11 Stories You Need To Know Today

06/18/13

Written By:

Keerthana Jagadeesh

Samsung gives away Jay-Z's new album to Galaxy users, Facebook adds video to Instagram and Dreamworks partners with Netflix.

Future of 3-D TV looks like an expensive flop as ESPN shuts its 3-D TV channel due to limited consumer adoption. NYT

Chinese food and drug safety regulators attack Johnson & Johnson over their poor quality control system. Quartz

Facebook to add video capabilities to Instagram. Engadget

Samsung to launch faster Galaxy S4 this month. Uber Gizmo

Samsung to give away 1 million copies of Jay-Z’s new album to its Galaxy users, 3 days before the album is released. WSJ

Jack Black is working on an animated web series that could be in partnership with Yahoo. Mashable

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