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January 13, 2015, 4:35 PM

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Emily Vacher / Facebook:

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

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Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:

Uber gives the city of Boston anonymized trip data to enable smarter city planning, ease traffic congestion; more cities to follow — Uber Offers Trip Data to Cities, Starting With Boston — For the first time, Uber is giving government officials a look inside its rich trove of transportation data.

More: Uber Blog, GeekWire, PC World, Gigaom, PandoDaily, The Next Web, ReadWrite, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, SiliconBeat, Network World, BetaBoston, Mashable, CNET, Gizmodo, Business Insider, VentureBeat, SlashGear, ABC News, Engadget and The Verge

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Obama proposes legislation to protect firms that share cyberthreat data with the government, criminalize sale of botnets and stolen financial info, more — Obama to propose legislation to protect firms that share cyberthreat data — President Obama plans to announce legislation Tuesday …

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

App Annie Raises $55 Million Series D, Launches New Product For Tracking App Usage — App Annie, a company whose data on app downloads, rankings, app store trends and more has made it a go-to resource for anyone invested in today's app economy, today announced a new $55 million round of Series D funding.

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Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:

Why David Cameron's proposal to ban encrypted messaging services won't work, and would make Britons less secure — What David Cameron just proposed would endanger every Briton and destroy the IT industry … What David Cameron thinks he's saying is, “We will command all the software creators …

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Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Amazon signs Woody Allen to write and direct his first ever TV series, for Prime Instant Video — Amazon Signs Woody Allen For His First TV Series, To Run On Prime Instant Video — The streaming video market has become very serious business, and Amazon today announced its latest talent grab …

Peter Burrows / Bloomberg:

GoPro stock drops over 12% after Apple is awarded patent for remote-control camera system — GoPro Plunges After Apple Gains Remote Camera Patent — GoPro Inc. (GPRO) shares plummeted as much as 15 percent today in their steepest decline since August, after Apple Inc. (AAPL) was granted a patent for remote-control camera system.

More: CNNMoney.com, Patently Apple, Reuters, Business Insider and MacDailyNews

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Apple Maintains Mac Sales Momentum in Holiday Quarter — Apple saw an increase in its U.S. PC shipments during the recent holiday quarter, according to PC shipping estimates from Gartner. Apple shipped over 2.1 million Macs in 4Q14, up from 1.9 million Macs in 4Q13, marking an 11.5 percent increase.

More: IDC, Gartner, 9to5Mac, Re/code, TechCrunch, GeekWire, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, Forbes, TechCrunch, Inquirer, SiteProNews, Windows Central, Quartz, The Overspill, VatorNews, MacNN and iMore. Tweets: @kwiens

Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal:

Ionic Security Raises $40 Million to Secure Data Against Cyberthieves … The cost of cybercrime in the U.S. is rising for companies in all industries, according to a study last year by the Ponemon Institute, and more companies are starting to assume they have been hacked, even if they don't know for sure.

More: eWeek, Gigaom, Forbes and VentureBeat

Mario Aguilar / Gizmodo:

Neil Young's PonoPlayer promises high-res audio, but with no discernible sound improvement and massive file sizes, it's not worth the $400 price tag — Don't Buy What Neil Young Is Selling — Neil Young's “high resolution” PonoPlayer goes on sale for $400 today. You shouldn't buy it.

More: Gigaom, New York Post, Business Insider, RAIN News, bizjournals and hypebot. Tweets: @mathewi. See also Mediagazer

Heather Somerville / Mercury News:

Venture funds raised $29.8B in 2014, a 69% increase over 2013 and highest amount since 2007 — Venture funds raise $29.8 billion as tech draws eager investors — Venture capital firms are the wealthiest they've been in seven years, as investors from all ends of the globe are eagerly writing …

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