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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Zynga to Lay Off 520 Employees — 18 Percent of Staff — and Shutter New York and LA Offices in Refocus on Mobile  —  Zynga is laying off 18 percent of its workforce — which represents 520 employees — in a bid to reduce costs and more drastically restructure its troubled business toward mobile …
Mark Pincus / Zynga Company Blog:
CEO Update  —  Our Founder and CEO Mark Pincus today sent a note to employees outlining structural changes Zynga implemented today and provided some detail on cost-reductions that are taking place company-wide.  Please find his note, posted in its entirety, below.  —  To our Zynga Community,
PC World:
Intel shows first smartphone with Merrifield chip  —  Intel on Tuesday showed the first smartphone based on its next Atom smartphone chip code-named Merrifield, which will provide better performance and battery life than current Atom chips.  —  The Merrifield chip will offer 50 percent better performance …
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
The U is for Ultrabook: Intel's low-power, dual-core Haswell CPUs unveiled  —  The U is actually for “Ultra-low voltage,” but either way we're looking at laptop CPUs.  —  Intel  —  On Saturday, Intel officially took the wraps off its first next-generation desktop and laptop CPUs based on the “Haswell” architecture.
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Apple denies conspiracy in ebook pricing trial: “Publishers fought [us] tooth and nail”  —  The Department of Justice's trial against Apple kicked off in New York Monday.  The DOJ alleges that Apple conspired with publishers to set ebook prices, while Apple argues that there was no conspiracy …
Josh Lowensohn / CNET:
Here's the Justice Department's case against Apple
Lilly Vitorovich / Wall Street Journal:
Europe Is Losing the 4G Race  —  Once a Pioneer in Cellphone Technology, the Region Trails Asia and the U.S. as Regulation Threatens Network Investment  —  Vodafone said it will boost its network investment in its home market.  Pictured, a company store in London
Zach Miners / PC World:
Google says ‘no’ to sexually explicit content on Glass  —  Google Glass can, in theory, be used for lots of things, but sexually explicit material is one area now off limits to developers.  —  “We don't allow Glassware content that contains nudity, graphic sex acts or sexually explicit material …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Leaked SKUs likely point to MacBook refresh at WWDC as inventory tightens  —  According to a set of leaked part codes for upcoming Apple products, Apple will likely debut a refresh to at least one of its MacBook lines at the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference.
Tim Culpan / Bloomberg:
HTC Operations Chief Steps Down as Profit Slumps on Phone Delays  —  HTC Corp. (2498) Chief Operating Officer Matthew Costello will step down after less than three years at Taiwan's biggest smartphone maker amid slumping sales that have pushed down shares 76 percent in the past two years.
Reuters:
Lenovo planning smartphone venture in expansion drive  —  (Reuters) - China's Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's No.2 PC maker, is in detailed discussions on a smartphone venture with NEC Corp, a Japanese partner in PCs whose mobile business is faltering, as it eyes partnerships and acquisitions to expand in high-growth markets.
Sean Percival / Sean Percival's Blog:
How to Survive the Series A Crunch—From Someone Who Didn't … The above tweet really encapsulates what's required to lead an early-stage startup.  If you're a fellow founder, you're likely nodding your head a bit now.  You already know how tough it can be to manage the delicate act of balancing all of the above.
Tweets: @infoarbitrage
Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:
Apple Said to Shift Ad Focus to Support New Music Service  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL), planning to release a music-streaming service next week, is revamping how it sells mobile advertising to cater to businesses eager to reach customers as they listen to songs, people familiar with the changes said.

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