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January 24, 2015, 1:00 AM

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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 …
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 …
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 …
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Walmart starts selling its Vudu Spark streaming stick for $25  —  Remember Walmart's very own HDMI streaming stick, which I spotted in the FFC's online database two months ago?  Turns out Walmart already started selling it for just $24.95, and is now getting ready to make it more widely available.
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 …
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 …
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 HillTweets: @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 …

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