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January 22, 2014, 5:40 PM

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Chris Welch / The Verge:

Netflix's momentum continues with 2.33 million new US customers in Q4 — Netflix revealed its fourth quarter earnings today, capping off a banner year that saw the streaming service surpass HBO in subscriber count and earn critical acclaim for its original programming.

More: The Next Web, ZDNet, CNET, GeekWire, Tech Trader Daily, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal and WebProNews. See also Mediagazer

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Netflix wants to introduce three pricing tiers for new members — Netflix is getting ready for a new pricing structure, according to the company's Q4 letter to shareholders (PDF) released Wednesday. In it, CEO Reed Hastings and CFO David Wells write:

More: WebProNews

Steve Kovach / Business Insider:

Netflix Issues Warning On The Dangers Of Ending Net Neutrality

More: Re/code and TechCrunch. See also Mediagazer

Sriram Krishnan / Facebook Developers:

Facebook announces it's testing its own ad network for third-party mobile apps — Testing a new way for developers to monetize mobile apps — Monetization is a difficult problem for mobile app developers, particularly as people move toward downloading more free apps and advertising dollars lag behind time spent on mobile.

More: The Next Web, AppleInsider, Re/code, Forbes, Marketing Land, AllFacebook, ReadWrite, App Advice and WebProNews

Tweets: @mikeisaac and @mikeisaac

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Facebook's ads in third-party apps won't be labeled as or look like Facebook Ads

More: VatorNews

Nicole Perlroth / NYT Bits:

Chinese Internet Traffic Redirected to Small Wyoming House — In one of the more bizarre twists in recent Internet memory, a large portion of Internet traffic in China was redirected to a small, 1,700-square-foot house in Cheyenne, Wyo. on Tuesday. — A large portion of China's 500 million …

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

eBay Inc reveals activist investor Carl Icahn submitted proposal to spinoff PayPal from company — eBay Inc. has released its earnings result for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013. Among the most interesting news, activist investor Carl Icahn has submitted notice that he has nominated …

More: Business Wire, ZDNet, Tech Trader Daily, The Official PayPal and Wall Street Journal

Tweets: @parislemon and @pkafka

Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

eBay Squeaks Out A Win In Q4, With Revenue Of $4.5B And $0.81 EPS

More: InvestorPlace, Bloomberg and The Next Web

Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:

U.S. court finds Samsung to infringe one Apple patent, declares one Samsung patent invalid — In a summary judgment order entered late on Tuesday (January 21, 2014), Judge Lucy Koh, the federal judge presiding over two Apple v. Samsung patent cases in the Northern District of California …

Tal Ater:

Chrome Bugs Allow Sites to Listen to Your Private Conversations — By exploiting bugs in Google Chrome, malicious sites can activate your microphone, and listen in on anything said around your computer, even after you've left those sites. Even while not using your computer - conversations …

More: Examiner, Ars Technica, PC World, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, Engadget, CITEworld, The Verge, Android Central, TechSpot, Android Beat, Gotta Be Mobile, gHacks Technology News, BGR and Business Insider

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Snapchat Makes You “Find The Ghosts” To Keep Hackers From Stealing Your Phone Number [Update: But It Fails] — Snapchat now verifies new users aren't robots by making them choose its ghost mascot within images. It's an attempt to keep out hackers who could steal phone numbers by exploiting …

More: VentureBeat, BGR, CNET, The Verge, Hack a Day, Steves Computer Vision Blog, Daily Dot, PhoneArena, Business Insider, neuebits, Gigaom and Engadget

Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:

Protesters show up at the doorstep of Google self-driving car engineer — This image was part of a flyer distributed against a Google engineer on Tuesday. — Indybay — Protests against tech giants and their impact on the San Francisco Bay Area economy just got personal.

More: Indybay newswire, Business Insider, Salon and Veronica Belmont. Tweets: @paulcarr

Paul Thurrott / SuperSite for Windows:

Windows 8.1 Update 1 Preview: Now with More Integration — More Windows 8.1 Update leaks help a clearer picture emerge — A newly leaked set of shots from a prerelease version of Windows 8.1 Update 1 suggests that Microsoft is going to further integrate the Metro and desktop worlds in this important coming update.

More: The Register, ZDNet, BGR, PC World, TechCrunch, Engadget, InfoWorld, Softpedia News, WinBeta, Gotta Be Mobile and Inquirer. Tweets: @jonathan_blow

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Icahn says Apple “doing great disservice to shareholders,” increases AAPL investment to $3B … Following a precatory proposal from billionaire investor and Apple shareholder Carl Icahn urging Apple to vote on a larger buyback, Icahn today announced on Twitter that he thinks Apple …

More: Gigaom, CNBC, SiliconBeat, Reuters, Digits, Los Angeles Times, Wired, Business Insider, Guardian, ZDNet, iPhone in Canada Blog, Re/code, AppleInsider and MacRumors

Tweets: @carl_c_icahn, @carl_c_icahn, @carl_c_icahn, @danprimack and @markgurman

Russell Brandom / The Verge:

Microsoft offers overseas data storage in response to NSA concerns — Today, Microsoft announced an unpredecented response to concerns of NSA data access, offering customers in foreign countries the option of having their data stored outside US borders. According to a Financial Times report …

More: Financial Times

Derrick Harris / Gigaom:

Fast-growing database startup MemSQL raises $35M — MemSQL, the database startup founded by former Facebook employees Eric Frenkiel and Nikita Shamgunov, has raised a $35 million series B round of venture capital. Accel Ventures led the round — which brings MemSQL's total funding …

More: PE Hub Blog, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, PandoDaily, Y Combinator Posthaven and silicontap.com. Tweets: @kentgoldman

Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:

Pinterest CEO Lays Out Growth Plan, Sees Revenue in 2014 … In less than four years, Pinterest Inc. Chief Executive Ben Silbermann has expanded his quirky site for online scrapbooking into a social-media tool used by one-fifth of online adults in the U.S. — For his next act …

More: SiliconANGLE and WebProNews. Tweets: @wsjeurope

Gordon Kelly / Forbes:

Here Are 24 Countries Where Windows Phone Outsells The iPhone (And Why It Does) — Statistics may say Windows 8 is a flop but, contrary to popular opinion, Windows Phone is far from down and out in the battle for our mobile affections. In fact in many parts of the world sales are rocketing past the iPhone.

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

VMware buys AirWatch for $1.54 billion, acquires mobility strategy — Summary: VMware's acquisition of AirWatch will give it a foothold in mobility as well as its end-user computing strategy. — VMware will acquire AirWatch, a mobile device management company, in a $1.17 billion cash deal …

More: VMware Company Blog, eWeek, Investor's Business Daily, ReadWrite, Re/code, DealBook, Bloomberg, Reuters, Inquirer, CITEworld, Internet Evolution, CNBC, Gigaom, Business Insider, PE Hub Blog, bizjournals and Silicon Republic

Tweets: @qthrul and @ldignan

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

HootSuite Buys uberVU To Add Analytics To Its Enterprise Social Media Management Platform — HootSuite — a platform for enterprises to manage their presence on social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram and many more — is ramping up its product offering with more big data.

More: HootSuite Social Media …, HootSuite Media, BetaKit, Xconomy, ZDNet and The Next Web

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Verizon publishes first transparency report, reveals 320,000 total law enforcement requests — As promised, Verizon has released a tally of the requests it receives from law enforcement at all levels, counting a total of 321,545 requests for customer subscription information, phone numbers, or content like text messages and emails.

More: Verizon Public Policy, SiliconBeat, CNET, ZDNet, TheHill, SlashGear, SecurityWeek, The Switch, NationalJournal.com, Electronista and Droid Life. Tweets: @csoghoian

Mike Isaac / Re/code:

With Trove, Ex-WaPo Labs Team Takes Another Try at Social Reading — How do you get your daily news? — It's a question that any 21st century news organization is asking itself — a question all too familiar for a guy like Vijay Ravindran. As the chief digital officer of Graham Holdings …

More: Trove, The Verge, PandoDaily, PC Magazine, TechCrunch, NYT Bits, Business Insider, Washington Post, Mashable, USA Today and Gigaom

Tweets: @trove and @cmdrtaco

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