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Target to head across the border, tweets may be streamlined and Office Depot and Office Max become one...links to start your day with.

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Canada next target for Target. Brandchannel.

NYTimes to part ways with The Boston Globe. Bloomberg.

Tweets may get shorter – by 23 characters. Mashable.

Office Depot buys Office Max. Reuters.

Advertising API may make Twitter revenues go way up. Mashable.

CodeAcademy + Startups = API Lessons. GigaOm.

‘Business In A Box’ released by Square. Squareup.

Conde Nast Goes for gems with new investment. Techcrunch.

Why those chips taste so good. NYTimes.

Red Bull to hit the small screen. Mediapost.

Oscar winners, according to Google search. Google.