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July 3, 2013, 12:20 AM

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John McDermott / AdAge:
Motorola Debuts its First Ad for Upcoming Moto X Smartphone  —  A Made-In-America Claim But No Images of the Phone  —  Motorola has set a patriotic tone for its Moto X smartphone campaign, the company's first since being acquired by Google last summer.  —  “What we are doing which is very different …
Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:
Apple Said to Near Time Warner Cable Deal for TV Programs  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL) is nearing a deal with Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) to give subscribers of the cable television service access to channels via Apple TV, people with knowledge of the negotiations said.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple hires former YSL CEO Paul Deneve to work on special projects under Tim Cook  —  Confirming a claim from earlier today, Bloomberg's Adam Satariano reports that Apple has confirmed the hire of former Yves Saint Laurent CEO Paul Deneve.  According to Apple, Deneve will report to Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Yahoo Buys Qwiki for About $50 Million  —  As AllThingsD reported two weeks ago that it was likely to do, Yahoo said it has bought Qwiki, the New York startup that makes an Apple iPhone app that allows users to turn photos, music and videos into short movies automatically.
Ben Horowitz / AllThingsD:
Shared Command … Zynga recently put a new management structure in place where Don Mattrick is the CEO and my friend Mark Pincus, the founder and former CEO, will be the chairman of the board and the chief product officer.  —  My friend Fred Wilson encourages entrepreneurs to consider …
Nicole Laporte / Fast Company:
Michal Conger / Washington Examiner:
State Department bureau spent $630,000 on Facebook ‘likes’  —  State Department officials spent $630,000 to get more Facebook “likes,” prompting employees to complain to a government watchdog that the bureau was “buying fans” in social media, the agency's inspector general says.
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Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:
How Facebook threatens HP, Cisco, and more with its “vanity free” servers  —  A test rack in Facebook's hardware electrical test lab filled with Facebook DIY hardware.  —  MENLO PARK, CA—Building 17 of Facebook's headquarters sits on what was once a Sun Microsystems campus known fondly as “Sun Quentin.”
Chris Welch / The Verge:
.NYC: New York will be ‘first city in the country’ with its own top-level domain  —  If you run a New York City-based business or happen to live in one of the five boroughs, you'll soon be able to secure your own domain ending in .nyc.  The news was just announced via Mayor Bloomberg's …
Dan Primack / Fortune:
Exclusive: Homebrew closes debut fund  —  Quick fundraise for former Google and Twitter execs.  —  FORTUNE — Homebrew, a new venture capital firm founded by former Google and Twitter project managers, has quietly closed its debut fund with $35 million.  —  The San Francisco-based firm …
More: The Next Web and ZDNet
Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
Softbank Bid for Sprint Said to Win Majority FCC Support  —  SoftBank Corp. (9984)'s $21.6 billion bid for mobile carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) won the support it needs from the last U.S. regulatory body reviewing the transaction, said people familiar with the matter.
More: CNET and The Verge
Rebecca Grant / VentureBeat:
YuMe files for $65M IPO as video ad market continues to soar  —  Video ad network YuMe is going public.  The startup filed for a $65 million initial public offering today.  —  YuMe provides digital video advertising technology that pairs online videos with relevant audiences.
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Pebble Smartwatch Is Coming To Best Buy July 7 For $149.95  —  Pebble is selling its smartwatch via Best buy stores soon, with the device going on sale at the major U.S.-based electronics retailer on July 7 for $149.95.  The e-ink display for the Pebble and Bluetooth connection it sports allow …
Ben Gilbert / Engadget:
Spotify Discover functionality now available on iOS app, ‘coming soon’ to other platforms  —  Spotify's Discover area isn't quite as ubiquitous as we'd hoped by this point, primarily serving computer-based Spotify users.  But today that trend begins to change, with Spotify's iOS app getting an update …

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