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June 5, 2013, 12:25 AM

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Alistair Barr / Reuters:

Amazon plans big expansion of online grocery business: sources — (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.

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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.

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Apple Will Appeal ITC Import Ban on Older iPhones, iPads

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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

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Richard Nieva / PandoDaily:

At Zynga's shareholder meeting, a heavy focus on real money gaming

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Om Malik / GigaOM:

What I think of Salesforce's decision to buy Exact Target for $2.5 billion — Salesforce, the San Francisco-based company that started out as a customer relationship management (CRM) business is continuing its transformation into a cloud application layer company and to that end …

More: AllThingsD

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

Salesforce.com Makes Its Biggest Acquisition Yet, Buys ExactTarget for $2.5 Billion

More: Salesforce.com, AdAge, Bloomberg, Reuters, DealBook, GigaOM, Venture Capital Dispatch, Marketing Land, Adotas, eWeek, SiliconANGLE and ZDNet. Tweets: @levie

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Bloomberg Launches Bloomberg Beta, A $75 Million Early-Stage Investment Fund Led By Former IGN Exec Roy Bahat — Media company Bloomberg is launching its own venture capital fund, called Bloomberg Beta today. With the fund, the company is putting aside $75 million to invest in early-stage startups.

More: VentureBeat and Forbes

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 …

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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Sony unveils Haswell-based Vaio laptops that can be converted into tablets — Sony is unveiling a new line of Vaio Pro and Vaio Duo laptops with new Intel Haswell-based microprocessors. — Sony Duo 13 — The Vaio Pro is a touch-enabled Ultrabook laptop that runs Windows 8.

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David Pierce / The Verge:

Sony VAIO Pro review: 'we're going to war with the MacBook Air'

eMarketer:

Amazon Earned Over $600 Million in Ad Revenue Last Year — Analysis of figures from many research sources suggests Amazon's WW ad revenues will top $835 million this year — Amazon has ramped up its advertising strategy in recent years, and the site is reaping the benefits.

More: Search Engine Land, Forbes, CNET, GeekWire, Business Insider, dailywireless.org, Marketing Land, AdExchanger and Mashable. Thanks:@clarkf

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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Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:

Apple's 500M user accounts second only to Facebook, viewed as key driver of future growth — Apple's current account base of 500 million users is growing and spending at a tremendous rate, suggesting to one analyst that new services such as mobile payments or streaming radio could be key to the company's future growth.

More: 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, TUAW and iClarified

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 …

Justin Lafferty / AllFacebook:

Facebook Sees Record Gaming Numbers In 1Q — Facebook Monday released their latest gaming statistics, showing that 250 million people are playing games on Facebook each month. The first quarter of the year also represented the most successful three-month period in terms of revenue and people playing games to date.

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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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.

More: Inquirer, IntoMobile, Business Insider, GigaOM, AndroidGuys, Gotta Be Mobile, Electronista and The H Open Source

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 …

More: AllThingsD, TechCrunch and Business Insider

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.

More: AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, Mercury News, CNET, PadGadget, TUAW, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AllThingsD, Ars Technica and Engadget. Thanks:@srikardr

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Google Glass photo update brings HDR, better low-light shots and captions — At Google I/O, the Glass team promised monthly updates for the head-mounted computer. Today, a new version of the software (XE6) is being shipped out to the few who have them so far and it contains a bunch of updates that center on images.

More: Marketing Land, SlashGear, PetaPixel and Engadget

Joseph Volpe / Engadget:

Sprint Vital leaks out: 5-inch HD display, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 13MP camera, Android 4.1 (video) — Looks like Sprint really is prepping a 5-inch Android flagship of its own: the Vital. Thanks to an anonymous source, Engadget's received a motherlode of details on the upcoming …

More: CNET and PhoneArena

Kim Zetter / Wired:

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.

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.

More: Wall Street Journal, IBM, DealBook, Reuters, Gartner, Bloomberg, GigaOM, InfoWorld, PE Hub Blog, Internet Evolution, Quartz, Los Angeles Times, SiliconANGLE and Web Host Industry Review

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 …

More: CNET, Gotta Be Mobile, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo and Inquirer

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