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January 9, 2015, 6:40 AM

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Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

Apple Hires HP Veteran to Head Corporate Sales — Apple has hired a longtime Hewlett-Packard executive to run sales of its products to large corporations, and he may take on a role involving international sales of the forthcoming Apple Watch. — Via LinkedIn John Solomon

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Snowden: NSA should re-prioritize cyber warfare goals and focus more on defensive measures given US's dependence on high-tech — Exclusive: Edward Snowden on Cyber Warfare — Cyber warfare used to be the stuff of sci-fi movies and military exercises. But with the advent of the Stuxnet worm …

More: Ars Technica, TechCrunch, BetaBoston, The Hill, RT and Gizmodo

Brian Womack / Bloomberg:

In the last year Google's share of US search traffic fell 4.1% to 75.2% in biggest drop since 2009; Yahoo's share grew 4% to 10.4% — Google Loses Most U.S. Search Share Since 2009 While Yahoo Gains — Google Inc. (GOOG)'s dominance of the U.S. Internet search market slipped last month …

Chris Mellor / The Register:

Samsung unveils PCIe SSD with data speeds of up to 2.15GB/sec and low power consumption of two milliwatts in standby mode — Samsung's SUPER-speedy SSD is a real power-sipper — 512GB drive draws a TINY 2mW: Yes, that's two milliwatts — Samsung's latest small form factor PCIe flash drive shunts data …

More: Gizmodo, Techgage, BetaNews, Geeky Gadgets, TechRadar.com, Engadget, ITworld.com, Computer Dealer News, The Mac Observer, GSMArena Blog and TechSpot. Tweets: @reghardware

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Sources: Windows 10's Spartan browser will feature Cortana integration, stylus support for annotating webpages — Windows 10's new browser will have the most advanced features ever — Microsoft is planning to radically overhaul its web browser in Windows 10.

More: TechSpot, Geeky Gadgets, Business Insider, Electronista, VG247, TechnoBuffalo, Engadget, Mashable, Neowin, USA Today, ZDNet, Business 2 Community, Gizmodo, WMPoweruser, Ubergizmo, Windows Phone Central and Web Browser. Tweets: @mgsiegler

John Herrman / The Awl:

Facebook's latest post on video growth shows intent to demote publishers to producers, with uncertain benefits — Territory Annexed — Here is an update from Facebook about what “the shift to video”—that is, the sudden prevalence of auto-playing clips posted directly to the site—means to “creators.”

Lester Victor Marks / AppleInsider:

Griffin's Lightning cables with reversible USB plug coming in March for $29.99 — Griffin shows off $30 Lightning cable with reversible USB plug, coming in March — At CES this week, Griffin Technology took the wraps off a new USB-to-Lightning cable with a twist — the USB Type A plug …

More: Geeky Gadgets, Electronista and TUAW

Brent Dirks / App Advice:

Evernote releases free mobile scanning app Scannable for iOS 8 devices — Evernote's new Scannable app wants to put paper in its place — Evernote wants to help tame that paper mess that many of us deal with on a daily basis. The new Scannable app is a quick and easy way to digitize pretty much any important document.

More: iMore, Evernote Blog, Geeky Gadgets, The Next Web, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, Engadget, Fast Company, The Tech Portal and MacRumors

Conor Dougherty / New York Times:

Google may launch an auto insurance comparison shopping site in US as early as Q1 this year — New Clues on Google's Plans for Insurance — The insurance industry takes it for granted that Google will soon introduce its Google Compare auto insurance shopping site, which has been in Britain for two years, in the United States.

More: Wall Street Journal, Forrester Blogs, Reuters, Gizmodo, The Verge, Electronista, CNET and 9to5Google

Carmel DeAmicis / Gigaom:

Uber cuts prices for riders and guarantees earnings for drivers in 48 cities starting Friday — Uber just cut prices in 48 markets — This hasn't happened in awhile. Uber just slashed its cost in 48 of its US markets. The last time it started giving such big discounts was half a year ago, at the start of summer.

More: Uber Blog, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, Electronista, The Next Web, VentureBeat, The Verge and TechCrunch. Tweets: @rsarver

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

The EFF's New App Is Android-Only, As Organization Calls Out Apple For “Outrageous” Developer Terms — Non-profit digital rights organization EFF rolled out a new mobile application this morning, which allows users to more easily access the group's “action center” from their smartphone.

More: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Android Police, The Next Web, WebProNews, BetaNews, Quora, MacNN, iPhone Hacks and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @jilliancyork

Re/code:

Twitter's native video product launching within weeks, may have 20-second time limit — Twitter's New Video Feature Is Only a Few Weeks Away — Twitter is planning to unveil its new video product in the next few weeks, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.

More: Tubefilter. Tweets: @walldo

Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet:

Google's developer diagnostic tool Cloud Trace enters beta — Summary:Originally introduced last June during Google I/O conference, Cloud Trace helps app developers spot hiccups and performance issues by finding the traces for slow requests. — Google's Cloud Platform business announced …

More: Google Cloud Platform Blog, eWeek, Gigaom and VentureBeat

CoinDesk:

State of Bitcoin 2015: Ecosystem Grows Despite Price Decline — CoinDesk is pleased to announce the latest quarterly State of Bitcoin report, featuring a 2014 Year in Review, an in-depth analysis of data and events from the fourth quarter of 2014 and a look ahead to what 2015 might bring.

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Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Facebook buys QuickFire Networks for video infrastructure gear, expertise — Summary:QuickFire Networks' technology includes T-Video, an appliance that is designed to sit in a 1U rack and do nothing but process and transcode video. Welcome to Facebook's data centers. — QuickFire's T-Video appliance.

Cory Bennett / The Hill:

Senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee will reintroduce controversial cybersecurity information sharing bill, CISPA, on Friday — House Dem revives major cyber bill — A senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee on Friday will reintroduce a controversial bill …

More: Engadget, Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Verge, Sputnik US, MacNN, GamePolitics blogs and Gigaom

Tweets: @privacytoday, @justinbrookman and @cory_bennett

Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:

Microsoft's Azure cloud adds G-Series virtual machines & a key management tool — Microsoft is moving right along in its efforts to maintain a leading position in the public cloud market. Today the company is announcing a public preview for a new service for storing cryptographic keys in the Azure cloud …

More: Gigaom, TechWeekEurope UK, ZDNet, PC World, Redmond and Forbes

Sean Hollister / Gizmodo:

Oculus demos 3D positional audio with its latest Rift prototype at CES — Oculus Brings 3D Audio To Virtual Reality, And It Sounds Great — Sorry folks, there's no new version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset at this year's CES, and no word on when the fabled consumer version might appear.

More: HotHardware.com News, SiliconBeat, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, The Verge, Engadget, Geeky Gadgets and Road to Virtual Reality

Grant Gross / Computerworld:

White House declines to act on petitions to fire Aaron Swartz prosecutors — The White House has declined to act on two petitions, collectively signed by 90,000 people, that called for the president to fire the federal prosecutors who charged the late Internet activist Aaron Swartz with computer hacking.

More: The White House, Ars Technica, Washington Post, Boing Boing, TechPresident, RT, The Hill and Mashable

Amy Gesenhues / Search Engine Land:

Microsoft adds best-selling books carousel to Bing's search engine — Bing's New Best-Sellers Carousel Helps Readers Find Just The Right Book — Bing is courting book-lovers everywhere with its new search update, a carousel displaying the latest best-sellers.

More: Search Blog, BetaNews, WinBeta, The Next Web and Windows Phone Central

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