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January 5, 2015, 11:30 AM

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Marco Arment / Marco.org:
Apple's marketing priorities are driving the pace of software releases at the expense of quality  —  Apple has lost the functional high ground  —  Apple's hardware today is amazing — it has never been better.  But the software quality has taken such a nosedive in the last few years that I'm deeply concerned for its future.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Nest adds 15 new partners, now integrates with smartlocks, lighting and home appliances  —  Nest's thermostat gets smarter with support for more third-party devices  —  Nest is today announcing a handful of new additions to the company's “Works with Nest” program, a designation given …
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Google Asked to Remove 345 Million “Pirate” Links in 2014  —  In the hope of steering prospective customers away from pirate sites, copyright holders are overloading Google with DMCA takedown notices.  —  These requests have increased dramatically over the years.
Dana Wollman / Engadget:
HP unveils its 5K monitor, available in March for $1299, alongside curved, 4K, and 3D displays  —  HP intros a slew of monitors, including curved, 5K and 3D models  —  HP just announced a boatload of new monitors here at CES and impressively, they seem to combine every big tech buzzword from the past few years.
Andy Weir / Neowin:
Microsoft's new Nokia phone can go for a month without being recharged, costs just $29  —  A few weeks ago, Microsoft unveiled the first smartphone to be launched under its own brand, the Lumia 535.  The company is phasing out the Nokia brand from its smartphone range, under terms agreed …
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
How Megan Smith is trying to bring her Silicon Valley sensibility to the White House as US CTO  —  Her Task Is to Wean the White House Off Floppy Disks  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama's top technology adviser cringes when she hears highly educated adults say how bad they are at science and math …
Gordon Mah Ung / PC World:
Lenovo announces new Broadwell-powered ThinkPad X1 Carbon, refreshed X, T, L, and E series laptops, “ThinkPad Stack” peripherals  —  ThinkPads get Broadwell and break the 100 million mark  —  Lenovo says it's crossed a huge milestone with its ThinkPad line that's impressive …
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Nvidia's new Tegra X1 chip features an 8-core 64-bit CPU and a 256-core Maxwell-based GPU, powers Drive CX/PX car computers  —  Nvidia announces Tegra X1 SoC with Maxwell-based GPU [Updated]  —  LAS VEGAS, NEVADA—Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang took to the stage this evening to kick off the company's CES.

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