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January 29, 2015, 11:35 AM

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Julia White / The Official Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft launches Office for Android tablets, new Outlook mail apps for iOS and Android  —  Office everywhere: More great news for Office on iOS and Android  —  Last week, we saw the new experiences coming with Windows 10, including how Office universal apps for Windows 10 will deliver …
Office Blogs:
New Accompli-based Outlook for iOS, Android integrates email, calendar, contacts, and files, supports Office 365, iCloud, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail  —  A deeper look at Outlook for iOS and Android  —  Today, we announced the release of Outlook for iOS and a preview of Outlook for Android.
Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code:
Samsung sold 71-75M smartphones in the holiday quarter, on par with Apple's 74.5M iPhone sales  —  Apple and Samsung in Dead Heat for Smartphone Dominance  —  Apple, which years ago ceded the top spot in the global smartphone market to rival Samsung, appears to have pulled into a dead heat.
Youkyung Lee / Associated Press:
Samsung Electronics' Q4 earnings down 27% to $4.9B, beating estimates on strength of component business  —  Samsung's 4Q profit drops but beats forecast  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday its quarterly earnings dropped smaller-than-expected 27 percent …
Paul Mozur / New York Times:
New regulations in China require source code, audits, and backdoors from companies working with banks, alarming Western tech firms  —  New Rules in China Upset Western Tech Companies  —  HONG KONG — The Chinese government has adopted new regulations requiring companies that sell computer equipment …
Michael Sippey / Medium:
Snapchat's Discover feature for news could also function more broadly as an app platform  —  theory: snapchat launched an app platform  —  And then go through the list of capabilities they can bring...  - Interaction?  Check.  You may not have all the tools of Swift or Java at your disposal …
Travis Green / Google Commerce:
Now available in the UK: Send and request money right from Gmail  —  Since we announced Send Money in Gmail, paying back your friends has never been so simple, whether you're chipping in for lunch or reimbursing your housemate for your share of the rent.  Today, we're excited to make this feature available for Gmail users in the UK.
Hannah Breeze / CRN UK News:
Symantec gives Veritas name to new info-management arm  —  Vendor outlines strategy for soon-to-be spun-off arm  —  Symantec has settled on the name Veritas for its newly established information-management (IM) arm which was created when the company split in two in October.
More: ITWire.com
Mark Hachman / PC World:
Microsoft adds smart search of document text and photos with OCR in OneDrive for web and iPad  —  Microsoft OneDrive adds super-intelligent searching of document text, photos  —  Microsoft just made it easier to upload more photos and files to its OneDrive cloud service.
Stephen Barrett / AnandTech:
Intel Announces Broadwell vPro Processors: Wireless Docking and More  —  While Intel formally announced availability of Broadwell-U processors at CES this year, vendors did not actually have any devices available for purchase containing Intel vPro technology.
Garett Sloane / Adweek:
Facebook mobile ad revenue accounts for 69% of total ad revenue in Q4, up from 53% Q4 2013; 1.19B mobile MAUs  —  Facebook Just Shared Insane Q4 Mobile Numbers and Ad Sales  —  Its smartphone promos alone did $2.5 billion  —  Facebook's mobile sales continue to skyrocket …
Sarah Spickernell / City A.M.:
CylonLab cyber security incubator launches in London, aims to link startups with UK government  —  Cyber London: Startup scheme hopes to make UK the centre of cyber security technology  —  GCHQ estimates that eight out of 10 of the UK's biggest businesses have been victims (Source: Getty)

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