- Wikimedia has a new chief, Lila Tretikov, who was born in Soviet Russia. Previously, she was at SugarCRM.
- Once hot startup Foursquare made its pivot away from check-ins permanent. It split its app in two. Foursquare will be a Yelp-like competitor, and a new app, "Swarm," will be used for checking in.
- LinkedIn reported earnings, and everything was better than expected. And yet, the stock dropped a little after hours.
- A new report from Mark Gurman on Apple's first major event of the year, WWDC, says that it will focus on the Mac operating system which is getting a major overhaul. It also says that some iPhone software features might be delayed because Apple has all of its resources focused on finishing the Mac software.
- Jason Hirschhorn, the well-loved media insider who once ran MySpace, has raised $2.5 million for his newsletter business, Media ReDEF.
- Yahoo has pulled the plug on its "do not track" policy.
- Samsung announced plans for its own health-focused event just days before Apple has WWDC where it is expected to unveil Healthbook.
- Here's a big presentation full of good charts on trends in the U.S. wireless market.
- Technology companies are increasingly telling users about when the government is looking for their data. It's a bit of an FU to the government.
- And here are 30 influential people in technology under 30.
10 Things In Tech You Need To Know This Morning
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