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January 23, 2015, 3:08 AM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple targets Watch battery life of 2.5 hours heavy use and 3.5 hours standard use; pure standby battery life likely to be 2-3 days; CPU said to be A5-caliber — Apple targets for Apple Watch battery life revealed, A5-caliber CPU inside — Although Apple has said that the Apple Watch …

Fortune:

Cover story on the rise of unicorns: 80+ private companies achieve valuations of at least $1B — The Age of Unicorns — Stewart Butterfield had one objective when he set out to raise money for his startup last fall: a billion dollars or nothing. If he couldn't reach a $1 billion valuation for Slack …

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Avik Das / Reuters:

Underwriter: Box IPO priced at $14 per share, valuing company at $1.67B — Box IPO values data storage provider at $1.67 billion — (Reuters) - Box Inc's (BOX.N) shares have been priced at $14, an underwriter said, valuing the online data storage provider at about $1.67 billion …

More: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Gigaom, VentureBeat, Forbes, TechCrunch, Fox Business and GeekWire. Tweets: @dmac1

Tim Higgins / Bloomberg:

Tim Cook's compensation doubled to $9.22M in 2014; retail executive Angela Ahrendts received $73.4M — Apple's Cook Gets $9.22 Million in Pay as Stock Reaches High — Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook received compensation valued at $9.22 million last year …

More: Re/code, MacDailyNews, MacNN, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Guardian, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, VentureBeat, AppleInsider and Seeking Alpha

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Microsoft announces Office 2016 universal apps for Windows 10 will arrive in the second half of 2015 — Microsoft announces Office 2016, coming in the second half of 2015 — At its Windows 10 event yesterday, Microsoft unveiled the touch-optimized version of Office.

More: Office Blogs, The Verge, AnandTech, Mashable, PC World, TechnoBuffalo, Engadget, ZDNet, WebProNews, Wall Street Journal, TechSpot, GeekWire, BetaNews, Ars Technica, SlashGear, Neowin, Windows Central, The Next Web and TechCrunch

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

J.Crew CEO Millard Drexler is retiring from Apple's Board of Directors; no replacement named — Apple Director Millard Drexler to retire, replacement yet to be named — In a filing for shareholders today, Apple announced that Millard Drexler, a member of the eight-person Board of Directors, is retiring from the Board.

More: CNET, MacRumors, Re/code, Mercury News, The Mac Observer, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, iMore and The Verge

John McDermott / Digiday:

Sources: Snapchat's Discover feature will include content created by newly hired media team — Inside Snapchat's original media ambitions — Snapchat wants to be more than just a distribution channel for other media companies; it's planning on becoming a publisher itself.

More: SiliconANGLE, Gigaom and Marketing Land. Tweets: @dmac1. Thanks:@rbilton

Roger Cheng / CNET:

Verizon: Don't expect us to offer a data rollover plan — Verizon CFO Fran Shammo says the carrier won't be following AT&T and T-Mobile's lead. — Don't hold your breath for Verizon Wireless to counter AT&T and T-Mobile with a data rollover program. — That's according to Verizon Chief …

More: Verizon, BGR, Ubergizmo, TechnoBuffalo, Mercury News, Droid Life, Digital Trends, SlashGear, PhoneDog.com, The Verge, USA Today and The Information

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

In addition to Project Spartan, Windows 10 will include Internet Explorer for enterprise sites — After unveiling its new Project Spartan browser for Windows 10 yesterday, Microsoft today offered more details. The company confirmed that Windows 10 will also include Internet Explorer for enterprise sites …

More: MSDN Blogs, Web Browser, Windows Central, ZDNet, Mercury News, Ubergizmo and The Verge

Martin Beck / Marketing Land:

Twitter launches Bing translation of tweets on iOS, Android, and web — Twitter Officially Rolls Out Bing Translation — Tweets in users' non-native languages will automatically trigger translations. After being reintroduced on TweetDeck earlier this month, the feature has been added to iOS, Android and Twitter.com.

More: VentureBeat, The Next Web, GeekWire, Gizmodo, WebProNews, The Digital Reader, PC World, Android Central and App Advice. Tweets: @twitter

Tim Peterson / AdAge:

Facebook enabling advertisers to target people posting on Super Bowl topics in near real time — Facebook Packages Own Super Bowl Audience for Ad Dollars — Company Will Track Status Updates for Game-Related Keywords — 2015 Marketing Fact Pack — Facebook is creating …

More: Marketing Pilgrim and AdExchanger

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

Google Suggesting Firefox Users Change Their Search Engine & Home Page — Now that Yahoo has gained search share from Google thanks to its Firefox deal, the search giant seems to be finally hitting back with moves to get users to switch to Google. — I've been checking each week since …

More: Computerworld, 9to5Google, WebProNews, CNET, Ubergizmo, Search Engine Roundtable, VentureBeat, The Next Web and Geeky Gadgets

Leon Spencer / ZDNet:

Uber relaunches in Delhi with radio taxi licence — Summary:Uber is resuming operations under a radio taxi licence in Delhi six weeks after it was banned in the city when one of its drivers was pulled up on rape charges. — Controversial ride-share app developer Uber has relaunched …

More: Uber Blog, Wall Street Journal, The Next Web and TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz:

Andreessen Horowitz explains 16 tech trends of interest including VR and machine learning — 16 Things — We don't invest in themes; we invest in special founders with breakthrough ideas. Which means we don't make investments based on a pre-existing thesis about a category.

More: VentureBeat and Mattermark. Tweets: @valaafshar and @cdixon

Shara Tibken / CNET:

Surface devices running Windows RT will not be updated with a full version of Windows 10 — Microsoft's Windows RT isn't dead...yet — The software giant says it's working on an update for the versions of its Surface tablet that used an ARM-based chip. But it will only have some of the functionality of Windows 10.

More: Thurrott.com, The Verge, CIO.com, Pocketnow, Digital Trends, TechnoBuffalo, Liliputing, PC World, Windows Central, Neowin, Gigaom and ZDNet

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Uber study of US drivers: average earnings are $19/hour, more than for taxi drivers; 40K joined in December; 70% drivers active after six months — Uber Study Shows Its Drivers Make More Per Hour And Work Fewer Hours Than Taxi Drivers — The people who drive for Uber generally …

More: Uber Blog, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, VentureBeat and NBC Bay Area. Tweets: @ryanlawler

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