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Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Amazon launches #AmazonCart, a new way to shop without leaving Twitter — Amazon is today rolling out an interesting new feature called #AmazonCart, which lets you add Amazon products to your shopping basket without leaving Twitter. — To use the feature, you first have to connect …

More: Re/code, TechCrunch, CNET, eWeek, Engadget, The Technology Chronicles, Ars Technica, BetaNews, Bloomberg, PandoDaily, Wall Street Journal, GeekWire, VatorNews, The Verge, Gigaom, ABC News, Yahoo Tech, internetretailer.com, Gizmodo, ZDNet, App Advice, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Daily Dot and WebProNews

Tweets: @amazon, @sarahfrier, @tcarmody, @jkottke, @tapbot_paul and @twitter

Re/code:

WordPress.com Parent Automattic Raises $160 Million, Valued at $1.16 Billion — Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and other Web publishing tools, has raised $160 million from investors, including Insight Venture Partners, CEO Matt Mullenweg confirmed.

More: Matt Mullenweg, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Gigaom, VentureBeat, Boing Boing, Mashable, PE Hub Blog and silicontap.com. Tweets: @mathewi. Thanks:@wauckward. See also Mediagazer

Paul Ziobro / Wall Street Journal:

Target Replaces CEO Steinhafel Following Massive Holiday Breach — Chief Financial Officer John Mulligan to Replace Steinhafel on an Interim Basis — Target Corp. replaced Chief Executive Gregg Steinhafel on Monday, removing a 35-year “lifer” who won plaudits for his merchandising ability …

More: Target Pressroom, ZDNet, CNET, Re/code, VentureBeat, Reuters, ZDNet, ABC News, Associated Press, Businessweek, Engadget, BGR, bizjournals, NPR, SecurityWeek, Mashable, TechCrunch, The Verge and WebProNews

Jenna Wortham / New York Times:

No Regrets for the Founder of Tumblr After Yahoo Sale — When Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion a year ago, it sent a ripple of excitement — and anxiety — through the tech industry. Would Yahoo and its recently arrived chief executive, Marissa Mayer, breathe new life into Tumblr?

More: Forbes, Business Insider, Gigaom, Re/code, Entrepreneur, The Next Web and ZDNet

Tweets: @hunterwalk, @jennydeluxe, @caseynewton and @eric_andersen

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

VC Fred Wilson: By 2020 Apple Won't Be A Top-3 Tech Company, Google And Facebook Will — Fred Wilson of New York's Union Square Ventures, one of the top tech investors around, believes that by 2020, the biggest tech company in the world — Apple — will cease to be the most important, and won't even be in the top three.

More: Wall Street Journal, CNET News and CoinDesk

Google Commerce:

Google Shopping Express expands same-day delivery to Manhattan and West Los Angeles — Suddenly realize that you're designated snack mom tomorrow and don't have time to run to the store? Or need to bring a new board game to this week's game night but would rather avoid traffic altogether?

Danny Yadron / Wall Street Journal:

Symantec says antivirus is dead, plans turnaround with products to help businesses minimize damages from security breaches — Symantec Develops New Attack on Cyberhacking — Declaring Antivirus Software Dead, Firm Turns to Minimizing Damage From Breaches

More: Ars Technica, ZDNet, ZDNet, PC World, BetaNews, WindowsITPro, Business Wire, Network World and USA Today

FaryaabS / SamMobile:

Exclusive: Samsung GALAXY Tab S - 2560×1600 AMOLED Display, Exynos 5 Octa, Fingerprint sensor and more — We are now in 2nd quarter of 2014 and Samsung has released 7 tablets, already. However, the Korean giant isn't stopping just yet. Samsung has a brand new tablet lineup in the pipeline and its calling it the GALAXY Tab S.

More: BGR, The Verge, LAPTOP Magazine, PC Magazine, 9to5Google, I4U News, HotHardware.com News, GadgeTell, AndroidGuys, Android Beat, SammyToday, Android and Me, AndroidOS.in, Ubergizmo, Android Authority, Unwired View, Phones Review, Pocketnow and Android Central

Christina Farr / Reuters:

Insight: Apple on medical tech hiring spree, a possible hint of iWatch plans — (Reuters) - Apple Inc is building a team of senior medical technology executives, raising hackles in the biotechnology community and offering a hint of what the iPhone maker may be planning for its widely expected iWatch and other wearable technology.

More: SiliconBeat, TechCrunch, The Verge, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, App Advice, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, InvestorPlace, CNET News, iPhone in Canada Blog, FierceWireless, TechnoBuffalo, Softpedia News and iLounge

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Apple-Samsung Jury Recalculates Verdict, but Leaves Intact Original $119 Million Award — A federal jury in San Jose on Monday recalculated its damage award, but left essentially intact its decision that Samsung owes Apple nearly $120 million in damages. — The move follows …

More: The Verge, TUAW, FierceMobileIT News and iPhone in Canada Blog

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Kabbage Grows: The Online Platform For Small Business Loans Raises Another $50M — Kabbage made waves last month when it closed a $270 million credit facility to pass on to small businesses that use its online platform to borrow working capital and extend credit lines.

More: VentureBeat and PE Hub Blog

Facebook:

Facebook launches new video metrics in Page Insights and Ads Reporting — Coming Soon: Video Metrics — With the goal of helping you better understand how people respond to your videos on Facebook, today we're announcing that new video metrics in Page Insights and Ads Reporting are coming soon.

More: ZDNet, Marketing Land, ReelSEO Video Marketing, The Next Web, AdExchanger, Inside Facebook and WebProNews

Larry Seltzer / ZDNet:

iOS 7 doesn't encrypt email attachments — Summary: A researcher has reported to Apple that email attachments stored on an iOS device are not encrypted at rest, contrary to Apple's claims. — In explaining the considerable measures Apple put in iOS to protect data, one claim the company makes …

More: Andreas Kurtz, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, Business Insider, App Advice, iPhone in Canada Blog, TUAW, Ubergizmo, Softpedia News, Neowin, The Register, iLounge and MacNN

Paul Ford / Medium:

A software canon, five great works: Word, Photoshop, Pac-Man, Unix, Emacs — The Great Works of Software — Is it possible to propose a software canon? To enumerate great works of software that are deeply influential—that changed the nature of the code that followed?

More: ParisLemon, kottke.org and The Verge

Tweets: @smashingmag and @bfeld

Donnie Berkholz / Donnie Berkholz's Story of Data:

GitHub language trends and the fragmenting landscape — A while ago, I wanted to get a little quick feedback on some data I was playing with, but the day was almost over and I wasn't done working on it yet. I decided to tweet my rough draft of a graph of GitHub language trends anyway, followed later by a slight improvement.

More: RedMonk and tecosystems. Tweets: @hnshah, @merv, @jimpresley63 and @mojavelinux

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Surprise! That Wild Rumor About Apple EarPods With Biometrics Sensors Was A Fake — Shocking, just absolutely shocking: the wild rumor claiming that Apple was developing new “EarPods” headphones that included integrated heart rate and blood pressure sensors, which had everyone buzzing, turns out to be fake.

More: Close the EarPod doors …, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechnoBuffalo, App Advice and Softpedia News

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