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July 1, 2013, 5:20 PM

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

In Major Hire, Zynga Confirms Xbox Head Don Mattrick as New CEO, Taking Over From Mark Pincus — As AllThingsD reported earlier today, Zynga confirmed that it has hired Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment President Don Mattrick as its new CEO. — In a press release …

Mark Pincus / Zynga Company Blog:

Big Day — Our Founder Mark Pincus today sent a note to employees outlining some important leadership changes. Please find his note, posted in its entirety, below. — To our Zynga employees, players and shareholders, — Today is a big day. I'm excited to announce that Don Mattrick …

More: GigaOM, CNET, Send Press Releases …, CNNMoney.com, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, The Next Web, NYT Bits, AllThingsD, PC Magazine, Zynga Company Blog, BGR, Joystiq, winbeta.org/feedburner/rss.xml, Engadget and SlashGear

Tweets: @majornelson, @markpinc, @tomwarren, @benpopper, @om and @caseynewton

Thanks:@danidudeck

Microsoft:

Steve Ballmer email to employees on Don Mattrick transition — Text of an internal e-mail from Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer to employees regarding changes in leadership within the Interactive Entertainment Business group. — From: Steve Ballmer — To: Microsoft - All Employees

More: GigaOM, AllThingsD, Gamasutra, The Next Web, Engadget and SlashGear. Tweets: @stevekovach

Wall Street Journal:

Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Hands CEO Job to Don Mattrick

More: Digits and MoneyBeat

Bloomberg:

Apple Seeks to Trademark ‘IWatch’ in Japan for Devices — Apple Inc. (AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, is seeking a trademark for “iWatch” in Japan as rival Samsung Electronics Co. readies its own wearable smartphone device. — The maker of iPhones is seeking protection …

The Mozilla Blog:

Mozilla and Partners Prepare to Launch First Firefox OS Smartphones! — First Open Web Devices Powered by Firefox OS Make Smartphones More Accessible; Regional announcements coming soon — Mountain View, Calif. - July 1, 2013 - Mozilla, the mission-based organization dedicated to keeping …

More: CNET, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Computerworld, Business Insider, www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, TechSpot, TechCrunch, Co.Labs, Digital Trends, TechnoBuffalo, Geek.com, ZDNet, iPhone, Geek News Central, WebProNews and SiliconANGLE

Stefan Constantinescu / Engadget:

ZTE Open, the first Firefox OS phone for consumers, launches tomorrow for $90 — When Mozilla said devices running Firefox OS would be cheap, we didn't know they'd be this cheap. Telefónica has just tweeted that the ZTE Open will be launching in Spain tomorrow for €69 …

More: AllThingsD, Telefónica, The Technology Chronicles, The Register, Quartz, Pocketnow, Gearburn, SlashGear, Electronista, PhoneArena and BetaNews. Tweets: @tefdigital

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Bebo's Founder Michael Birch Says He's Bought Back The Social Network For $1M, Plans To ‘Reinvent’ It — Another turn in the twisted life of social network Bebo, which has unfortunately gone in the direction of a downward spiral for much of the last couple of years: the site appears …

More: AllThingsD, CNET, Business Insider, The Next Web and Valleywag

Tweets: @mickbirch, @mikeisaac and @spencerchen

Ed Bott / ZDNet:

Microsoft to shut down TechNet subscription service — Summary: One of the best software deals around is about to be retired. Microsoft announced today that after 15 years it is shutting down its TechNet subscriptions service. Microsoft has other, similar programs, but none are as generous as TechNet.

More: PC World, Ars Technica and VentureBeat. Thanks:@edbott

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Twitter quietly rolls out Bing language translation on the web — Twitter now offers automatic language translation for tweets viewed at Twitter.com. There's been no official announcement of the new feature yet, but the Bing-powered translations have begun popping up for some users.

More: AllThingsD, GigaOM, ABC News, Pocket-lint and WebProNews

Matt Brian / The Verge:

Twitter's new ‘embedded on these websites’ feature helps users discover the story behind a tweet

More: Engadget, Marketing Land, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, TechCrunch and WebProNews. Tweets: @mikko

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft starts selling its Surfaces through resellers — Summary: Microsoft is further expanding distribution of its Surface RT and Pro devices, starting with authorized resellers in the U.S. — Microsoft is expanding distribution of its Surface tablet/PC devices via authorized distributors …

More: TechNet Blogs, AllThingsD, Microsoft, Surface Blog, Engadget, Examiner, CITEworld, BetaNews, The Next Web and Ubergizmo

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

As expected, Microsoft brings the 256GB Surface Pro to the United States

More: The Verge, PC World, Windows Phone Central, Windows Phone Central, BetaNews, Ubergizmo, Redmond Pie, Neowin, IntoMobile and SlashGear

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft launches web-based Xbox Music, available for subscribers now — We expected Microsoft to launch its Xbox Music web version this week, and it appears the site is online and ready to use. Xbox Music Pass subscribers can access the web player from music.xbox.com, with a responsive design that adapts to your browser size.

More: Engadget, Xbox Wire, CNET, TechHive, T3 News, I4U News, App Advice, Co.Labs, Gizmodo, PhoneArena, Gotta Be Mobile and BetaNews

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Android, Led By Samsung, Continues To Storm The Smartphone Market, Pushing A Global 70% Market Share — Google is grappling with an ongoing antitrust case in Europe over its online search business, and if its rivals have anything to do with it, that might extend into Google's power in the mobile sphere, too.

More: Kantar, WMPoweruser, SiliconANGLE, CNET, SlashGear, ZDNet, 9to5Google, MobileBurn.com, Examiner and Windows Phone Central

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Google Glass update brings more voice commands, messages to any Gmail contacts and web browsing — An update rolling out to Google Glass customers today will bring some much needed expansion of the unit's capabilities. This includes the ability to send messages or make calls to any Gmail contacts …

More: The Verge, Engadget, BGR, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, Marketing Land, IntoMobile and Android Central

Don Reisinger / CNET:

Apple pays no U.K. tax last fiscal year, despite millions in profits — The company was able to sidestep the taxes by awarding stock awards to employees. — Apple has found a way to save itself from paying any taxes to the U.K., a new report out of the country claims.

More: Financial Times, The Verge, The Register, iDownloadBlog.com and iPhone in Canada Blog

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

HP Still Plotting a Return to Smartphone Market — Hewlett-Packard's ignominious first run at the smartphone market won't deter it from taking a second. Nor will some formidable incumbents who seem to have sucked all the air out the space. According to Yam Su Yin, senior director …

More: The Indian Express, Engadget, Network World, SiliconBeat, GigaOM, IntoMobile, Ars Technica, The Verge, Softpedia News, PhoneArena, Gizmodo, SlashGear, 9to5Google, CNET and ZDNet

Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:

Intuit sells financial services unit for $1.03B to refocus on tax software — Summary: The tax software maker is heading back to its roots — tax preparation software — by selling its financial services division to a private equity firm. — Zack Whittaker

More: Business Wire, DealBook, Bloomberg, Reuters and Associated Press

Craig Lloyd / SlashGear:

Skype for Android gets huge redesign as it blasts past 100m users — Microsoft has already been taking advantage of their buyout with Skype, merging Microsoft accounts to the newly-acquired software, as well as pushing out an all-new design today for Android devices.

More: Skype BlogsSkype Blogs, GigaOM, GeekWire, PC Magazine, 9to5Google, The Verge, The Next Web, Engadget and Softpedia News

Chris Davies / SlashGear:

Apple France raided by antitrust investigators — Apple France was searched by French antitrust watchdog investigators last week, local news claims, after allegations that the iPhone maker discriminates against independent retailers by offering better deals with its own stores.

More: AppleInsider, GigaOM, MarketWatch, MacRumors, The Mac Observer, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, Macgasm and Engadget

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