CE Newswire - 07.05.13

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Today's Top 3 Stories #1 Zynga Lured CEO Mattrick With Compensation Topping $50 Million   Don Mattrick, the game-industry veteran who was hired as chief executive officer of Zynga Inc. this week, is receiving compensation totaling more than $50 million to turn around the struggling social-game developer. Why This Is Important: Mattrick is charged with turning around the struggling social-gaming company, which recently laid off more than 500 people. 3 Takes: Bloomberg | Polygon | IGN #2 Bluetooth Speakers Popping Up Everywhere? Here's Why.   On any given day, pitch emails like the ones above come in. A search for "Bluetooth speaker" in my inbox returns nearly 250 exchanges over the past 18 months — and those are just the ones I haven't deleted. Why This Is Important: This is a sign the audio industry is gaining renewed interest from consumers. 2 Takes: AllThingsD | TWICE  #3 Next Hot Trend: Mini Smartphones   For years, the trend in major smartphone brands' screen sizes had been the bigger, the better. Whether it was the iPhone 5's extra row of apps or the giant, tablet-sized Android "phablets," phones had definitely been getting larger. Why This Is Important: Not everyone wants to carry around a mini tablet as a phone, so being able to once again shrink a phone to a usable sign could be a huge seller. 3 Takes: CNN | CNET | Digital Times 4. Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Modify Android Apps Without Breaking Their Signatures (CIO) 5. Douglas Engelbart, Father of the Computer Mouse, Dies at Age 88 (ABC News) 6. How To Stop Twitter From Tracking You On The Web (ValueWalk) 7. Dell Could Move Into Wearable Technology Market (Computing) 8. BU Sues For Big Bite Of Apple (Boston Herald) 9. Windows Chief May Get Control of Surface, Xbox Hardware (Tom's Hardware) 10. Study: Reddit Used By 6% Of Adult Internet Users (CNN) "I have admired him so much. Everything we have in computers can be traced to his thinking," said Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak on the passing of Douglas Engelbart. "To me, he is a god. He gets recognized for the mouse, but he really did an awful lot of incredible stuff for computer interfaces and networking." Blog Post of The Day HTC One Launch Fails To Prevent Sharp Decline In HTC's Profits By Nick Heath Sales of the flagship HTC One phone appear to have helped the Taiwanese smartphone maker recover from a tough first quarter, but profits are still sharply down year on year. More » Upcoming Events Sino CES July 11-14 Quingdao International Convention Center Quingdao, China www.sinoces.com Nationwide PrimeTime Aug. 11-14 Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center Grapevine, Texas www.nationwideprimetime.com BrandSource Convention & Expo Aug. 25-28 Caesers Palace Las Vegas www.brandsourceconvention.com Was this copy of CE Newswire forwarded to you? Start your own subscription by clicking here. TWICE Editorial Team Stephen Smith, Editor In Chief Phone: (917) 281-4754  | Email Greg Tarr, Executive Editor Phone: (917) 281-4760  | Email John Laposky, Managing Editor Phone: (917) 281-4736  | Email Doug Olenick, Web Editor Phone: (917) 281-6719  | Email Joseph Palenchar, Senior Editor Phone: (917) 281-4746  | Email Alan Wolf, Senior Editor Phone: (917) 281-4769  | Email Lisa Johnston, Senior Editor Phone: (917) 281-4733  | Email

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