Aereo Raises $38 Million to Take Its Cord-Cutting Service to 22 More Cities  —  Right now you can only watch Aereo, the Web TV service the TV networks hate, if you live in New York City.  —  That will change soon, Aereo says: The startup plans to roll out 22 more U.S. cities this year, starting in “late spring.”

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, Google CIO To Unveil Free WiFi In NYC's Chelsea Neighborhood  —  Google has slowly been building up its service provider cred, with an ambitious fiber project in Kansas City and free WiFi initiatives through a partnership with Boingo.

Svbtle funding  —  Just a quick update: we've recently raised a round of financing from great investors like CrunchFund, Betaworks, Y Combinator, and more, including some fantastic angels.  Now we have the resources and absolute focus that will allow us to build not only a great collection of people …

Panasonic shows off 20-inch Windows 8 tablet with insane 4K resolution  —  4K's unquestionably the buzzword of CES 2013, but it's typically used in conjunction with “TV.”  Panasonic's taking it a different direction, though, using its keynote at the show to introduce a 20-inch Windows 8 tablet with 4K resolution.

AT&T sold a record 10m smartphones in Q4 2012, helped by best-ever sales of Android and Apple devices  —  US operator AT&T announced today a new for sales of smartphones by the company, after it saw sales top the 10 million unit market for the first time in its history in the fourth quarter of 2012 …

“The telephone network is obsolete”: Get ready for the all-IP telco  —  Two months ago, AT&T petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to plan for the retirement of traditional phone networks and transition to what AT&T sees as an inevitability: the all-IP telco.

Is Facebook worth it?  Film execs confide they may cut movie ads  —  Some movie executives are increasingly skeptical that Facebook ads and promotional campaigns that ask users to ‘like’ a movie can deliver big box-office returns.  —  Major studios are taking a hard look at the cost of winning friends on Facebook.

Target will now price-match Amazon, other retailers year-round  —  Matching Amazon's pricing during the holidays is one thing, but Target today announced it plans to continue the practice on a year-round basis.  The extended policy will apply to competitors other than the internet retailer …

Airbnb's growing pains mirrored in New York City, where half its listings are illegal rentals  —  Apartment rental site Airbnb's revolutionary simplicity has made it easy for tens of thousands of people to both list and discover lodging options in private residences and book them easily, quickly, and safely.

Valve and Xi3's ‘Steam Box’ codenamed Piston, early specs detailed at CES  —  The “Steam Box” modular computer announced by hardware maker Xi3 and Valve at CES is codenamed “Piston” and is modeled after the PC maker's X7A line of pint-sized computers, Xi3 reps tell Polygon.

Tablet PC Market Forecast to Surpass Notebooks in 2013, NPD DisplaySearch Reports  —  Tablet PC shipments are expected to reach more than 240 million units worldwide in 2013, easily exceeding the 207 million notebook PCs that are projected to ship, according to NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast Report.

Exclusive: A first look at Netflix's test of personalized profiles  —  Netflix recently started to test personalized profiles with a limited subset of its subscribers, allowing them to create a separate profile for each member of their family.  The company has talked about eventually doing …

Sony Goes Big Into 4K: OLED Ultra HD, 4K Video Service and Consumer Camcorder  —  Image: Sony.  —  LAS VEGAS — You're not surprised, are you?  Sony took the stage this evening at its press conference at CES 2013 to unveil a whole array of electronics, including, yes, a 4K TV.

Apple CEO Tim Cook meets high-level officials, US ambassador on visit to China  —  While Google chairman Eric Schmidt is enjoying a much-criticised visit to North Korea, Apple is coordinating an Asia visit of its own, after its CEO Tim Cook met with China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology …

The new guard: Look at who is buying technology companies now  —  A few days ago, I pointed out the inevitability of the Internet and how it was going to play an increasing role in the companies that have traditionally not been classified as technology companies.

Netflix Announces Major ISPs Deploying Their CDN Caches; New 3D Streaming  —  Last June, Netflix announced plans to build out their own content delivery network by giving ISPs free caches to place inside their networks.  Called Open Connect, Netflix's new platform allows network operators …

This 15-Year-Old Built An App To Help His High School Debate Team.  It Could Do Much More Than That  —  Tanay Tandon, high school sophomore, put out a Flipboard-like app last week called Clipped.  What's it like to be a teen prodigy hacker juggling the demands of high school?

Mozilla's Firefox OS demoed, coming to emerging markets later this year (hands-on)  —  Mozilla is at CES showing off its upcoming Firefox mobile OS on a prototype device.  It's come a long way since we saw it as “Boot to Gecko” back at MWC last February, and now looks a bit …

Firefox 18 gets up to 25% faster JavaScript with IonMonkey, built-in PDF viewer, and Retina support  —  Mozilla on Tuesday officially launched Firefox 18 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.  The improvements include a new JavaScript compiler, a built-in PDF viewer, as well as Retina support (on Macs) and touch events (for mobile).

Verizon Says Buying Out Wireless Venture ‘Feasible’  —  Verizon Communications Inc. Chief Executive Lowell McAdam believes the company could pull off the acquisition of its wireless joint venture with Vodafone Group PLC.  —  In an interview Monday ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas …

Game discovery platform Chartboost is on fire, scores Sequoia in $19 million Series B  —  There are two principal challenges facing mobile game developers today.  The first is app discovery.  Amid an increasing sea of choices, it's never been more difficult to gain user mind share and crucial mobile device home screen real estate.

Verizon, Sprint to offer new Windows Phone 8 models  —  There were two big Windows Phone-related announcements today at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas.  —  First, Samsung said that the ATIV Odyssey will go on sale at Verizon Wireless in the “coming weeks.”

McGraw-Hill to Debut Adaptive E-Book for Students  —  Who ever said the best way to read a textbook was from the start to finish?  —  At the Consumer Electronics Show Monday night McGraw-Hill Education , a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, will demonstrate its new adaptive e-book for students dubbed …

Chinese man pleads guilty in $100 million stolen software sting  —  (Reuters) - In a case U.S. officials say is the first of its kind, a Chinese businessman pleaded guilty Monday to selling stolen American software used in defense, space technology and engineering - programs prosecutors …

Hulu Debuts Previews Of Its 2013 Original Programming And Exclusive Series  —  Continuing its expansion into original content and exclusive third-party content, Hulu is today offering previews of its new programming for 2013, which includes its first animated Hulu Original Series, “The Awesomes …

Video: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer crashes CES keynote  —  For the first time in many years, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer didn't deliver the preshow keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last night — but that didn't stop him from making a appearance.

Amazon Prime comes to Canada with free two-day shipping, but no Instant Video  —  Amazon Prime is finally available in Canada.  For $79 a year, plus taxes, Canadians will receive free two-day shipping on eligible items destined for “most cities” in the country, with no minimum purchase.

FreedomPop, textPlus team up to offer freemium voice, SMS service  —  FreedomPop is delivering on its promise to become a voice as well as mobile data provider.  At CES 2013, it revealed it's partnering with IP voice and messaging startup textPlus, bundling the latter's freemium text and calling app with its freemium broadband service.

Hands-on with Razer's Edge, a $999 gaming tablet / home console  —  The PC ecosystem is no longer as simple as it once was — first there were desktops, then laptops, then tablets, then all-in-ones.  Buying a PC now is more nebulous than it ever was.  You could build your very own rig …