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January 16, 2014, 11:25 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.

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 The Register. Tweets: @digiphile, @pkafka, @dannysullivan, @benparr and @karaswisher

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Inside Google X's Smart Contact Lens

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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google's New Smart Contact Lens Is Old News For Microsoft

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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 …

More: Channel 4, The Verge, Los Angeles Times, Examiner, Techdirt, The Register, BBC, TechnoBuffalo, Gizmodo, Engadget, CNET, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, Gotta Be Mobile, VentureBeat, TheHill and SlashGear

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

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, New York Times, Business Insider, Beyond Search, VatorNews, Inc.com and DealBook

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

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: Business Insider, Digits, Inc.com and CNET

Tweets: @kenli729 and @rsarver

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Twitter Also Considered PayPal For Its Square-Market Competitor

Thanks:@alexia

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

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: App Advice, BGR, PhoneArena, Business Insider, InvestorPlace, the rajam report and SiliconBeat

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: Associated Press, Re/code, Computerworld, The Verge, Digits, Glass Almanac and Los Angeles Times

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: @digiphile, @nickbilton, @deanemurphy, @hunterwalk, @mat, @nexttechblog, @mathewi, @dannysullivan, @felixsalmon, @romenesko, @mikeisaac, @ohnorosco and @gaberivera. See also Mediagazer

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 …

More: Ubergizmo, Gizmodo UK, MJD, Inquirer, Pureinfotech Newsletter and VentureBeat

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

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple to begin in-store iPhone 5c screen repairs next week — We've gotten word from multiple sources that Apple will begin repairing/replacing broken iPhone 5c displays in its retail stores next week. The current plan is to begin offering replacements on Monday, January 20th.

More: MacRumors, iPhone Hacks and App Advice

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, Softpedia News, pocketnow.com, Gizmodo, Android and Me, WinBeta, Pocket-lint, TechnoBuffalo, CITEworld, WMPoweruser and TechDroid

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, AppleTell, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac and SlashGear. Tweets: @mdudas

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

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

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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, Intel Newsroom, VentureBeat, Mercury News, Reuters, Re/code, VentureBeat, The Verge, Engadget and ZDNet

CNN:

China's pirates turn their backs on wearable tech — Shenzhen, China (CNN) — From futuristic Google Glass headsets to smart watches like Samsung's Galaxy Gear, wearable gadgets are billed as the next big thing in technology. — But China's tech counterfeiters — notorious for having …

More: Quartz, BGR, Gotta Be Mobile, Gizmodo and Business Insider

Tweets: @idannyocean and @counternotions

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

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, The Droid Guy, iDownloadBlog.com and TechnoBuffalo

Tweets: @mgrooves and @anttihirvonen

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.

More: Rdio Blog, Evolver.fm, CNET, VentureBeat, Gigaom, Android Beat, The Verge, iPhone Hacks, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Lifehacker and ReadWrite. See also Mediagazer

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