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Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Wall Street Journal:
Pebble Time smartwatch: color display, 20% thinner body, microphone, new “Timeline” interface, to retail for $199 with pre-sale on Kickstarter now  —  Pebble Unveils Color-Screen Time Smartwatch as Apple Threat Looms … Smartwatch pioneer Pebble is facing the toughest threat of its short life: the Apple Watch.
Lisa Eadicicco / Business Insider:
Pebble Time sells out at lowest $159 tier on Kickstarter, passes $3M in pre-sales in under two hours
Steven Levy / Backchannel:
How Pebble built Pebble Time amidst looming competition from Android Wear and Apple Watch
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Reddit now prohibits posting nude photos or videos of sex acts without prior consent from the people depicted in them  —  In Privacy Update, Reddit Tightens Restrictions on Nude Photos  —  For nearly a decade, Reddit, the huge online message board, has been known for its freewheeling stance on letting its users govern themselves.
BBC:
Internet of things starter kit unveiled by ARM and IBM  —  A “starter kit” designed to spur on the invention of internet-connected gadgets has been announced as part of a tie-up between two leading tech firms.  —  Chip designer ARM and cloud services giant IBM say it can take just five minutes …
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
US offers $3M reward for Russian hacker Evgeniy Bogachev for his role in GameOver Zeus botnet  —  U.S. offers highest-ever reward for Russian hacker  —  (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department and FBI on Tuesday announced a $3 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction …
More: FBI, TIME and Slashdot
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Wall St. and Law Firms Plan Cooperative Body to Bolster Online Security  —  The threat of ever-larger online attacks is bringing together Wall Street banks and the big law firms that do work for them in an alliance that could result in some sharing of basic information about digital security issues.
Dennis Fisher / Threatpost:
Google turns annual Pwnium bug-hunting contest into year-round program with unlimited rewards  —  Google Pwnium Program Now Open All Year  —  Google is expanding its successful Pwnium vulnerability reward program-which has run at various security conferences for a couple of years …
More: BetaNews and PC World
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Google Tests Live Chat With Businesses From Search Results  —  Google is testing out a service that incorporates live chat with businesses right into search results, via a new link that shows whether a business is currently available, and immediately launches a chat via Google Hangouts (on either desktop or mobile) if they are.
Joab Jackson / PC World:
IBM brings location awareness to MobileFirst apps  —  Enterprise apps built with IBM's MobileFirst management and development platform can now be made more aware of their surroundings.  —  The new capabilities, included in an upcoming MobileFirst update, could give app users more information …
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter's global head of developer and platform relations, Jeff Sandquist, is departing after less than 18 months  —  Twitter's Global Developer Lead Jeff Sandquist Departing  —  Twitter's global head of developer and platform relations, Jeff Sandquist, is leaving the company at the end of the week …
More: GeekWire and Mashable
David Meyer / Gigaom:
Opera launches App Pass zero-rating tool for carriers; testing to begin with Norwegian carrier Telenor in Asia  —  Opera launches App Pass zero-rating tool for carriers  —  Opera Max App Pass  —  Opera Max App Pass  —  Opera has released a new tool called App Pass …
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Twitter's “While You Were Away” Feature Launches On Android  —  One month after launching on iOS, Twitter's “While You Were Away” feature is finally available for Android users.  —  “While You Were Away,” which Twitter first previewed last fall, represents a significant departure from the real …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Net neutrality order could get last-minute change on peering classifications as FCC Democrat Mignon Clyburn reportedly questions Wheeler's plan  —  Net neutrality order could get last-minute change on peering disputes  —  FCC Democrat reportedly questions Chairman Tom Wheeler's plan.
Rachel King / ZDNet:
Juniper CIO Bask Iyer to become next VMware CIO, replacing Tony Scott  —  VMware hires its new CIO away from Juniper Networks  —  Summary:With its current CIO on his way to Washington, VMware has plucked up the CIO at Juniper Networks.  —  Chief information officers are hot commodities these days …
IDC:
Android and iOS take 96% of smartphone OS market in Q4 and calendar year 2014  —  Android and iOS Squeeze the Competition, Swelling to 96.3% of the Smartphone Operating System Market for Both 4Q14 and CY14, According to IDC  —  Android and iOS inched closer to total domination …
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:
Medium adds tags, simplifies posting, and redesigns presentation of posts as it aims for shorter, off-the-cuff content  —  Medium, known for going long, wants to go shorter  —  Medium announced some new updates to its publishing platform today.  They include a tagging system …
Carmel DeAmicis / Gigaom:
Snapchat's “Our Stories” are generating tens of millions of views  —  Screenshots of Twitter users whose snaps saw tens of millions of views in a Snapchat “Our Story”  —  Screenshots of Twitter users whose snaps saw tens of millions of views in a Snapchat “Our Story”

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: Bari Weiss is planning to create a masthead for CBS News as part of a broader overhaul of standards and procedures

Todd Spangler / Variety:
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