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January 10, 2015, 5:40 AM

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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.

More: The Next Web, Marketing Land, Business Insider, The Verge, TechCrunch and Seeking Alpha. See also Mediagazer

Tim Peterson / AdAge:

Twitter mulling 6-second autoplay preview for promoted videos when appearing in users' feeds, charging advertiser only when people click to watch full video — Twitter's Video Plans Include Autoplay Ad Previews — Advertisers Would Only Pay If People Click to Play — Creativity Reimagined

More: Tubefilter. Tweets: @mathewi. See also Mediagazer

Justin Duino / Android Central:

Hands-on with the Remix Ultra Tablet, a Microsoft Surface-like Android tablet created by three ex-Google engineers — First look at the Remix Ultra Tablet — An Android tablet to get work done on — Jide, a company founded by three ex-Googlers, showed off its first device at CES 2015 — the Remix Ultra Tablet.

More: Ars Technica, The Verge, Neowin, PhoneDog.com, stuff.tv, Pocketnow, AndroidHeadlines.com, Phandroid, PC World and WMPoweruser

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.

More: The Seattle Times, TechnoBuffalo, BGR, SlashGear, Yahoo Tech, The Digital Reader, eWeek, Windows Phone Central, CNET, FierceCIO News, InfoWorld and Seeking Alpha

Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal:

Database Company MongoDB Raises Another $80 Million — Database company MongoDB Inc. has raised another $80 million to take on powerful incumbents and startups in the race to win business customers. … The company had named a new president and chief executive, Dev Ittycheria …

More: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, MongoDB and Gigaom

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, Electronista, TechSpot, TechCrunch, Nextgov, Polygon, Ars Technica, The Next Web, WinBeta and The Verge

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, FierceCIO News, Computerworld, cloudpro.co.uk and The Register

Claire Brownell / Financial Post:

Report: Shopify planning IPO in US and Canada this year to raise about $100M at $1B+ valuation — Shopify Inc planning IPO in Canada and U.S. in 2015, hopes to raise US$100M: report — Ottawa-based e-commerce firm Shopify Inc. hopes to raise about US$100 million in a planned initial public offering …

More: Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, BetaKit and Seeking Alpha

Alex Davies / Wired:

NASA and Nissan Join Forces to Build Self-Driving Vehicles for Earth and Space — Nissan and NASA are teaming up to develop autonomous vehicles that will take us across town—or across Mars. — The automaker and the space agency signed a five-year partnership today that will see their …

More: Fast Company, tech.co, Gizmodo, Engadget, TIME, Pocket-lint and The Verge

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

Bonnie Cha / Re/code:

ZTE announces Spro 2, an Android-powered projector/hotspot that improves upon predecessor in battery life and brightness, to be sold exclusively on AT&T — CES Snapshot: ZTE's Smart Projector Gets Brighter, Better Battery Life — ZTE grabbed a lot of attention at CES last year when it debuted the Spro …

More: AT&T, Tom's Guide, Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneNews.com, TechnoBuffalo, PhoneDog.com, Android Community, The Verge, Ubergizmo, Liliputing, Digital Trends, PC Magazine and Droid Life

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