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• Steve Jobs to unveil iCloud, Lion and iOS5 at World Wide Developers Conference on June 6.
  It's official; the long rumored iCloud - some sort of network storage/sharing thing - will be unveiled! : AppleInsider
  
  
• Canon Firmware Updates
  Canon Europe confirms latest firmware updates for its EOS-1D Mark IV (Version 1.1.0) and EOS 5D Mark II (Version 2.0.9): EOS-1D Mark IV and EOS 5D Mark II firmware updates available
  
  
• TED is coming to Boston, June 28, 2011.
  TEDxBoston is TED in Boston. There may be some interesting talks for filmmakers there. TEDxBoston
  
  
• JJ Abrams
  Speaking of TED, The New York Times quotes Abrams from a talk at TED: “What are stories,” he said on the stage at TED, “but mystery boxes? . . . The first act is called the teaser.” NYTimes: Filmmaker J. J. Abrams Is a Crowd Teaser
  
  
• 3D Forever!
  So says Panasonic's Chief Technology Officer, Eisuke Tsuyuzaki. 'We have already taken 3D from geekdom to an early mass market,' he insists. [...] 'This means we have already surpassed what I call the laserdisc threshold.' TechRadar: Exclusive: Panasonic technology chief plans for a connected future
  
  
• Don't Take Our Pictures!
  The ongoing battle of police and the government against people who take their picture: Gothamist: Video: Local Videographer "Harassed and Ticketed" By Police For Taking Photos Of Cops Filmmakeriq: The Government’s War on Cameras.
  
  
• Samsung Apps doing Okay
  Last week it was suggested that Google TV isn't doing so well, but Samsung says that the Samsung Apps store has seen more than 5 million downloads of TV apps worldwide since it was launch in February for 2010: BroadcastingCable: Samsung TV App Downloads Top 5 Million
  
  
• Social Media Used to Measure "Engagement"
  Bluefin Labs, [...] is comparing social media conversations against TV viewing in an effort to reinvent TV ratings around engagement. LostRemote: The most socially ‘engaging’ TV networks