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June 4, 2013, 4:25 PM

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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.
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.
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.
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
‘Draw Something’ studio OMGPOP reportedly shuttered amid Zynga layoffs  —  One year ago, Zynga paid $180 million for OMGPOP, the creator of the wildly popular game Draw Something for iOS and Android.  Zynga seems to have decided that was a $180 million mistake.
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.
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.
Federico Viticci / MacStories:
Gmail for iOS Gets New Inbox, Improved Notification Settings  —  Announced last week, Google has today released an update to its official Gmail app for iOS that adds support to the new inbox and brings finer controls for push notifications.  —  The new inbox, configurable from Gmail's desktop website …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple Begins Offering In-Store iPhone 5 Display Replacements for $149  —  As part of a shift to lower repair costs, Apple has begun replacing iPhone 5 screens at its retail locations.  The new display replacement service is priced at $149 and can be purchased with or without AppleCare+.
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 …
More: ZDNet
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 …
More: The Verge

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