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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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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
| 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 …
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| Spiegel Online: |
How the NSA Targets Germany and Europe — Top secret documents detail the mass scope of efforts by the United States to spy on Germany and Europe. Each month, the NSA monitors a half a billion communications and EU buildings are bugged. The scandal poses a threat to trans-Atlantic relations.| Ashkan Soltani / MIT Technology Review: |
Technology, Not Law, Limits Mass Surveillance — Improved technology enabled the NSA's mass surveillance programs. Future improvements will make collecting data on citizens easier and easier. — Recent revelations about the extent of surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency come …
Tweets: @mattblaze
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple expands ‘iWatch’ trademark filing world tour to Mexico, Taiwan, Turkey, Colombia — In addition to filing a trademark for the name “iWatch” in Russia and Japan, Apple has requested a trademark for “iWatch” with Mexico's “Institute of Industrial Property.”
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
The Bing challenge: with iOS 7 and Windows 8.1, search could be Microsoft's new platform — Redmond opens up to developers to take on Google — Earlier this year, the head of Microsoft's search team, Qi Lu, unveiled a new approach for Bing: the concept of a broad search platform that could feed …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Best Buy apparently set to sell Pebble smart watch beginning this weekend — At least some Best Buy retail stores in the United States will begin selling the Pebble smart watch this weekend, according to claims from two Best Buy employees. Both of these people say that they were briefed …
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| Matt McGee / Marketing Land: |
Google Tells Congress: We're Not Changing Our Privacy Policy For Google Glass — Google says it has no plans to change its company-wide privacy policy for the eventual public launch of Google Glass. — That's one of the discoveries in a four-page letter dated June 7th that Google sent …
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| Katie Fehrenbacher / GigaOM: |
Apple is planning a solar panel farm for its data center in Reno — Apple, working with Nevada utility NV Energy, is planning to build another solar panel farm next to a data center, and this time it's for its new data center in Reno, Nevada. Apple has already been building two solar panel farms next … | Marcus Wohlsen / Wired: |
Email Is Crushing Twitter, Facebook for Selling Stuff Online — In 2013, no company can expect to be taken seriously if it's not on Facebook or Twitter. An endless stream (no pun intended) of advice from marketing consultants warns businesses that they need to “get” social or risk becoming …
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| Edward Joseph Snowden / WikiLeaks: |
Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow — One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and safety were under threat for revealing the truth. My continued liberty has been owed to the efforts of friends new and old, family, and others who I have never met and probably never will.
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See also Mediagazer| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows 8 reaches 100,000 apps milestone in just over seven months — While Microsoft didn't quite hit 100,000 in time for its Build developers conference last week, the software giant is announcing its latest milestone for Windows 8 today. The Windows Store has just passed the 100,000 mark …
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| 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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| Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter: |
Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Joins The Verge to Host Web Series (Exclusive) — The entrepreneur teams with Joshua Topolsky's tech site for a ten-part series on startups. — Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is teaming up with Joshua Topolsky's The Verge for a 10-part web series that tells … | Jeremy Kirk / PC World: |
Two malware programs help each other stay on computers — Two malicious software programs that help each other stay on computers are proving difficult to remove. — The programs work together by alternately downloading slighter different variations of the other in an attempt to evade antivirus software …
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| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Foursquare teams up with music streaming service Deezer to incentivize check-ins at live concerts — Foursquare's long-term monetization strategy relies on offering other businesses large quantities of user data, so it's perhaps not surprising that the company has partnered with Deezer today …
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| Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times: |
An Unstoppable Climb in C.E.O. Pay — WHEN we made our annual foray into the executive pay gold mine in April, chief executives' earnings for 2012 showed what appeared to be muted growth on the year. The $14 million in median overall compensation received by the top 100 C.E.O.'s …
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| Thomas Gryta / Digits: |
Sprint's Nextel Network Is Finally No More — Sprint Nextel Corp. has finally shut down the Nextel network, with the death blow coming in the form of a software code during the wee hours Sunday. — Sprint bought Nextel for $35 billion in 2005, in a deal that is widely viewed as disastrous …
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Pixate Raises $3.8M Series A From Accel Partners To Bring CSS Styling To Android And Mac App Development — Pixate has closed a $3.8 million Series A round from venture capital firm Accel Partners. The Palo Alto-based plans to expand its engineering and support teams in order to build Android …
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