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January 23, 2015, 11:20 PM

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Bloomberg:

Box shares close at $23.23, up over 65% on first day of trading after $175M IPO — Box Surges in Cloud-Storage Debut After $175 Million IPO — Box Inc. jumped in its trading debut after raising $175 million in its initial public offering. — The shares rose 73 percent to $24.25 …

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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Cortana, revamped Start menu, and Xbox app — Although Microsoft originally said it would release its new Windows 10 preview next week, the company has launched it today. The January build, as the company is calling this version …

Rene Ritchie / iMore:

Google's Project Zero discloses three OS X vulnerabilities requiring access to machine; Apple's fix is still only in Yosemite's beta build — Latest OS X 10.10.2 beta kills Google-disclosed vulnerabilities dead — Google's Project Zero research program has disclosed and released proof …

More: Ars Technica, PC Magazine, CNET, MacRumors, AppleInsider, InvestorPlace, Ubergizmo, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, iPhone Hacks, MacDailyNews, O'Grady's PowerPage, Engadget, PC World, MacNN, iPhone in Canada Blog and Lowyat.NET

BuzzFeed:

Uber suspended at least a dozen drivers because they complied with California law and registered commercial plates — Flouting Law, Uber Suspends Drivers For Properly Registering Cars — The ride-hailing giant has suspended some drivers in California who registered cars for commercial use.

More: bizjournals, San Francisco Chronicle, VentureBeat and Gizmodo

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Sony, Google, Apple Hit With Lawsuits Over Pre-1972 Music — The lawsuits have the potential of wiping out much older music from the Internet. — All of the leading providers of streaming music are now in the scorching hot legal zone involving pre-1972 music after seven lawsuits were filed …

More: Gigaom, The Next Web, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Wall Street Journal, Patently Apple, RAIN News, Electronista, Music Times and The Register

Jack Chang / Associated Press:

China blocks VPN services that skirt online censorship — BEIJING (AP) — China is blocking VPN services that let users skirt online censorship of popular websites such as Google and Facebook amid a wider crackdown on online information, tech companies and specialists said Friday.

More: StrongVPN.com Blog, TechCrunch, en.people.cn, Reuters, Bloomberg, ITProPortal, South China Morning Post, International Business Times, VPN Creative and The Next Web

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Launches Private Docker Repositories For Cloud Platform Users — Google today announced the beta launch of the Google Container Registry for its Cloud Platform. This new service allows developers to host, share and manage their private Docker container repositories on the company's cloud computing platform.

More: Google Cloud Platform Blog, Gigaom, Data Center Knowledge, eWeek, VentureBeat, InfoWorld, OStatic blogs and Hortonworks

GoPro:

GoPro, NHL team up to offer live HD footage from the player's perspective starting All-Star Weekend — GoPro and NHL: New Partnership Will Change the Way You Watch Hockey — In an unprecedented first for GoPro, a new partnership with the National Hockey League (NHL) and the NHL Players' Association …

Husain Sumra / MacRumors:

Popular Task Management App ‘Any.do’ Comes to Mac — Any.DO today announced the launch of a Mac version of Any.Do, the company's popular task management app for iOS, allowing users to manage their tasks and to-dos on multiple platforms throughout the day. While the app quietly went live last week …

More: The Any.do Blog, Lifehacker, iPhone Hacks, SlashGear, App Advice, iMore, The Next Web and The Verge

Associated Press:

Changes to HealthCare.gov now limit personal data shared with tracking websites — APNewsBreak: Gov't reverses on health care privacy problem — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — Bowing to an outcry over online privacy, the Obama administration reversed itself Friday …

More: SlashGear, Engadget and The Hill. Tweets: @tbridis

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Pinterest says US male user base grew 73% year-over-year in 2014, debuts search filters that better cater to users' gender — Pinterest Goes After The Male Demographic With Debut Of New Search Filters — Pinterest this afternoon announced a change to its site's search settings …

More: Wall Street Journal, Oh, How Pinteresting!, Gigaom, VentureBeat, Search Engine Land, WebProNews, Marketing Land, The Inquisitr News, MediaPost, Re/code, TIME, BBC and Marketing Land

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Google Joins Apple, Others Cutting Off Crimea, Blocks AdWords, AdSense, Google Play — Yet more developments around how U.S. sanctions on Crimea, in retaliation against Russia's annexation by Russia, are being adopted by tech companies: Google is the latest to start complying with the orders …

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