Amazon to host launch event for 3D-enabled smartphone on June 18

Techspot.com: Amazon on Wednesday issued invitations to a launch event scheduled to take place June 18 in Seattle, the company’s hometown. A promotional video for the event accompanied the invitation and while we aren’t shown exactly what’s on the docket, some of the remarks in the clip (as well as the image above) give us a pretty good indication of what to expect.

Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: It's Complicated

Forbes.com: Epidemiology studies have provided powerful evidence linking air pollution to cardiovascular disease, especially heart attacks (MI) and stroke. By some estimates, air pollution may be responsible for 3.2 million deaths each year, most from cardiovascular causes.

iOS 8 supports voice over Wi-Fi, but what about voice over LTE?

Gigaom.COM: Apple is bringing carrier Wi-Fi calling features into iOS 8, letting users make VoIP calls from their dialers. VoLTE calling could just be a short hop away.

Apple iOS 8: 5 Features That Are Still Missing

When it launches this fall, Apple’s iOS 8 will bring a mix of features to iPhones and iPads that match Android in some ways, as well as some that go beyond what Google’s OS. On the catch-up front, there’s predictive typing, widgets (inside Notification Center), more sharing options for content, and the ability to swap out your keyboard for third-party options.

Drug combination greatly boosts prostate cancer survival

FoxNEWS: A cheap, decades-old chemotherapy drug extended life by more than a year when added to standard hormone therapy for men whose prostate cancer has widely spread, doctors reported Sunday.

Treatment extends life for men with prostate cancer

GLOBALPOST: A new treatment has been shown to extend the lifespans of men with advanced prostate cancer by as much as one year, researchers said Sunday.

Dreaming of a Google job? You better be a bloke and white

THEREGISTER.CO.UK: Google has published its first public report on the diversity of its workforce, and the web giant admits it has a lot of work to do.