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January 16, 2014, 9:15 PM

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The Official Google Blog:

Introducing our smart contact lens project — You've probably heard that diabetes is a huge and growing problem—affecting one in every 19 people on the planet. But you may not be familiar with the daily struggle that many people with diabetes face as they try to keep their blood sugar levels under control.

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Re/code:

Google's Latest Moon Shot Is a Smart Contact Lens for Diabetes Patients — Google has shrunk down a chip and sensor system so small it can be embedded in a contact lens. — Instead of a circuit board, the tiny pieces are connected to a circular gold foil antenna mounted on a flexible plastic …

More: Electronista and Re/code. Tweets: @dannysullivan, @benparr, @pkafka and @karaswisher

Re/code:

Inside Google X's Smart Contact Lens — Google's smart contact prototypes squeeze a glucose sensor, antenna, capacitor and chip between two contact lens layers, making a kind of electronics sandwich. A tiny hole on the eye side allows tear film, which contains glucose, to reach the sensor.

Tweets: @kashhill, @lizgannes and @karaswisher

James Ball / Guardian:

NSA collects almost 200 million text messages a day in global “untargeted” sweep — NSA collects millions of text messages daily in ‘untargeted’ global sweep — The National Security Agency has collected almost 200 million text messages a day from across the globe …

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Tweets: @jamesrbuk, @csoghoian, @mattblaze, @noahshachtman, @benedictevans, @jamesrbuk, @openrightsgroup, @guardianproject, @tprophet, @mattblaze and @coneee

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Exclusive: Yahoo's Editor-in-Chief Jai Singh Departs Company — According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo's Editor-in-Chief Jai Singh has quit the company, a major departure which comes in the wake of changes made to its media unit after the firing of COO Henrique De Castro yesterday.

More: TechCrunch, Business Insider, Inc.com, VatorNews, Beyond Search, DealBook and Lastest ITProPortal news

Tweets: @awallenstein, @mathewi, @mhelft and @rafat

Thanks:@chirag_mehta. See also Mediagazer

Scott Austin / Digits:

Yahoo looks to add seasoned public company executives to its board of directors

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Twitter Gets Serious About Commerce, Nears Deal With Payments Startup Stripe — Twitter is close to letting its users purchase products directly through the social network and is nearing a deal with payments startup Stripe to help it accept credit card payments from its users, according to a person familiar with the deal.

More: Digits, Business Insider, CNET and Inc.com

Tweets: @rsarver and @kenli729

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Twitter Also Considered PayPal For Its Square-Market Competitor

Thanks:@alexia

Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:

Google Now integrated in Chrome Canary builds, with weather, scores, traffic, and reminder cards — Google Now in Chrome for Desktop — Google Now cards are available in the latest Chrome Canary build for Windows and Mac (34.0.1788). You only need to go to chrome://flags/#enable-google- now …

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Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:

Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson says Google, not Apple is the greatest innovator in the world — Google steals innovation crown from Apple: Isaacson — iPhones begin selling at China Moblie on Friday — This is a big deal, says Walter Isaacson, Aspen Institute, discussing Apple's deal …

More: 9to5Mac, App Advice, Business Insider, the rajam report and InvestorPlace

Reuters:

Casually-dressed security guards seen monitoring Google commuter buses in San Francisco — Latest perk on Google buses: security guards — (Reuters) - First, San Francisco-based commuters to Google Inc got buses with plush seats and free WiFi. Now, they are getting security.

More: The Technology Chronicles, CNET, The Mac Observer and Valleywag

Tweets: @alexia, @lexnfx and @mcbridesg

Ina Fried / Re/code:

T-Mobile expands ETF payment program to include US Cellular, other regional carriers — T-Mobile Broadening Its Program to Pay Switchers — T-Mobile plans to expand a recently introduced program that pays new customers up to $350 for breaking their contract with a rival carrier.

More: BGR, MacRumors, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, Ubergizmo, IntoMobile, AndroidHeadlines.com, TechnoBuffalo, TmoNews, SlashGear and Droid Life. Tweets: @kenli729

Marty Graham / Reuters:

California woman who drove with Google Glass beats traffic ticket at trial — (Reuters) - A California woman ticketed for driving while wearing Google Glass, a tiny computer mounted on an eyeglass frame, had her citation dismissed on Thursday by a San Diego court commissioner who said he found …

More: The Verge, Digits, Glass Almanac and Los Angeles Times

Larry Downing / Reuters:

U.S. government warns merchants on methods used by Target hackers — Merchandise baskets are lined up outside a Target department store in Palm Coast, Florida, December 9, 2013. — (Reuters) - The U.S. government sent a confidential, 16-page technical bulletin to retailers and other merchants …

More: The Verge

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Target will testify before Congress over massive holiday data breach

More: Energy & Commerce Committee and TheHill

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Launches Trending Topics On Web With Descriptions Of Why Each Is Popular — Following tests of Twitter-style Trending Topics on the web and mobile in August, Facebook today officially launches a redesigned “Trending” section on its web homepage's sidebar in the US, UK, Canada, India and Australia.

More: The Register, Computerworld, ReadWrite, VentureBeat, NYT Bits, VatorNews, Newsy, BetaNews, Digital Trends, AllFacebook, ITworld.com, Inside Facebook, SlashGear, Gizmodo, GeekWire, The Verge, Marketing Land and SiliconBeat

Tweets: @jboorstin, @caseynewton, @jboorstin, @fmanjoo, @joshconstine, @joshconstine and @cwarzel

Thanks:@anthonyha. See also Mediagazer

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Nokia's Android phone includes Windows Phone-like UI — Images of Nokia's Android phone, codenamed Normandy, were originally published in November, but a number of recent leaks have provided a closer look at the hardware and its software. Vizileaks has published what appears …

More: ZDNet, Computerworld, pocketnow.com, CITEworld, Gizmodo, Android and Me, WinBeta, Pocket-lint, MobileSyrup.com, PhoneArena, TechnoBuffalo and WMPoweruser

Matt Drance / Apple Outsider:

The Net Neutrality Endgame — The U.S. Court of Appeals made a significant and troubling decision this week: it shut down a 2010 FCC decree that prevented internet service providers ("ISPs") from selectively enhancing or restricting traffic to certain destinations (websites, streaming services …

More: Wired and Techdirt. Tweets: @panzer

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

The wrong words: how the FCC lost net neutrality and could kill the internet

More: Re/code, Free Press Blog, Kotaku and PC Gamer. See also Mediagazer

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Facebook plans suite of standalone mobile apps for 2014 — Messenger is just the tip of the iceberg — Facebook's new Messenger app is lightning fast and utilitarian — a vision of the “mobile first” mentality Facebook promised one year ago. In an earnings call two weeks after Messenger launched …

More: BGR, TechnoBuffalo, iDownloadBlog.com, Digits and SlashGear

Tweets: @anttihirvonen, @simonkhalaf, @chartier, @mgrooves and @hamburger

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

Intel Beats Q4 Revenue Forecasts With Top Line Of $13.8B, Misses On Profit With EPS Of $0.51 — Today Intel reported its fourth-quarter earnings, including revenue of $13.83 billion and earnings per share of $0.51. Investors had expected Intel to earn $0.52 per share on revenue of $13.72 billion.

More: Intel Newsroom, Intel, VentureBeat, Engadget, ZDNet, Re/code, The Verge, Mercury News, VentureBeat, Electronista and New York Times

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

NPD: Apple grabbed 42% of US smartphone share in Q4 2013, Samsung took 26%, as HTC, Motorola, and BlackBerry fell — In Q4 2013, Apple and Samsung were the clear winners in the US smartphone race. iPhone ownership increased from 35 percent in Q4 2012 to 42 percent in Q4 2013 …

Jeffrey Grubb / VentureBeat:

December 2013 NPD: While both supply constrained, Xbox One outsells PlayStation 4 — The Xbox One Day One edition controller. — The Xbox One and and PlayStation 4 both sold well, but Microsoft's latest console bested its Sony counterpart ... although both are behind Nintendo's 3DS.

More: The Verge, Digits, Re/code, TechCrunch, GeekWire, Forbes, Joystiq and Bloomberg

Tweets: @iansherr and @jeffgrubb

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Shopkick Starts 100-Store iBeacon Trial For American Eagle, Biggest Apparel Rollout Yet — Apple's iBeacon technology, which uses Bluetooth LE to send notifications to users when they're inside a physical store, is making another mainstream advance today: Shopkick — the location-based offers startup …

More: Computerworld, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac and SlashGear. Tweets: @mdudas

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Farhad Manjoo heads to NYT after 4 months at WSJ to replace David Pogue — The New York Times Gets its David Pogue Replacement from the Wall Street Journal — The New York Times has found a replacement for David Pogue, its high-profile reviewer: Sources say the Times is filling his old slot …

Tweets: @felixsalmon, @romenesko, @mikeisaac, @ohnorosco and @gaberivera. See also Mediagazer

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Rdio takes on Spotify with free Web streaming for US users — Rdio today announced it is making its music streaming service free on the Web for all US users. In other words, you can access the company's over 20 million songs, as well as albums, playlists, and stations from any computer without paying a dime.

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