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January 1, 2014, 11:25 AM

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AllThingsD:

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Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Hackers allegedly exploit Snapchat security hole and leak 4.6m usernames and phone numbers online — If you're a Snapchat user, then you might be interested to know that someone may have found a way to save the usernames and phone numbers for 4.6 million accounts.

More: BGR, The Verge, Business Insider, Engadget, Daily Dot, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, iPhone Hacks, Forbes, Technology Personalized, Guardian, ResearchBuzz, Gizmodo, TechCrunch and Gigaom

Tweets: @alexia and @brianshall

Jonathan Krim / Wall Street Journal:

Introducing WSJD — Welcome to WSJD, The Wall Street Journal's new home for technology news, analysis, commentary, daily buzz and consumer-product reviews. — This new section is the latest example of our expansion of technology coverage around the world, with a growing team …

Tweets: @spencerante, @wsjd, @allthingsd, @nateog and @joannastern. See also Mediagazer

Paul Tassi / Forbes:

Attack On Twitch Streamer Shuts Down Riot And EA Servers, Attracts Police — It started a game of League of Legends, and ended with a swarm of cops pointing guns at the player and accusing him of having hostages held against their will in his home. — Welcome to the world of online video game harassment.

More: Polygon, VentureBeat, BBC, The Inquisitr News, The Escapist, League of Legends, CraveOnline, Kotaku, VentureBeat and SiliconANGLE

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Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

The Mac Pro Review (Late 2013) — The year was 2004. I was enrolled in ECE 466 at NCSU, a compiler optimization/scheduling class. I remember walking into the lecture hall and seeing far too many white MacBooks. This was the computer engineering department right?

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Tweets: @tapbot_paul, @sdw and @ifixit

Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog:

Google to Discontinue Sharing App Bump and Flock on Jan. 31, 2014 — Back in September Google acquired popular sharing tool Bump, with reports the former paid at least $30 million to acquire the company. At the time, Bump said their app along with their photo sharing application Flock would continue to operate “for now”.

More: Bump Blog, Gigaom, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, The Verge, The Next Web, MobileSyrup.com, Android Beat, TechCrunch and App Advice. Thanks:@gary_ng

Joshua Topolsky / The Verge:

Welcome to the Age of the Upgrade — Everyone is an early adopter now, and it is glorious — As the 1980s came to a close, a curious thing happened to American consumers: they began to really understand what the word “upgrade” meant. This realization occurred thanks to a magical fusion …

Joep Janssen / Distimo:

Christmas spike: iOS Downloads and Revenue grew by more than 50% — Next to kisses under the mistletoe and turkeys for dinner, a new Christmas tradition has emerged over the last couple of years: a global spike in download and revenue figures in the app stores.

More: The Next Web and MacRumors

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Hypedmusic shuts down after receiving cease and desist notice from RIAA — Free music streaming app Hypedmusic shut down this month after receiving a cease and desist notice from the recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Luke Li, the developer of the app, explained …

More: BetaNews and Appgrounds

Susan Stellin / New York Times:

District Judge Upholds Government's Right to Search Electronics at Border — The government's right to search travelers' electronic devices at the border was upheld in a ruling released by a federal judge on Tuesday, which dismissed a lawsuit challenging this policy.

More: ACLU, The Verge, Ars Technica, Associated Press, Wired, Engadget, RT, The Huffington Post and Techdirt

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