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January 9, 2015, 7:35 PM

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Pew Internet:

Pew Report: Facebook growth slows, but user engagement increases; while Twitter and others grow userbase, not engagement — Social Media Update 2014 — In a new survey conducted in September 2014, the Pew Research Center finds that Facebook remains by far the most popular social media site.

Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:

Twitter plans to sell ads in streams of tweets on other publishers' apps and websites, share revenue — Twitter Planning to Sell Ads on Apps and Sites of Other Companies — Twitter is laying out plans to make money from the millions of people who see tweets all over the Web but don't actually use Twitter.

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Tim Peterson / AdAge:

Twitter mulling 6-second autoplay preview for promoted videos when appearing in users' feeds, charging advertiser on when people click to watch full video

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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:

Lizard Squad's DDoS attack service “Lizard Stresser” runs mostly on thousands of hacked home routers — Lizard Stresser Runs on Hacked Home Routers — The online attack service launched late last year by the same criminals who knocked Sony and Microsoft's gaming networks offline …

More: PC Magazine, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Quartz, The Next Web, TechSpot, Polygon, WinBeta and The Verge

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Screenshots emerge of Windows 10's new dark theme, taskbar, and Spartan browser UI — This is Windows 10's new browser and dark theme — Microsoft is preparing to unveil a new browser in Windows 10, codenamed Spartan, and leaked images are providing an early glimpse at the Internet Explorer successor.

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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Apple planning Apple Pay expansion into Canada as soon as March — Apple is preparing to expand its new Apple Pay payments service internationally with at least the Canadian launch currently scheduled for early 2015, according to sources close to the situation.

More: Mashable, Techvibes Global News, InvestorPlace, TechSpot, everythingiCafe, MacRumors, SlashGear, Redmond Pie, App Advice, O'Grady's PowerPage, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, FierceMobileIT News, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup.com, iMore and MacNN. Thanks:@apollozac

Loek Essers / InfoWorld:

Glitch in OS X Yosemite's Spotlight Search can expose IP address, system details of Apple Mail users to spammers — Glitch in OS X search can expose private details of Apple Mail users — Performing a Spotlight search opens email previews that load external images, even when the Mail client is asked not to do this

More: Ars Technica, BGR, iDownloadBlog.com, TUAW, TechSpot, Lifehacker, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Load the Game, SlashGear, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog and Electronista

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Apps from Apple's EU App Store continue to work even after refunds are processed — The fundamental flaw with EU 14-day refunds: you keep the app forever — A week ago, Apple introduced 14-day no-questions-asked refunds in the EU for iTunes Store and App Store content.

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AppleInsider:

Minimum iOS App Store price rises to $1.19 in Canada, £0.79 in the UK, and €0.99 in the EU

More: 9to5Mac, Engadget, The Verge, iMore, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, Gigaom, iPhone in Canada Blog and Mashable

NOVA Next:

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, PandoDaily, PC Advisor, Washington Post, SC Magazine, TechCrunch, Tech Times, SiliconBeat, BetaBoston, The Hill, RT, The Daily Caller and Gizmodo

Amrutha Gayathri / Reuters:

Box seeks to raise up to $162.5M in IPO at $11 to $13 per share at a valuation of up to $1.55B — Data storage company Box expected to be valued at up to $1.55 billion — (Reuters) - Online data storage provider Box Inc (IPO-BOX.N) expects its initial public offering to be priced at $11-$13 per share …

More: Re/code, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Silicon Valley Watcher, Business Insider, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, ZDNet, Bloomberg, CNET and Business Insider

Tweets: @levie, @dmac1, @alex, @davejohnson_uk, @ross and @rakeshlobster

Ed Bott / ZDNet:

Microsoft plans new OneDrive sync engine that unifies consumer and commercial versions, syncs shared folders such as Dropbox, has selective sync — Microsoft lays out year-long roadmap for unifying OneDrive sync engines — Summary:In a new announcement, the company says it plans to unify …

More: OneDrive Blog, PC Advisor, cloudpro.co.uk, FierceCIO News and The Register

Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat:

Nintendo blames taxes as it exits Brazil — Mario isn't afraid to brave the dangers of ice worlds or Bowser's castle, but tariffs have scared him away from Brazil. — The game publisher revealed today that it is ending operations in the South American nation (via UOL Brazil).

More: International Business Times, gameinformer.com, Wii U and Seeking Alpha

Hannah Jane Parkinson / Guardian:

Google-backed fund donates €250,000 to Charlie Hebdo, Zuckerberg condemns attack, Apple shows solidarity with banner on site — Mark Zuckerberg, Apple and Google respond to Charlie Hebdo attack — Facebook CEO condemns attack while Google donates £195,000 to support satirical magazine …

More: Guardian, Mark Zuckerberg, TechCrunch, PandoDaily, CNNMoney.com, The Verge, BetaNews, PC Magazine, Mashable, VentureBeat, Crowdfund Insider, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, Engadget, SlashGear and PandoDaily

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