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June 10, 2013, 2:56 PM

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The Verge:

Live from Apple's WWDC 2013 keynote — Apple CEO Tim Cook takes the stage at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. We're in our seats. And at least one of us is sitting next to Walt Mossberg (it's Josh, that's me).

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Brian Heater / Engadget:

Apple unveils its latest desktop operating system: OS X Mavericks, coming this fall — Developer conferences have taken a turn in recent years, becoming as much an opportunity for companies to interact with the dev community as a platform for launching hardware outside larger all-industry shows.

More: 9to5Mac, The Verge, MacRumors, Mercury News, GigaOM, Inquirer, CNET, iMore, iMore, GeekWire, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Business Insider, BGR, The Next Web, ZDNet, The Next Web, AppleInsider, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, AllThingsD, Tech Trader Daily, Macworld, Gotta Be Mobile, WebProNews and SlashGear

Tweets: @anandshimpi, @charlesarthur and @panzer

Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:

MacBook Air refreshed with Intel Haswell processors and all-day battery life, available today starting at $999 — As rumored, Apple has announced a refresh for its MacBook Airs today at WWDC, its annual developers conference. The new systems feature the same (near-perfect) …

More: 9to5Mac, GigaOM, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, BGR, ZDNet, MacRumors, The Next Web, Engadget, AllThingsD, AppleInsider and WebProNews

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Apple previews a completely new Mac Pro: 12 core Xeon CPU, PCIe flash storage, externally expandable … Today at its WWDC event in San Francisco Apple introduced a refresh of its Mac Pro line of desktop computers. Long an all but forgotten portion of Apple's computing lineup, the machines were due for a remake.

More: TechCrunch, The Verge, MacRumors, Business Insider, AppleInsider, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, ZDNet, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Gotta Be Mobile and TUAW

Tweets: @soldierknowbest, @antderosa, @waltmossberg and @parislemon

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Apple announces iOS 7, ‘biggest change’ since the introduction of the iPhone — Apple has officially taken the wraps off of iOS 7 at its Worldwide Developer Conference today. iOS 7 is the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system that debuted back in 2007 on the original iPhone.

More: TechCrunch, MacRumors, Engadget, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, ZDNet, Engadget, AllThingsD, Ars Technica, The Verge, Gizmodo, BGR, GigaOM, 9to5Mac, The Next Web and Engadget

AppleInsider:

Maps, iBooks, iCloud Keychain coming to OS X Mavericks — With Mavericks, Apple's next major version of OS X, users will be able to access the company's Maps and iBooks platforms, as well as new cloud-synced passwords and logins. — With support for Maps, users will be able to search …

More: Engadget, MacRumors, TechCrunch, Macworld, iMore, VentureBeat, The Next Web, The Verge, Engadget, MobileSyrup.com, App Advice and TUAW

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Apple announces 575m iTunes accounts, 900,000 apps available in the App Store, $10b paid to developers — At WWDC 2013 today, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company now hosts over 575 million accounts on its App Store, with more than 900,000 apps available to customers.

More: The Verge, Macworld, ZDNet, CNET, TechCrunch, MacRumors, GeekWire, VentureBeat, iMore, BGR, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, TUAW, IntoMobile and WebProNews

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Apple Announces ‘iWork for iCloud’ for both Mac and iOS — At today's WWDC keynote event, Apple announced iWork for iCloud, a new version of iWork that is coming for both Mac and iOS later this year. iWork in iCloud brings Apple's iWork software suite to the web, and on stage …

More: Gizmodo, Engadget, 9to5Mac, AllThingsD, The Verge, AppleInsider and Gotta Be Mobile

Sarah Silbert / Engadget:

Siri updated with Twitter, Wikipedia and Bing integration

More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac and The Verge

Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Apple introduces Safari 7 with design tweaks, memory, social improvements, iCloud Keychain and more

More: TechCrunch, iMore, Gizmodo, The Next Web, Engadget, The Verge and TUAW

TechCrunch:

Apple Unveils iTunes Radio, A Streaming Music Service With The Full Power Of The iTunes Library

More: Ars Technica, Engadget and The Verge. Thanks:@techcrunch

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Apple announces over 600m iOS devices sold to date, with over 90% of users on the latest version

More: The Verge

James Trew / Engadget:

Apple announces new AirPort Base Stations with 802.11ac support

More: The Verge, Ars Technica and Cult of Mac

Sean Buckley / Engadget:

Microsoft announces Xbox One price: $499, launches in 21 countries in November — Despite Microsoft's enthusiasm for its next-generation console, one important piece was missing from its Xbox One announcement last month: the console's price. Luckily, the company's E3 press event presented …

More: TechCrunch, Ars Technica, The Next Web, GeekWire, Gizmodo, The Verge, AllThingsD and Xbox Wire

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Microsoft reveals updated Xbox 360 design based on Xbox One, available today — At last month's Xbox One unveiling, Microsoft teased that it would be making some major Xbox 360-related announcements at E3. As it turns out, one of those is yet another hardware revision of the console, revealed moments ago on stage.

More: Engadget, The Next Web, AllThingsD, TechHive, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, CNET, TechCrunch, Ars Technica and Xbox Wire

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Xbox Live dumping Microsoft Points, ending 100-friend limit, adding Gold account sharing

More: TechCrunch, Engadget, The Next Web and The Verge

Barton Gellman / Washington Post:

Code name ‘Verax’: Snowden, in exchanges with Post reporter, made clear he knew risks — He called me BRASSBANNER, a code name in the double-barreled style of the National Security Agency, where he worked in the signals intelligence directorate. — Verax was the name he chose for himself, “truth teller” in Latin.

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Daniel Ellsberg / Guardian:

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Casey Johnston / Ars Technica:

Exclusive: an early look at Intel's own phone UI, “Obsidian” — Obsidian's start-up sequence (video link) — Intel is planning its own UI overlay, codenamed “Obsidian,” that it will bring to the mobile operating system Tizen and possibly Android, eventually.

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