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Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
One of two plaintiffs named in Apple iPod antitrust case withdrawn while Apple files motion asking for dismissal  —  iPod Lawsuit Down to One Plaintiff  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — A class-action lawsuit against Apple that has been nearly a decade in the making could hinge on a single iPod purchased by a New Jersey woman in 2008.
Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
Apple antitrust lawsuit could be halted: Apple claims plaintiffs did not buy affected iPods  —  Apple iPod Suit May Lack One Thing: A Plaintiff  —  A class-action lawsuit is usually meant to represent a group of people believed to have been harmed in some way.
Martin Beck / Marketing Land:
Chartbeat changes how it tracks mobile apps traffic to better measure dark social referrals  —  Chartbeat Shines A Light On Dark Social, Finds Missing Mobile Referrers  —  Sites with high Facebook referral traffic are seeing a bump of 40% in traffic attributed to Facebook mobile after the real …
Kashmir Hill / Fusion:
Ex-employees say staff warned Sony of lax security for years and company failed to act on risk assessment advice  —  Sony Pictures hack was a long time coming, say former employees  —  We still don't know exactly how Sony Pictures got hacked or who did the hacking.
Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Sony Hack Reportedly Includes 47,000 Social Security Numbers, Celebrity Data
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Poshmark Hits $100M In Annual Revenue For Its Fashion Resell Biz, Begins Luxury Goods Authentication  —  Fashion marketplace Poshmark, which lets women shop for items sold from others' closets, is now able to authenticate the purchases of luxury goods through a new service it's calling “Posh Concierge.”
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Torque, Microsoft's Alternative To “OK Google,” Now Works On Android Smartphones  —  Microsoft this morning has released an app for Android smartphone users called Torque that allows you to shake your phone in order to perform a voice search, similar to Google's “OK Google.”
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Line Pay, The Messaging App's Mobile Payments Service, Will Make Its Global Debut Soon  —  Back in October, Line Corporation, which operates the messaging app, announced plans for a mobile payments service.  Now Line, which has 170 million monthly users, says that the feature, called Line Pay, will launch soon.

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