Apple Monday launched a News app, which aggregates news and content from publishers. The app, preloaded on iOS 9, could potentially give sites and publishers access to hundreds of millions of readers worldwide. The app is familiar to Flipboard, which lets readers create their own customized news feed, choosing among a variety of publications or adding their own.

Google vet Neal Mohan will leave Google to join Dropbox as its head of product, reports Re/code. Reports put him replacing Ilya Fushman, who recently moved to Index Ventures as a partner. Kara Swisher muses on whether or not that means Dropbox will begin serving ads -- Mohan's specialty and something Dropbox doesn't offer today.

People rely on longer queries in natural language to find what answers, which increases the demand for search marketers to take action. Mobile devices and voice search are fueling the shift. Jayson DeMers provides suggestions on how marketers can take advantage of the change.

eBay has begun to solicit buyers for reviews, according to EcommerceBytes, citing an email from a reader. Apparently the eBay product review page has a look. eBay has been on a mission to become more of a global marketplace and less of an auction house. The company in May launched promoted listings and said it would put more of an emphasis on search and the way people discover products, such as new and handmade.

Google said it plans to release monthly data on self-driving car accidents. The Star links to a report for May. The company reported one of its vehicles was rear-ended at a stoplight in California, June 4, bringing the total count to 13 accidents. Shortly after, Volvo announced that this year it will release a car with self-driving features, with a step up to even more in 2016.

Apple CEO Tim Cook lashed out at prominent and successful companies that have built businesses around customer data. "They're gobbling up everything they can learn about you and trying to monetize it. We think that's wrong. And it's not the kind of company that Apple wants to be," Cook said, per the BI, who cites Ben Thompson, an independent writer/analyst. Thompson calls the accusation an unfair simplification. The Business Insider explains why.

A team of open-source developers, former Googlers, wants to make it easier for any company to build a resilient cloud computing system that run like Google. So they built a project called CockroachDB, after the bug that can live 45 minutes without air and more than a month without food. The idea came from technology, Spammer, Google build to keep its servers up and running. This means if a server powering Google search goes on the down, the technology can help keep search from going down completely. Wired explains.

Baidu wants a mapping service. Rumors have it making a play for Nokia's Here, and now TechCrunch reports China's No. 1 search engine led a $11.5 million investment in Qianhai Mobile, a company responsible for getting local commuters online. The investment puts Baidu in the public WiFi space, with plans to jointly develop and monetize mobile app distribution and other mobile passenger services powered by Baidu Map, according to TechCrunch.

Tumblr has built its own GIF search engine. The product launched Thursday. It builds on the massive library of images the site has compiled over the years. TechCrunch said the GIFs are indexed and cataloged using the company's search algorithms, which rely on tags to identify the GIFs.

A feature in mobile devices running Android devices that enable the user to tap on a phrase brings up a Google search response based on selected words, Android Central reports. It's similar to Google's forthcoming Now on Tap, but only works within Chrome. Google gives a vague description for the new function. Jared Dipane explains.