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January 15, 2014, 1:20 AM

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Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:

Court strikes down FCC's net neutrality rules, agency may appeal — An appeals court in Washington on Tuesday ruled that the FCC's “net neutrality” rules, which forbid prevent companies like Verizon from favoring some type of internet traffic over others, are invalid.

John Herrman / BuzzFeed:

Welcome To The Net Neutrality Nightmare Scenario — Net neutrality advocates just lost their biggest battle yet. Welcome to “Internet 3.0.” — Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Thomas Wheeler listens to public comments during a town hall meeting in Oakland, California January 9, 2014.

More: Wall Street Journal, Gigaom, PandoDaily and Consumerist

Tweets: @dannysullivan and @jwherrman

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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

How the FCC screwed up its chance to make ISP blocking illegal

More: TheHill, The Verge, Washington Post and TechCrunch

Joshua Brustein / Businessweek:

Verizon's Net Neutrality Victory Means More Fighting to Come

More: SlashGear, The Verge, The Mac Observer, Yahoo and ZDNet. Tweets: @dannysullivan

New York Times:

NSA is using radio waves to monitor and alter data on computers not connected to the Internet — N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers — WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the world that allows the United States …

More: Ars Technica, The Verge, USA Today, CNET, Engadget, The Next Web, The Register and Gotta Be Mobile

Tweets: @declanm, @pbump, @mattblaze, @davidwaggoner, @tracycopygrrrl, @niubi, @declanm, @hartpandrew, @alexjamesfitz, @ryan and @passantino

Lorraine Luk / Digits:

Foxconn Ships Over 1 Million iPhone 5Ss to China Mobile — Apple's major iPhone assembler Foxconn has shipped about 1.4 million iPhone 5Ss to China Mobile last week, according to a person familiar with the matter, ahead of the mobile giant's launch this Friday.

More: Re/code, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, AppleTell, PadGadget, PhoneArena, App Advice, TechnoBuffalo, Tech Trader Daily, Examiner, Electronista, MacNN, InvestorPlace, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac and CNET

AppleInsider:

Apple's Cook ‘incredibly optimistic’ as China Mobile iPhone orders in multi-millions — According to China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua, demand for the carrier's iPhone looks to be strong as orders are already in the multi-millions, prompting Apple CEO Tim Cook to say he is “incredibly optimistic” about the new partnership.

More: Wall Street Journal, CNET, Tech in Asia, VentureBeat, MacRumors, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice and Wall Street Journal

Mike Isaac / Re/code:

Facebook Could Launch Its Flipboard-Like News Reader This Month — After years of experimentation, cancellations and redesigns, Facebook looks like it is finally going to launch in the coming weeks a news reading service built for mobile devices. — The product is known as “Paper,” …

More: Engadget, SlashGear, PhoneArena, Business Insider, The Verge, Ubergizmo, Inside Facebook, AndroidHeadlines.com, Daily Dot, App Advice and Droid Life

Tweets: @rsarver, @pkafka and @caseynewton

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

Patent stunner: Under attack, nation's most notorious “troll” sues federal gov't — Texas lawyer Jay Mac Rust, pictured here in 2006, has been revealed as the owner of MPHJ Technology Investments. — Super Lawyers — MPHJ Technology Investments quickly became one of the best-known …

More: Wall Street Journal, ag.ny.gov, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Reuters, SlashGear, Gigaom, PC World, Techdirt, VentureBeat, Inc.com, Electronic Frontier Foundation and bizjournals

Noel Randewich / Reuters:

Intel shelves cutting-edge Arizona chip factory — (Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O), hit by slumping personal computer sales, has put off opening a major chip factory that President Barack Obama once held up as an example of U.S. manufacturing potential. — The “Fab 42” facility built in Chandler …

More: Arizona Republic, Computerworld, CNET, Digits, Oregonian, Bloomberg and Associated Press

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Chrome 32 launches with noisy tab indicators, new Windows 8 look, better malware blocking, and supervised users — Google today released Chrome version 32 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The new version includes tab indicators, a new look for Windows 8 Metro mode, and automatic blocking of malware downloads.

More: Google Chrome Blog, Engadget, Ars Technica, Daily Dot, Softpedia News, AndroidHeadlines.com, Pureinfotech Newsletter, iClarified, TechCrunch, Gotta Be Mobile, SlashGear and The Verge

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

Thousands Of Hotel Listings Were Hijacked In Google+ Local — Thousands of hotels listed within Google+ Local appear to have had links leading to their official sites “hijacked” and replaced with ones leading to third-party booking services. Google+ Local listings are what Google depends …

More: Computerworld and Marketing Land. Tweets: @hunterwalk

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:

Surveillance-court judges oppose White House group's NSA proposals — Current and former judges on the nation's secret surveillance court said in a letter released Tuesday that several recommendations made by a White House review group would significantly increase the court's workload and undermine its effectiveness.

More: New York Times, CNET, The Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and Associated Press

Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:

Why Techmeme's calendar is now listing even more events — Nearly two years ago, Techmeme began listing technology events, both on its front page, which showed events expected to result in news on Techmeme, and a dedicated events page which showed the same list, but projected several more months into the future.

Tweets: @gaberivera, @mikebutcher and @eldon

Nitasha Tiku / Valleywag:

Uber Cofounder Is Launching On Demand Healthcare for the 1% — Sources tell Valleywag that after housing and transportation, the latest slice of public infrastructure to get the VIP, front-of-the-line treatment is healthcare. We hear Oscar Salazar, an Uber cofounder who helped design …

More: CNET. Tweets: @jmover

Writankar Mukherjee / The Econonomic Times:

Apple to relaunch 8GB version of iPhone 4 in India as sales lag — KOLKATA: Apple is set to relaunch the 8GB version of the iPhone 4 in the Indian market after losing sales and market share in the middle segment to rival Samsung in the last quarter after pulling out the model as part of a global strategy.

More: Agence France Presse, Electronista, the rajam report, TechnoBuffalo, PhoneArena, Quartz, Business Insider, CNET, Gigaom, Ubergizmo, AppleTell and App Advice

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Coinye developers say they're abandoning project as Kanye West escalates legal battle — Kanye West has escalated his legal battle against Coinye, filing a trademark-infringement lawsuit against unnamed digital currency operators and 100 anonymous co-defendants, even as some people involved with the project appear to have abandoned it.

More: Computerworld, New York Post, NBCNews, StartupBook, MoneyBeat, Associated Press, NY Daily News and TMZ.com

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google:

Google releases Moto G Google Play Edition for $179/$199 — This morning Google announced that its releasing a Moto G Google Play Edition starting at $179 for the 8GB model and $199 for the 16GB model. There isn't much of a difference between the Google Play Edition and the regular unlocked GSM model …

More: AnandTech, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Softpedia News, The Verge, BGR, Gigaom and Engadget. Tweets: @android

Michael J. de la Merced / DealBook:

Oyster, the service offering access to over 100,000 books for $10 a month, raises $14 million — Oyster, a Start-Up for E-Reading, Raises $14 Million — With Netflix soaring, investors are betting that a start-up based on the same business model — but for e-books — will succeed as well.

More: TechCrunch, IntoMobile, Gigaom, VentureBeat and Capital New York. Tweets: @danprimack. See also Mediagazer

Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:

Horizon Shoots All Of Your Videos In Landscape, No Matter How You Hold Your Phone — Good news! You just shot what might be the world's funniest video ever. You're going to be a friggin' YouTube sensation. You're totally going to hang out with Ellen. — Bad news: you shot the video in portrait mode.

More: Business Insider, TUAW, SlashGear, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, PC Magazine, PhoneArena and The Next Web

Tweets: @horwitz and @markgurman

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Wall Street Journal:

Startups analyze phone location data, sell lifestyle profiles of owners, often with no consent — What Secrets Your Phone Is Sharing About You — Businesses Use Sensors to Track Customers, Build Shopper Profiles — Fan Zhang, the owner of Happy Child, a trendy Asian restaurant in downtown Toronto …

More: Digits

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