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January 9, 2015, 3:10 PM

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NOVA Next:

Snowden: NSA should re-prioritize cyber warfare goals and focus more on defensive measures given US's dependence on high-tech — Exclusive: Edward Snowden on Cyber Warfare — Cyber warfare used to be the stuff of sci-fi movies and military exercises. But with the advent of the Stuxnet worm …

More: Ars Technica, PandoDaily, Washington Post, SC Magazine, SiliconBeat, TechCrunch, Tech Times, BetaBoston, RT, The Hill, The Daily Caller and Gizmodo

Amrutha Gayathri / Reuters:

Box seeks to raise up to $162.5M in IPO at $11 to $13 per share at a valuation of up to $1.55B — Data storage company Box expected to be valued at up to $1.55 billion — (Reuters) - Online data storage provider Box Inc (IPO-BOX.N) expects its initial public offering to be priced at $11-$13 per share …

More: Re/code, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, TechCrunch, CNET, New York Times, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Bloomberg and Business Insider

Tweets: @levie, @dmac1, @alex, @davejohnson_uk and @rakeshlobster

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Apple planning Apple Pay expansion into Canada as soon as March — Apple is preparing to expand its new Apple Pay payments service internationally with at least the Canadian launch currently scheduled for early 2015, according to sources close to the situation.

More: MacRumors, App Advice, everythingiCafe, Redmond Pie, FierceMobileIT News, iMore, SlashGear, O'Grady's PowerPage, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, MacNN, iPhone in Canada Blog and MobileSyrup.com. Thanks:@apollozac

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Apps from Apple's EU App Store continue to work even after refunds are processed — The fundamental flaw with EU 14-day refunds: you keep the app forever — A week ago, Apple introduced 14-day no-questions-asked refunds in the EU for iTunes Store and App Store content.

More: BGR, Redmond Pie and App Advice

AppleInsider:

Minimum iOS App Store price rises to $1.19 in Canada, £0.79 in the UK, and €0.99 in the EU

More: 9to5Mac, Engadget, The Verge, MacRumors, Gigaom, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com and Mashable

Loek Essers / InfoWorld:

Glitch in OS X search can expose private details of Apple Mail users — Performing a Spotlight search opens email previews that load external images, even when the Mail client is asked not to do this — A glitch in the search software in Apple's OS X Yosemite can expose private details …

More: Ars Technica, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Lifehacker, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews, Electronista, Load the Game and SlashGear

Hannah Jane Parkinson / Guardian:

Google-backed fund donates €250,000 to Charlie Hebdo, Zuckerberg condemns attack, Apple shows solidarity with banner on site — Mark Zuckerberg, Apple and Google respond to Charlie Hebdo attack — Facebook CEO condemns attack while Google donates £195,000 to support satirical magazine …

More: Guardian, Mark Zuckerberg, BetaNews, PC Magazine, CNNMoney.com, USA Today, The Verge, Inquirer, The Daily Caller, ValueWalk, VentureBeat, Engadget, Crowdfund Insider, Business Insider, SlashGear and PandoDaily. Tweets: @emilybell

Rik Henderson / Pocket-lint:

Spotify won't support Google Cast, prefers to further develop Spotify Connect — Share on Facebook - Tweet about it - Pint It - Share on LinkedIn - Post on Google+ - Share via Email — Contrary to reports, including an official statement from Sony, Spotify will not be supporting Google Cast for playback on home speakers.

More: The Next Web, Phandroid and RAIN News

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:

Lizard Squad's DDoS attack service “Lizard Stresser” runs mostly on thousands of hacked home routers — Lizard Stresser Runs on Hacked Home Routers — The online attack service launched late last year by the same criminals who knocked Sony and Microsoft's gaming networks offline …

More: The Next Web, The Verge and Ars Technica

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Screenshots emerge of Windows 10's new dark theme, taskbar, and Spartan browser UI — This is Windows 10's new browser and dark theme — Microsoft is preparing to unveil a new browser in Windows 10, codenamed Spartan, and leaked images are providing an early glimpse at the Internet Explorer successor.

More: eWeek, The Digital Reader, Business Insider, Microsoft News, Windows Phone Central and FierceCIO News

Michael Mimoso / Threatpost:

Microsoft service for early Patch Tuesday notifications now available only to paying customers — Microsoft Limits Advanced Patch Notifications to Premier Customers — Microsoft today pulled the plug on its Advanced Notification Service (ANS), offering it going forward only to paying Premier customers.

More: TechNet Blogs, eWeek, Inquirer, Computerworld, The Register, Forbes, Help Net Security, SecurityWeek and ZDNet

Allison Schiff / AdExchanger:

Sources: Yahoo shutting down Right Media ad exchange for non-Yahoo owned networks and publishers — Yahoo Finally Pulls The Plug On Right Media Exchange — Most would argue that Yahoo's de facto policy on the Right Media Exchange had been “do not resuscitate” for quite some time - but now RMX is officially off life support.

More: Adotas. See also Mediagazer

CoinDesk:

State of Bitcoin 2015: Ecosystem Grows Despite Price Decline — CoinDesk is pleased to announce the latest quarterly State of Bitcoin report, featuring a 2014 Year in Review, an in-depth analysis of data and events from the fourth quarter of 2014 and a look ahead to what 2015 might bring.

More: ReadWrite, AVC, Whoops and Upstart Business Journal. Tweets: @ai. Thanks:@jeremybonney

Re/code:

Twitter's native video product launching within weeks, may have 20-second time limit — Twitter's New Video Feature Is Only a Few Weeks Away — Twitter is planning to unveil its new video product in the next few weeks, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.

More: ReadWrite, Tubefilter, bizjournals, AllTwitter, ValueWalk, iDownloadBlog.com and WebProNews. Tweets: @walldo

Alex Wagner / PhoneDog.com:

Alcatel Onetouch opens online store to sell unlocked devices to consumers in the US — Alcatel Onetouch now selling unlocked phones, tablets, and accessories — Editorial Director of News and Content from Omaha, NE — We've seen an increase lately in the number of manufacturers selling …

More: Android Community, GSMArena.com, TechnoBuffalo, Android Authority, Ubergizmo, Android Central, Digital Trends, Pocketnow and Android Beat

Abhijeet M. / SamMobile:

Samsung Galaxy A3 and A5 coming soon to Europe, firmware now online — The Galaxy A3 (SM-A300) and Galaxy A5 (SM-A500) are mid-range devices that Samsung is hoping will attract consumers with their metallic designs, but both devices have been in limited supply due to production issues …

More: TechnoBuffalo, 9to5Google, Geeky Gadgets, Pocketnow and AndroidGuys

Carmel DeAmicis / Gigaom:

Uber cuts prices for riders and guarantees earnings for drivers in 48 cities starting Friday — Uber just cut prices in 48 markets — This hasn't happened in awhile. Uber just slashed its cost in 48 of its US markets. The last time it started giving such big discounts was half a year ago, at the start of summer.

More: Uber Blog, Forbes, SiliconBeat, PC Magazine, PandoDaily, Macworld, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Electronista, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, The Verge and The Next Web. Tweets: @rsarver

Brent Dirks / App Advice:

Evernote releases free mobile scanning app Scannable for iOS 8 devices — Evernote's new Scannable app wants to put paper in its place — Evernote wants to help tame that paper mess that many of us deal with on a daily basis. The new Scannable app is a quick and easy way to digitize pretty much any important document.

More: The Next Web, iMore, Geeky Gadgets, Evernote Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, Engadget, Fast Company, The Tech Portal and MacRumors

Reuters:

Bitstamp says it will resume trading today after breach which resulted in 19K stolen bitcoins — Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp says to resume trading on Friday — Bitstamp, one of the largest exchanges for the digital bitcoin currency, said it would resume trading later on Friday …

More: Bitstamp, The Next Web, NEWSBTC, CryptoCoinsNews and Crowdfund Insider

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