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Amir Efrati / The Information:
With Google's deal expiring in 2015, Yahoo and Microsoft compete to take over as default search engine in Safari for iOS  —  All Eyes on Apple as Google Search Deal Expires Next Year  —  Mozilla's decision last week to replace Google with Yahoo as the default search engine for the Firefox browser …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Netflix Sues a Former Exec — Now Yahoo's CIO — For Allegedly Collecting Kickbacks  —  Netflix says a former executive collected kickbacks from vendors he helped connect to the streaming video company.  —  Now Netflix is suing its former employee, who is currently Yahoo's chief information officer.
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Aaron Smith / Pew Internet:
Survey finds majority of US internet users are familiar with web usage terms but not with historical concepts  —  What Internet Users Know about Technology and the Web  —  Before you read the report, test your own Web IQ by taking the interactive knowledge quiz.
Serena Saitto / Bloomberg:
Uber Said Close to Raising Funding at Up to $40B Value  —  Uber Technologies Inc. is close to raising a round of financing that would value the mobile car-booking company at $35 billion to $40 billion, according to people with knowledge of the situation.  —  T. Rowe Price Group Inc …
Reiji Murai / Reuters:
Sony to cut TV, smartphone lineup; sees growth in PlayStation, image sensors  —  (Reuters) - Japan's loss-making Sony Corp plans to slash its TV and mobile phone product line-ups to cut costs, counting on multi-billion dollar revenue surges for its buoyant PlayStation 4 and image sensor businesses over the next three years.
Kristin Cwalinski / CNBC:
Twitter has talked to Bieber-backed Shots: Source  —  Twitter has talked about an acquisition of Shots, the selfie app backed by singer Justin Bieber, a source close to Shots told CNBC on Tuesday.  —  Twitter's acquisition plans became the subject of hot speculation on Monday …
Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
Twitter Introduces Offers: Discounts You Claim in Tweets and Redeem in Stores  —  First, Twitter dipped its toes into e-commerce.  Now it wants a piece of bricks-and-mortar retail, too.  —  The social network today is introducing Twitter Offers, discounts that users can claim right …
TechCrunch:
Going Out App YPlan Raises $24M As It Lays Off Staff, Plans Pivot Into Long-Tail Events  —  YPlan — the app that gives people with no plans a curated selection of things to do and the ability to buy tickets to do them — has some big plans of its own.  TechCrunch has learned and confirmed …
Bill Rigby / Reuters:
Microsoft to pay China $140 million for ‘tax evasion’  —  (Reuters) - China has levied about $140 million in back taxes from Microsoft Corp in the first major case concerning cross-border tax evasion in the country, as regulators ramp up pressure on U.S. corporations doing business there.

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From Mediagazer

Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
New media sites on the left have found growing audiences; Drop Site News co-founder Ryan Grim says his two-year-old site has 800K free and 60K paid subscribers

The Scottish Beacon:
In an open letter, the Scottish Beacon calls on the Scottish government to create a local news fund, invest in public ads, and fund journalism placements

Emma Madden / Wired:
Some journalists and novelists are adopting an “anti-AI” style with intentional typos and complex sentences, as publications are flooded with AI submissions

More News

Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Sony settles with FTC over misleading PlayStation Vita ads, to compensate customers who bought device before June 1, 2012
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
IDC: iPad to see first annual decline with wider tablet shipment growth set to fall to 7.2% in 2014, down from 52.5% in 2013

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