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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.| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Apple Will Appeal ITC Import Ban on Older iPhones, iPads — An unexpected victory for Samsung in its patent battle with Apple. The United States International Trade Commission on Tuesday granted the South Korean company's request for import ban on older iPhones and iPads which it found …
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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.
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Scenes From Zynga After The Fall — Earlier today, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said he would lay off 520 employees and shut down offices in New York and other places. Here's what it was like for the employees who got their pink slips. — Via: Jim Urquhart / Reuters| Richard Nieva / PandoDaily: |
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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 …
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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.
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| Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online: |
New Government Documents Show the Sean Parker Wedding Is the Perfect Parable for Silicon Valley Excess — Nothing says, “I love the Earth!” quite like bringing bulldozers into an old-growth forest to create a fake ruined castle. — Hey, if a billionaire couple wants to spend $10 million on their wedding … | DEADLINE: |
Steve Ballmer Treks To Hollywood To Tout Xbox One To TV Moguls And Agents — EXCLUSIVE 10 AM... UPDATEd 12:30 PM : Deadline has learned the meetings were an intimate preview of the new Xbox One capabilities before next week's E3 confab where secretive Microsoft will unveil details of the device's technology.
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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.| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
London's going out app YPlan raises a $12M Series A round and says it will expand to NYC in 2013 — YPlan, the mobile application that tells you where to go each night, has just raised $12 million (£7.9 million) in Series A financing. The round was led by General Catalyst Partners …
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| 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.
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AppleInsider, Ars Technica, Mercury News, MacDailyNews, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, CNET, PadGadget, AllThingsD and TUAW. Thanks:@srikardr
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Android Jelly Bean hits 33% adoption, ICS falls to 25%, but Gingerbread still used by over 36% of Play users — Google today updated its Platform Versions Web page for Android, and it looks like the latest version is finally on its way to snatching first place.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Will Soon Launch Google Web Designer, A Free HTML5 Development Tool For Creating Web Apps, Sites And Ads — Google will soon launch Google Web Designer, an HTML5 development tool for “creative professionals.” The service, Google says, will launch within “the coming months” …
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| 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:
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| 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.
| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Mobile App Monetization Network Tapjoy Restructures Top Management, With Some Layoffs — Zynga wasn't the only company that had major layoffs this week. — Tapjoy, which has been an advertising and monetization backbone for many mobile gaming companies across the entire industry …
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American Gets Targeted by Digital Spy Tool Sold to Foreign Governments — The email appeared to come from a trusted colleague at a renowned academic institution and referenced a subject that was a hot-button issue for the recipient, including a link to a website where she could obtain more information about it.
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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.| 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.
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IntoMobile, VentureBeat, ZDNet, BGR and MobileSyrup.com
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Sunrise Raises $2.2 Million Because “It Is The Only Calendar App With A Design-Oriented Approach” — When Sunrise introduced its calendar app to iOS users, it was already a crowded space. Yet, the company just raised a $2.2 million seed round led by Resolute.vc and NextView Ventures.
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Sunrise, VentureBeat, The Verge, GigaOM and The Next Web. Tweets: @hunterwalk. Thanks:@drizzled
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Wikipad finally arrives, gaming tablet goes on sale June 11th for $249.99 — For a while, it looked like the Wikipad would never arrive: the company's promising — and expensive — 10-inch Android tablet and detachable gaming controller was never seen again after missing its Halloween release date.
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| 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.
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Engadget, VentureBeat, Marketing Land, About Foursquare and WebProNews
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows 8.1 fingerprint reader support includes option to secure folders with a finger — Microsoft has been detailing additional Windows 8.1 improvements this week at its annual Tech-Ed conference. One particular feature, native fingerprint reader support, is designed …
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