10 Things You Need To Know This Morning (AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, SSNLF, AMZN, YHOO)

Good morning!

Here's the news.

• Apple poached the CTO of Adobe, Kevin Lynch, to work in the special group led by Bob Mansfield.

• John Gruber thinks Lynch is a bozo and a bad hire because he loudly supported Flash.

• Marissa Mayer's hiring practices are driving people a little nuts.

• Amazon is about to do a $600 million deal with the CIA for a private cloud, which would be a break from its normal style.

• Microsoft is dealing with an investigation by the U.S. government into allegations that its partners were involved in bribing foreign government officials.

• Yahoo is in talks to buy a big, controlling stake in Dailymotion at a $300 million valuation.

• Microsoft is offering developers $100 per app submitted to the Windows 8 store.

• Google is expanding Google Fiber to Olathe, Kansas.

• Amazon is talking to music labels about doing a subscription music service.

• Samsung's Galaxy S 4 is twice as fast as the iPhone 5.

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