Xiaomi Confirms It Sold 61M Phones In 2014, Has Plans To Expand To More Countries  —  Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone maker that raised $1.1 billion last month, has confirmed that it sold 61.12 million phones last year, bringing in an apparent revenues of 74.3 billion CNY ($12 billion) in the process.

Acer announces first 15-inch Chromebook with Core i3 processor, 1080p display  —  To kick off CES 2015, Acer has announced its first ever 15-inch Chromebook.  The 15.6-inch screen makes it the biggest Chromebook released to date, but keeping trend with other Chromebooks on the market, the device is still affordable, starting at $250.

Netflix Cracks Down on VPN and Proxy “Pirates”  —  Due to complicated licensing agreements Netflix is only available in a few dozen countries, all of which have a different content library.  —  Some people bypass these content and access restrictions by using VPNs or other circumvention tools that change their geographical location.

If the Supreme Court tackles the NSA in 2015, it'll be one of these five cases  —  Roughly a year and a half since the first Snowden disclosures, there's already been a judicial order to shut down the National Security Agency's bulk metadata collection program.

What to expect at CES 2015: wearables, Intel Broadwell devices, retail-ready VR headsets, more  —  Here's what to expect from CES 2015  —  The future will be wearable, autonomous, and always connected  —  With 2014 now firmly in the rearview mirror, the tech industry is gearing …

FCC says it will review a draft of net neutrality rules and vote on them by the end of February  —  Get ready: The FCC says it'll vote on net neutrality in February  —  Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Intel invests $24.8 million in smartglasses maker Vuzix  —  The investment gives Intel 30% ownership of the company  —  Many predicted that Google Glass would be a hit in 2014.  In fact, a report from BI Intelligence even stated that over 800,000 Google Glass units would be sold.

Nielsen: song streaming in the US up 54% to 164B in 2014, song downloads down 12% to 1.26B, album downloads down 9% to 106.5M  —  U.S. Music Fans Continue Shift to Streaming Services as Apple Readies Beats Revamp  —  Paid music downloads, which have dominated the digital music market …

Military tech company ODG announces consumer augmented reality glasses running Android featuring Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS; to be released in 2015 for under $1,000  —  Secretive Military Tech Company Announces Augmented Reality Glasses For Consumers  —  For the past six years …

Canadian ISPs and VPN services now have to forward copyright infringement notices to pirating subscribers or face damages of up to $10K  —  Canadian ISPs and VPNs Now Have to Alert Pirating Customers  —  After years of public and private discussions, Canada started implementing a new copyright law in recent years.