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January 8, 2014, 6:15 AM

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Nick D'Aloisio / Yahoo:
Yahoo News Digest: Get In The Know In No Time  —  With the introduction of mobile devices, plenty of things have changed.  The way we find, consume and share news has evolved.  As things become more complex in nature, news consumption has become overwhelming.
Joshua Topolsky / The Verge:
Sony CEO Kaz Hirai says cloud TV won't compete with cable, 4K adoption could take seven years  —  At a sit down with Sony CEO Kaz Hirai, the company head spoke on the new products and services introduced at CES 2014, some of which were just introduced today.
More: TechHiveTweets: @whatthebit
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Jelly:
Biz Stone and Ben Finkel launch Jelly: “a new way to search with pictures and people from your social networks”  —  Introducing Jelly  —  Humanity is connected like never before.  In fact, recent white papers have concluded that the proverbial “six degrees of separation” …
David Pogue / Yahoo:
An Introduction To Yahoo Tech!  —  Online customer reviews are fantastic, but there's still something to be said for reading a critic you know.  Over time, you get to know her opinions, preferences, and style.  In fact, even if you can't stand a certain critic's advice—say …
Allen Martin / CBS San Francisco:
Google Launches Private SF Bay Ferry Service To Shuttle Workers  —  REDWOOD CITY (CBS SF) - Just as Bay Area high-tech firms such as Google have been using private shuttle buses to transport their workers to their jobs, Google is taking it to another level with its own ferry service on San Francisco Bay.
Evelyn M. Rusli / Digits:
Reporter's Notebook: Cracking Mark Zuckerberg's Code  —  When I first visited Mark Zuckerberg in September for our profile on the Facebook CEO, what initially struck me were all the parts of “Zuck” that seemed resistant to change.  —  There he sat in his grey t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers uniform …
Digits:
Apple continues China push by opening an official store on Alibaba's Tmall  —  Apple Opens Store on Alibaba's Tmall  —  In its latest attempt to boost China sales, Apple Inc. opened an official store on Tmall, a major online marketplace run by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic Online:
Three Silicon Valley startups aim to best Google with real-time satellite imagery of Earth  —  Silicon Valley's New Spy Satellites  —  Three startups are launching services—and orbiters—to provide real-time, better-than-Google imagery of the Earth.  —  Imagine an energy company which manages a pipeline through Canada's taiga.
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Red Hat and CentOS become Voltron, build free operating system together  —  Team Voltron, defender of open source.  —  World Events Productions  —  Red Hat and the CentOS Project today said they will team up to build what they called “a new CentOS” in a bid to accelerate adoption of the free operating system.
Andrea Peterson / The Switch:
At least eight security experts cancel appearance at RSA Conference over NSA ties  —  At least eight security experts boycott prominent security conference over NSA ties  —  At least eight computer security researchers have withdrawn from a major security conference in a protest …
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Announces That It Has Acquired “Intelligent Homescreen” Startup Aviate  —  Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer just made her first announcement on-stage at her Consumer Electronics Show keynote — that the company has acquired Aviate, a startup that automatically organizes the apps on your homescreen.
Matt McGee / Glass Almanac:
Google Talks UK Government Into Allowing Drivers to Wear Google Glass [Report]  —  Following talks between Google and the UK's Department for Transport (DfT), it appears that drivers in the UK will be allowed to wear Google Glass if they want.  —  According to an article in the Sunday Times …
TechCrunch:
Indian Startup Little Eye Labs Confirms Its Acquisition By Facebook, Deal Worth $10-$15M  —  Last month, we reported that Facebook was planning to buy Little Eye Labs, an Indian startup that makes a software tool for analyzing the performance of Android apps.
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
LinkedIn sues to stop bots that are stealing its user profiles  —  Professional network LinkedIn is fighting off shady competitors that are using bots to vacuum up hundreds of thousands of its user profiles in order to compete with LinkedIn's own recruiter products, according to a new lawsuit.
More: DigitsThanks:@jeffjohnroberts
John McDermott / Digiday:
The Shady Practice of Mobile App Install Ads  —  When former CBS Interactive exec Jason Kint tried to read this Associated Press story on his iPhone on Jan. 1, he wasn't just given an intrusive copy-blocking Candy Crush ad.  He was automatically redirected to the download page for the popular mobile game in Apple's App Store.
Tweets: @digitalshieldsThanks:@mcdermott
Derrick Harris / Gigaom:
An API invasion in streaming music has Pandora hoping better data trumps bigger data  —  Life is probably going to get a lot harder for streaming music pioneer Pandora.  —  Already under fire from Spotify Radio, iTunes Radio and Google Play Music among myriad other smaller services …
More: AdExchangerTweets: @om
Andrew Longstreth / Reuters:
Apple seeks removal of court-appointed antitrust monitor  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc is seeking the removal of a lawyer appointed by a court to monitor its antitrust compliance following a ruling last year that the company had conspired to fix e-book prices.  —  An attorney for the consumer …
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Apple is reportedly having screen technology, battery, and manufacturing issues while building the iWatch  —  Apple has hit a few snags while developing its much-anticipated iWatch device, according to sources cited by The Information.  Issues include challenges with the screen technology …

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