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January 25, 2014, 4:35 AM

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Wall Street Journal:

Apple Moves Toward Expanded Mobile-Payment Service — Apple Inc. laying the groundwork for an expanded mobile-payments service, leveraging its growing base of iPhone and iPad users and the hundreds of millions of credit cards on file through its iTunes stores.

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Steven Levy / Wired:

The Macintosh Is 30, and I Was There for Its Birth — Nineteen eighty-four was not like 2014. When Steve Jobs launched the Macintosh, he had to generate excitement about a product — a computer — that was unfamiliar to most people, if not downright scary.

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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com:

Sony Pictures, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Make Movie Deal For ‘Lean In’ — EXCLUSIVE: In a deal spearheaded by Sony Pictures production president Hannah Minghella, the studio has made a preemptive acquisition of film rights to Lean In: Women, Work, And The Will to Lead, the 2013 book written by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.

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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Gmail And Google+ Go Down Across The World, Service Returns After Roughly 50 Minutes — Update 2: As of 2:52 service seems to be restored and reliable on both Gmail and Google+ for most of those affected. — Update: Users are now reporting that Gmail service at least is back for some …

Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:

When Gmail Went Down, Yahoo Poked Fun On Twitter, Then Apologized

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Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

Black Car Competitor Accuses Uber Of DDoS-Style Attack; Uber Admits Tactics Are “Too Aggressive” — Competition is fierce in the world of on-demand transportation. The consumer demand for better, more convenient car service has exploded over the last two years, and startups services are racing to capitalize.

More: Valleywag, Uber Blog, CNNMoney.com, Inc.com, Get Taxi, The Snitch, Fast Company, Auto World News, Consumerist, Business Insider, SlashGear, The Verge, Ars Technica, Gigaom and Los Angeles Times

Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

Bay area tech companies should give back and promote good public policy in their community — It Doesn't Have To Be This Way — There is a story being told about us here in the tech industry in San Francisco — that we are entitled, or that we are oblivious. I don't believe that's true.

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Douglas MacMillan / Digits:

SoundCloud raises over $60M at a $700M valuation, led by IVP and Chernin — Music-Sharing Service SoundCloud Raises New Funds at $700 Million Valuation — SoundCloud, the site for uploading and sharing music, has raised a new round of funding valuing the company at about $700 million, according to a person familiar with the deal.

More: VentureBeat, Re/code, Inc.com, Engadget, The Verge, Gigaom and Business Insider. Tweets: @benjaminharvey. See also Mediagazer

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Jury finds Courtney Love not liable in landmark Twitter defamation case — Courtney Love Wins Twitter Defamation Trial — After eight days of testimony, the singer prevails in a trailblazing case. — Courtney Love — On Friday, a California jury decided that Courtney Love …

More: SPIN, Associated Press, ABC News, TIME.com, Twitchy, NBC News Entertainment, Poynter and Business Insider. Tweets: @eriqgardner. See also Mediagazer

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft's Windows 8.1 Update 1: Rumored release target is March 11 — Summary: Windows 8.1 Update 1 may be headed for a March 2014 release and could include some under-the-hood changes to reduce memory and disk space requirements for cheaper tablets. — There's nothing like ending the week with a few fresh Windows rumors.

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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Acquires Virtual World Gaming Startup Cloud Party, Will Shut It Down — Yahoo is doing more than just throwing shade at Google on Twitter today and then taking it back - the company has acquired Cloud Party, a browser-based game creation engine. In a blog post today …

More: Cloud Party Blog, TechHive and bizjournals

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