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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 …
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
The U is for Ultrabook: Intel's low-power, dual-core Haswell CPUs unveiled
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
Nick Summers / The Next Web:
Sony unveils Xperia M Android smartphone with a 4" display, dual-core processor and 5MP camera  —  today, a new low-to-mid range Android smartphone that offers fairly competitive performance and functionality at a price point far below the company's flagship Xperia Z handset.
David Meyer / GigaOM:
Pipe's Facebook file-transfer system is finally out of beta  —  Pipe, the Facebook app that lets you transfer files in real-time to other users of the social network, will finally be available for all to use from Wednesday.  —  It's been in invitation-only mode for a year …

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The US Treasury has denied credentials to specific reporters from The New York Times, WSJ, and Bloomberg for the G20 finance meeting in Asheville

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The firings of three Stars and Stripes journalists are on hold until September 4, when a judge set an injunction hearing to pause the firings during litigation

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of lawyer Beth Wilkinson, who is representing Paramount and Nexstar in lawsuits brought by state AGs, and Disney in its case against the FCC

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