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January 23, 2015, 5:25 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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Tweets: @tim_cook, @joshconstine, @ahess247, @levie, @monkbent, @nyse, @mims, @satyanadella and @hunterwalk

Rene Ritchie / iMore:

Google's Project Zero discloses three OS X zero-day 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, CNET, Engadget, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, InvestorPlace, AppleInsider, MacNN, ITworld.com, TechnoBuffalo, O'Grady's PowerPage, SlashGear, MacDailyNews, Lowyat.NET and iPhone in Canada Blog

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 Business Insider. Tweets: @cdixon and @valaafshar

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Apple HomeKit incompatible with home automation accessories not licensed as MFi products that connect over WiFi, like Nest Thermostat — Apple details HomeKit compatibility with competing home automation platforms, rules out rival Wi-Fi gear — Apple will allow its upcoming Siri-controlled …

More: Re/code, iMore, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Macworld, TechnoBuffalo, iLounge, AppleTell, SlashGear, MacNN, Electronista, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear and iLounge. Thanks:@justinkahnmusic

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 …

More: TASS, ABC News, GSMArena Blog, Android Police, Gigaom, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, Xinhua News Agency, VentureBeat, Electronista and iMore

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, VentureBeat, San Francisco Chronicle and Gizmodo

Dennis Schaal / Skift:

Expedia Acquires Travelocity for $280 Million — The Roaming Gnome, Travelocity's mascot, takes part in the company's 16th birthday festivities at its Southlake, Texas headquarters. Max Faulkner / Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT) — Skift Take: Expedia is expected to retain the Travelocity brand.

More: Wall Street Journal, TechSpot, GeekWire, StreetInsider.com, bizjournals and Tnooz

Tweets: @rafat, @denschaal and @skift

New York Times:

Winklevoss Twins Aim to Take Bitcoin Mainstream With a Regulated Exchange — Bitcoin, the virtual currency that was once the talk of the financial world, has been taking a beating over the last year with the price tumbling downward. — Now two of the biggest boosters of the virtual currency …

More: Gemini, The Verge, bizjournals, SiliconBeat, SiliconANGLE, PandoDaily, TechSpot, CoinDesk, BBC, NEWSBTC, Coin Fire, The Next Web, PYMNTS.com, CoinTelegraph.Com News and Reuters. Tweets: @tylerwinklevoss

Marco della Cava / USA Today:

Ford opens new Silicon Valley research lab to attract tech talent, work on autonomous cars — Ford's new Silicon Valley outpost seeks tech talent — PALO ALTO, Calif. — The earth-toned office building looks like any other here in Silicon Valley, an airy low-rise designed …

More: New York Times, 9to5Mac, Forbes, Gigaom, CNBC, Gigaom, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, CNNMoney.com, Bloomberg, Jalopnik and The Detroit News

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

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 …

More: SiliconBeat, Fortune, Gawker, Business Insider, bizjournals and Sramana Mitra

Tweets: @sifter, @danprimack, @trengriffin, @davewiner and @shaig

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Microsoft Acquires Revolution Analytics To Bolster Its Analytics Services — Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Revolution Analytics, an open-source analytics company with a strong focus on the highly popular R programming language for statistical computing.

More: Revolutions, The Official Microsoft Blog, VentureBeat, InfoWorld, VatorNews, Gigaom, SiliconANGLE, GeekWire, Bloomberg and StreetInsider.com

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 …

More: TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, Investor Relations, USA Today, CNET, Associated Press, Fortune, CNNMoney.com, The Next Web, Engadget, Boston Herald, Benzinga, SportTechie, Seeking Alpha and GeekWire. See also Mediagazer

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