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Daniel Cooper / Engadget:

Nokia pulls Here Maps from the App Store, blames iOS 7 — In the wake of Maps-gate, Nokia was one of several outfits that rushed to Apple's aid with a navigation app of its very own. A year later, however, and that same offering has been yanked from the App Store before it could send a note to its neighbors.

Guardian:

NSA mass collection of phone data is legal, federal judge rules — Judge William Pauley noted the dragnet program was ‘controversial but lawful’ and dismissed lawsuit brought by ACLU — A federal judge has ruled that the National Security Agency's mass collection of telephone data is legal …

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Lauren Hockenson / Gigaom:

Nintendo to close eShop temporarily due to high traffic, merger woes — Nintendo is experiencing some serious hiccups in its newly unified eShop platform, and the system is scheduled to go offline for 12 hours starting at 4pm EST/1pm PT, according to The Next Web.

More: The Next Web, Ars Technica, Engadget, DSLreports, Nintendo, Siliconera, WebProNews, Softpedia News, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, Polygon, Kotaku, Polygon and destructoid

Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

Christmas shoppers on iOS outspent Android users by more than 5 to 1, according to IBM — Apple's iOS Completely Blew Away Google's Android For Shopping On Christmas — Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, continues to blow away Google's Android in mobile commerce, according to IBM analytics.

More: IBM, Fortune, AllThingsD, iMore, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Marketing Land, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileBurn.com, BGR, VoIP Watch, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, Tux Reports Network …, App Advice, AppleTell, iPhone Hacks, The Mac Observer, PhoneArena, MacNN and Benzinga

Tweets: @monkbent, @stevesi and @john_frankel

David Streitfeld / New York Times:

As New Services Track Habits, the E-Books Are Reading You — SAN FRANCISCO — Before the Internet, books were written — and published — blindly, hopefully. Sometimes they sold, usually they did not, but no one had a clue what readers did when they opened them up. Did they skip or skim?

More: Mediashift, TechEye and RatcliffeBlog. See also Mediagazer

Grant Gross / PC World:

CTIA website shows mobile app data usage — A new website launched by mobile trade group CTIA shows smartphone and tablet users how much data is used by popular apps. — KnowMyApp.org, unveiled by CTIA Thursday, allows mobile device owners to estimate an app's data usage before it's downloaded.

More: CNET, BGR, eWeek, DSLreports, MacRumors, Gigaom, Light Reading, MacNN, AppleInsider, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, Business Insider, App Advice, Android Community and Broadcasting & Cable

Christopher Mims / Quartz:

2013: mobiles stagnated, wearables a letdown, arrogance of tech's ruling class increased — 2013 was a lost year for tech — All in, 2013 was an embarrassment for the entire tech industry and the engine that powers it—Silicon Valley. Innovation was replaced by financial engineering …

More: Gigaom, PandoDaily, Nextgov and bloc note

Tweets: @karaswisher, @coryhaik, @jayrosen_nyu, @rr, @ktbenner, @jeffturner, @alexia, @jennydeluxe, @samfbiddle and @nytimesbits

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Target confirms encrypted debit PIN data was stolen during hack — Target has confirmed that encrypted debit card PIN data was stolen as part of the massive hack carried out against the retailer between late November and early December. The company previously admitted that card numbers …

More: Target Pressroom, Gizmodo, The Next Web, USA Today and Guardian

Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:

Apple renews bid for U.S. ban on Samsung products — Apple on Thursday filed a motion to renew its ongoing bid to stop sales of Samsung products found to be infringing on three key utility patents, including the contentious '915 property for pinch-to-zoom functionality. — A slide from the Apple v. Samsung trial

More: BGR, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog and SlashGear

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Amazon's “best ever” season saw 1M new Prime members in one week, 426 items sold per second — Amazon Prime tops 20 million members as company touts its best holiday season ever — Amazon is exiting the 2013 holiday season with “tens of millions” of Amazon Prime members …

More: Amazon.com, Ars Technica, SiliconANGLE, NYT Bits, AllThingsD, Gigaom, Yahoo! News, SlashGear, The Verge, Softpedia News, Mashable, Businessweek, Marketing Pilgrim, Benzinga, Quartz, CNET, Businessweek, Gotta Be Mobile, VatorNews, The Next Web and VoIP Watch

Tweets: @zseward and @zseward

Thanks:@belril. See also Mediagazer

David Hamilton / Web Host Industry Review:

China Unicom Launches Chinese Cloud Computing Service ‘Wo Cloud’ — Chinese telecom China Unicom has launched a full-service cloud computing and big data brand called “Wo-Cloud” built on OpenStack open-source cloud software and delivered from data centers in Hohhot and Langfang.

More: VentureBeat, Talkin' Cloud and Gigaom

Ryan Huang / ZDNet:

Bitcoin exchanges suspend operations in India amid govt warning — Summary: India's Bitcoin trading platforms, including the largest, have suspended services following a recent public warning by the central bank over the risks of virtual currencies. — India's largest bitcoin trading platform …

More: RBI, dna, Engadget, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The Hindu, Wired, CoinDesk, The Econonomic Times, Softpedia News, The Financial Express, The Next Web, The Tell, Tech in Asia, newsBTC and SlashGear

Tweets: @pirateorg and @r

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