raising $650 million at a $16 billion valuation |
| 8:40 AM • | Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: Google's I/O keynote suggests Google is poised to surpass Apple when it comes to mobile design |
| 8:05 AM • | Selena Larson / The Daily Dot: Diversity in Google I/O keynote featuring women and people of color onstage raised the bar for other technology companies |
| 7:30 AM • | Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: iPhone text crash bug also works via Snapchat text chats and Twitter DMs or mentions |
| 6:00 AM • | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Google's Places API for iOS exits beta, letting any developer add better location data to their apps |
| 1:55 AM • | Natt Garun / The Next Web: Everything Google announced at Google I/O 2015 in one handy list |
| 12:00 AM • | Rebecca R. Ruiz / New York Times: FCC considering extending $1.7B Lifeline telecommunication subsidy program for the poor to cover broadband access |
| 11:25 PM • | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: Google gives developers new AdWords, Analytics, and AdMob tools to monetize their apps with ads |
| 11:15 PM • | Sébastien Page / iDownloadBlog.com: Apple releases temporary fix for iMessage-crashing text bug, says update coming soon |
| 11:05 PM • | Ian Lake / Android Developers Blog: A Closer Look at Google Play services 7.5 |
| 10:25 PM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Netflix, HBO Streaming Video Traffic Increases As BitTorrent Declines |
| 9:50 PM • | iFixit: Pebble Time teardown: display not fused to front glass making them independently replaceable, small battery |
| 9:15 PM • | Dave Morin / Path Blog: Path and Path Talk acquired by Daum Kakao; services to continue |
| 8:45 PM • | Ganesh T S / AnandTech: NVIDIA Shield Android TV review: gaming performance exceeds other set top boxes but media playback disappoints |
| 7:45 PM • | Andrea Peterson / Washington Post: U.N. report: Encryption is important to human rights — and backdoors undermine it |
| 7:00 PM • | Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: New 15-inch MacBook Pro is first MacBook to support 5K and 4096×2160 4K displays |
| 6:25 PM • | Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: Amazon planning to expand its private-label goods under its Elements brand to include grocery items such as milk, cereal, razors, vitamins, cleaning products |
| 6:10 PM • | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Gracenote expands its media metadata platform into sports with the $54M acquistion of 2 data firms |
| 5:35 PM • | Sean O'Kane / The Verge: Google announces Jump, an ecosystem for creating and sharing virtual reality content, includes camera rig, software, and YouTube-based player |
| 5:05 PM • | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: Chromecast Gets Autoplay, Queuing, Second Screen And Multiplayer Game Powers |
| 4:30 PM • | Lizette Chapman / Wall Street Journal: Digital advertising startup GumGum raises $26M at a $200M valuation led by Morgan Stanley |
| 4:05 PM • | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Apple Acquires Augmented Reality Company Metaio |
| 3:50 PM • | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Nvidia launches Shield 4K Android TV set-top box for $200 with 16GB of flash storage, $300 with 500GB hard disk drive |
| 3:35 PM • | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Gmail Now Has 900M Active Users, 75% On Mobile |
| 3:30 PM • | Steven Levy / Backchannel: Google VP of Streams, Photos, and Sharing Bradley Horowitz: Google Photos is like Gmail for your images |
| 3:15 PM • | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google Play Store Now Lets Developers A/B Test Their App Listing Pages, Customize Their Catalog Page |
| 2:55 PM • | Leena Rao / Fortune: Google Play saw 50B app installs in past year, launches Play For Families store section |
| 2:50 PM • | The Information: Sources: Postmates is raising over $50M at $400M valuation |
| 2:45 PM • | Conor Dougherty / New York Times: Google redesigns Cardboard VR headset to fit larger phones, updates SDK with support for iOS, partners with GoPro to develop 16-camera 360-degree VR recorder |
| 2:35 PM • | Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Google's free, automated “Cloud Test Lab” service will let developers test apps against top 20 Android devices |
| 2:30 PM • | Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land: Google's New Universal App Campaigns Push App Promotions Across Search, YouTube, AdMob, Display |
| 2:25 PM • | Jamal Eason / Android Developers Blog: Google launches M Developer Preview with system images for testing on Nexus 5, 6, 9, and Player |
| 2:20 PM • | Kyle Russell / TechCrunch: Google Brings Turn-By-Turn Directions To Offline Maps |
| 2:10 PM • | Richard Lawler / Engadget: HBO Now is coming to Android and Chromecast this summer |
| 2:00 PM • | Chris Welch / The Verge: Google's Now On Tap offers help when you hold home button based on context of what you're doing on phone, suggests possible actions with indexed apps |
| 1:50 PM • | Anil Sabharwal / The Official Google Blog: Picture this: A fresh approach to Photos |
| 1:40 PM • | Ross Miller / The Verge: Google announces Brillo, a cut-down Android-based OS for the Internet of Things, and Weave, a communications layer for those devices |
| 1:15 PM • | Pali Bhat / Official Android Blog: Google announces Android Pay, will allow users to pay in over 1000 apps and at 700K US stores |
| 1:05 PM • | Dan Seifert / The Verge: Google announces Android M coming later this year with improved app permissions, app links, mobile payments, fingerprint API, more |
| 1:00 PM • | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google Opens Inbox To All, Adds Smart Reminders, Trip Bundles, Undo Send And More |
| 12:50 PM • | Joe Palazzolo / Wall Street Journal: Federal appeals court rejects Apple's effort to rid itself of corporate monitor, Michael Bromwich, appointed after ebook price fixing ruling |
| 12:25 PM • | Google Developers / YouTube: Live stream: Google I/O 2015 keynote |
| 12:20 PM • | The Verge: Google I/O 2015 keynote liveblog |
| 12:05 PM • | Lora Kolodny / Wall Street Journal: User-generated reviews company Trustpilot raises $73.5M Series D led by Virtruvian Partners |
| 11:30 AM • | Tricia Duryee / GeekWire: Amazon launches free same-day delivery for Prime members in 500 US cities for orders above $35 |
| 10:55 AM • | Darryl K. Taft / eWeek: CA to Acquire Rally Software in $480M Agile, DevOps Play |
| 10:40 AM • | Chris Frates / CNN: Sources: IRS believes massive data theft originated in Russia |
| 9:50 AM • | Gina Hall / Silicon Valley Business Journal: Flash and hybrid array provider Tegile raises $70M in series D |
| 8:55 AM • | Natt Garun / The Next Web: Shazam can now scan physical objects for augmented reality and exclusive video content |
| 8:10 AM • | Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: Avago Agrees to Buy Broadcom for $37 Billion |
| 7:40 AM • | Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: Google Releases Spotlight Stories App With Support For Non-Motorola Devices And A New Story, Free For A Limited Time |
| 5:45 AM • | Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Hands on with Pixelmator for iPhone: similar functionality to iPad version, but limited screen real estate is frustrating |
| 3:50 AM • | Russell Brandom / The Verge: Facebook testing Security Checkup pop-up that offers password security options, shows recent logins |
| 1:55 AM • | John Gruber / Daring Fireball: Jony Ive's new CDO title reflects his role as the overseer and arbiter of taste at Apple, similar to Job's role when he was CEO |
| 1:20 AM • | Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: Google faces challenges with Android as ad revenues lag behind iOS and as vendors like Xiaomi compete with its moneymaking apps for mail, messaging |
| 12:45 AM • | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Airware And DJI/Accel Launch Drone Investment Funds |
| 12:10 AM • | Jim Puzzanghera / Los Angeles Times: New FCC proposal calls for end to robocalls, allows telcos to offer blocking tech to customers |
| 11:45 PM • | Ruth Reader / VentureBeat: Pebble Time begins shipping to Kickstarter backers — everyone else can preorder it June 22 |
| 11:20 PM • | Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple Store app gains Postmates integration, provides same-day delivery, live tracking of some products in select locations |
| 10:55 PM • | Steve Dent / Engadget: Lenovo announces 14-inch and 15-inch laptops with 3D cameras, prices start at $499, Ideapad 100 for $249, and ThinkPad 10-inch tablet starting at $549 |
| 10:35 PM • | Brittany Hillen / SlashGear: Lenovo unveils $49 Lenovo Cast, its first device for casting media from phones and tablets to TVs |
| 9:50 PM • | Shaun Prescott / PC Gamer: Twitch bans Adults Only games |
| 9:05 PM • | Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: GoPro working on six camera, spherical array for VR content to be available second half of 2015, and a quadcopter drone available second half of 2016 |
| 8:10 PM • | New York Times: Google to announce Android Pay for in-store and in-app payments at I/O, to re-launch Google Wallet as P2P payments app; Apple to add rewards to Apple Pay |
| 7:35 PM • | Don Clark / Wall Street Journal: Sony acquires optical data storage startup Optical Archive, from former Facebook executive Frank Frankovsky |
| 6:40 PM • | Kurt Wagner / Re/code: Oculus Rift headset and the computer needed to run it will cost around $1,500 in total |
| 5:00 PM • | Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: Jawbone sues Fitbit, accusing it of “systematically plundering” confidential info by poaching employees who improperly downloaded materials before leaving |
| 4:55 PM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Facebook Messenger Payments Arrives In NYC, Now Supports Group Chats And More |
| 4:20 PM • | Office Blogs: Office Lens Android, Microsoft's document scanning app, now available in the Google Play Store |
| 3:45 PM • | Aran Khanna / Medium: Facebook Messenger includes exact GPS location data by default in chats, making it easy to stalk friends |
| 3:10 PM • | Nicole Lee / Engadget: Pebble Time review: impressive battery life, works on both Android and iOS, but limited iOS functionality and lack of features makes $200 price problematic |
| 2:25 PM • | Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: Apple's Jeff Williams Says Native Watch SDK Will Give Direct Access To Sensors |
| 2:20 PM • | Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: Broadcom in $35 Billion Merger Talks |
| 2:20 PM • | Wall Street Journal: Broadcom is in Advanced Talks to be Bought by Avago Technologies |
| 1:55 PM • | Financial Times: German court rules Adblock's practices of blocking ads and letting some through for a fee is legal, in a second legal win for Adblock this year |
| 1:35 PM • | Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: Moonves says CBS still in negotiations with Apple over TV service, will “probably” reach deal |
| 1:15 PM • | Andrew Bragdon / The Twitter Blog: Twitter introduces audience insights dashboard, providing advertisers info about user demographics, purchasing behavior, interests, occupation, net worth, more |
| 1:10 PM • | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: Apple's ‘Proactive’ to take on Google Now with deep iOS 9 search, Augmented Reality Maps, Siri API |
| 12:40 PM • | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: US judge says Yahoo must face class action lawsuit alleging it illegally intercepted emails to improve ads |
| 12:40 PM • | Leo Kelion / BBC: Google Play to include country-specific age ratings for apps from external rating authorities |
| 12:05 PM • | TechCrunch: Search on iOS in Google and Chrome apps now features content from installed iOS apps that support deep links |
| 11:45 AM • | Yimou Lee / Reuters: China's Weibo to invest $142M in leading taxi-hailing firms Didi Taxi and Kuaidi Taxi |
| 11:15 AM • | Mary Meeker / KPCB: Slides: Mary Meeker's Internet Trends Report for 2015 |
| 9:25 AM • | Zachary M. Seward / Quartz: Comcast, an investor in Re/code, encouraged publication to sell, has restarted talks with Vox Media over acquisition after they fell through because of price |
| 8:15 AM • | Lizette Chapman / Wall Street Journal: Dell Ventures and Intel Capital Invest $45 Million in DocuSign |
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