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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 …
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| 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 …
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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
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| 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 …
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| 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 …
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| 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.| Matt Brian / The Verge: |
Twitter's new ‘embedded on these websites’ feature helps users discover the story behind a tweet — Twitter has begun trialling new features that give users a way to learn more about the tweets that they read. As noted by security expert Mikko Hypponen, Twitter has enabled a new …
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| Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
As expected, Microsoft brings the 256GB Surface Pro to the United States — Microsoft first made the 256GB Surface Pro model available in Japan. TNW expected it to come to the United States, and as of today it has. Through new reseller partner CDW, the 256GB SKU (stock keeping unit) … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
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| 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 …
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Tweets: @mickbirch, @mikeisaac and @spencerchen
| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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 …
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| Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post: |
George W. Bush Defends PRISM: ‘I Put That Program In Place To Protect The Country’ — Former President George W. Bush defended PRISM, the Internet spying program that began under his administration but remained secret until The Washington Post and The Guardian revealed its existence last month.
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| 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.
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| 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 … | 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
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Shervin Pishevar And Scott Stanford's New Startup Studio Sherpa Is Raising $150 Million For New Fund — As reported earlier this year, Menlo Ventures partner Shervin Pishevar and Goldman Sachs managing director Scott Stanford left their day jobs to build a new, company-building venture and VC fund called Sherpa.
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| 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.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
IAC's CityGrid, Parent Of CitySearch And Urbanspoon, Lays Off Two-Thirds Of Staff, As Local Ad Push Bites — TechCrunch has learned that CityGrid Media, the parent of local ad-based listings portals CitySearch, Urbanspoon and Insider Pages, is laying off two-thirds of its staff, or around 130 people.Sponsor Posts
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