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January 15, 2014, 12:35 PM

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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 …

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CNBC:

Apple-China Mobile deal a ‘watershed’ moment: Tim Cook — By: Reporting by Eunice Yoon, Written by Dhara Ranasinghe — Apple CEO Tim Cook says the deal to sell iPhones on China Mobile's vast network is a “watershed” moment. — A deal to sell iPhones on China Mobile's vast network is a …

Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

HP to Re-Enter Smartphone Market With “Phablets” in India — Hewlett-Packard will today announce plans to re-enter the market for smartphones and tablets that it exited in 2011, with a pair of voice-enabled tablets that will debut in India later this year. — HP's plans call for releasing …

John Paczkowski / Re/code:

Apple Agrees to FTC Consent Decree Over In-App Purchases — Looks like Apple's settlement last year of a lawsuit over the unauthorized use of in-app purchase in games and apps sold through the App Store wasn't enough for the Federal Trade Commission. Apple today signed a consent decree with the agency …

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Federal Trade Commission:

Apple Inc. Will Provide Full Consumer Refunds of At Least $32.5 Million to Settle FTC Complaint It Charged for Kids' In-App Purchases Without Parental Consent — Company Also Will Modify its Billing Practices Under FTC Settlement — Apple Inc. has agreed to provide full refunds to consumers …

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:

What's Net Neutrality? What Happened to Net Neutrality Yesterday? What Happens Next? A Q&A for the Rest of Us — Net neutrality is dead, and the Internet is in peril. — Or, maybe: Net neutrality is dead, and the Internet will be fine. — Or, perhaps: Net neutrality is threatened, but can be saved.

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John Herrman / BuzzFeed:

Welcome To The Net Neutrality Nightmare Scenario

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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

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

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google Adds Optional Data Compression Feature To Chrome For Mobile, Reducing Your Data Usage By Up To 50% — Google today is officially announcing the release of a data compression feature for its Chrome mobile web browser which allows you to reduce your data usage on smartphones and tablets …

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Reuters:

EU says needs more concessions from Google within weeks in anti-trust probe — A Google logo is seen at the entrance to the company's offices in Toronto September 5, 2013. — (Reuters) - The European Union wants Google to come up with more concessions within weeks if it is to avoid formal charges …

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Jennifer Slegg / Search Engine Watch:

Bing Begins Rollout of Secure Search, Say Goodbye to More Keyword Data — ClickZ Intel is a resource hub for online marketers. Gain access to white papers, webinars, case studies and more! — In November, we reported that Microsoft was looking into switching their search traffic into encrypted SSL search.

More: Search Engine Roundtable, Marketing Pilgrim, WebProNews, Beyond Search and Search Engine Land. Tweets: @doubleyewdee

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:

Silicon Valley workers may pursue collusion case as group- court — Roughly 60,000 Silicon Valley workers won clearance to pursue a lawsuit accusing Apple Inc, Google Inc and other companies of conspiring to drive down pay by not poaching each other's staff, after a federal appeals court refused …

More: CNET, Valleywag, iPhone in Canada Blog, App Advice, Cult of Mac and AppleInsider

Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

With $1.2M From Greylock, Yuri Milner And 500 Startups, First Opinion Lets You Text A Doctor Anytime — As mobile networks and digital communication tools improve, there's a huge opportunity to re-imagine the calcified old world of healthcare. Some services are looking to do that by bringing …

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 …

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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 …

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BBC:

EU-funded RoboEarth project is a cloud-based system for robots to learn from each other — Robots test their own world wide web, dubbed RoboEarth — A world wide web for robots to learn from each other and share information is being shown off for the first time.

More: Telegraph, Engadget, SlashGear, Motherboard, Co.Labs and The Escapist

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, SlashGear, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Techdirt, Gigaom, Inc.com and Reuters

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.

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