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Alistair Barr / Reuters:
Amazon plans major move into grocery business  —  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is planning a major roll-out of an online grocery business that it has been quietly developing for years, targeting one of the largest retail sectors yet to be upended by e-commerce, according to two people familiar with the situation.
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Salesforce.com Makes Its Biggest Acquisition Yet, Buys ExactTarget for $2.5 Billion  —  Salesforce.com just announced that it will make its biggest acquisition yet: It will spend $2.5 billion to acquire the cloud marketing company ExactTarget.  —  Salesforce is paying $33.75 a share.
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
INSIDE ZYNGA'S LAYOFFS: Employees Held A Boozy, Hoodie-Shredding Party After Being Told They Were Fired  —  Yesterday afternoon, at about 2:00 PM, Zynga New York's 45 employees were called to an all-hands meeting.  —  Many grabbed beer from the fridge as they headed toward the front of the room.
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
‘Draw Something’ studio OMGPOP reportedly shuttered amid Zynga layoffs
Agam Shah / 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 …
The White House:
Fact Sheet: White House Task Force on High-Tech Patent Issues  —  Today the White House announced major steps to improve incentives for future innovation in high tech patents, a key driver of economic growth and good paying American jobs.  The White House issued five executive actions …
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
IBM to Acquire Cloud Services Company SoftLayer  —  Computing giant IBM just made another move in its quest to becoming the biggest provider of cloud computing services.  It said it will acquire SoftLayer, a privately held cloud services player based in Dallas.  —  Financial terms are not being disclosed.
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
U.S. ITC issues limited import ban on AT&T models of Apple's older iPhones, iPads after Samsung patent win  —  The U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a limited exclusion and cease & desist order for the AT&T versions of Apple's iPhone and iPad, reports Reuters, Bloomberg and others.
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.
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Apple releases economic impact report for new headquarters, predicts 23,400 employees by 2016  —  Apple has released a report today detailing the economic and fiscal impact of both its current business and new headquarters in Cupertino.  The 'campus 2′, also known as the ‘spaceship’ is set to be complete in 2016.
Don Clark / Digits:
Amazon Pads its Streaming Library with Viacom  —  Viacom and Amazon.com are getting cozier.  —  The two companies on Tuesday are announcing a multi-year deal to stream hundreds of Viacom shows to Amazon customers, just days after many of Viacom's programs disappeared from Netflix's catalog.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook NY Signs 10-Year Lease To Move Into ~100K Sq Ft Office With 2X Space  —  After weeks of rumors, Facebook has just signed a 10-year lease to move its New York office into a new, nearly 100,000-square-foot space over two floors at 770 Broadway in Manhattan.
John McDermott / AdAge:
Foursquare Testing Paid Promotions With NYC Small Businesses  —  ‘Phase Two’ of Foursquare's Monetization Strategy Means Not Solely Relying on National Brands  —  Foursquare has traditionally been a way for customers to promote their favorite bars, coffee shops and restaurants.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple releases OS X 10.8.4 with WiFi, Microsoft Exchange improvements, iMessage fixes, more  —  Following a lengthy developer beta period, Apple has released OS X 10.8.4 for all Mac users.  The update is available via the Mac App Store Software Update function: … Complete release notes below:
Dana Wollman / Engadget:
Dell refreshes its XPS 12 Ultrabook, XPS 27 all-in-one and XPS 8500 desktop  —  Now that it's unveiled its next-gen Ultrabook, Dell's taking the opportunity to refresh the machines it's already got.  Starting with the XPS 12 convertible Ultrabook, the company is adding an NFC chip …
Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:
Acer's flagship Aspire S7 may be 2013's ultrabook to beat, S3 needs low price to succeed  —  At Acer's press conference in Taipei yesterday, the company announced some very welcome changes to one of our favorite ultrabooks of 2012: the Aspire S7.  Our two primarily complaints with the machine …
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Susan Molinari Adds to Google's Political Firepower  —  WASHINGTON — Susan Molinari had wrapped up her second week as Google's chief Washington lobbyist when she got a call at home late on a Friday that blindsided her: the Federal Communications Commission was fining Google $25,000 for having …

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