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January 20, 2015, 9:00 AM

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Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:
Google in talks to invest in SpaceX at $10B+ valuation to support Internet satellites project  —  Google Nears Major Investment in SpaceX to Bolster Satellites  —  Google is close to investing in rocket maker SpaceX, according to several people familiar with the talks …
Christian Oestlien / The Twitter Blog:
Twitter announces acquisition of Bangalore-based ZipDial, a marketing platform for missed calls  —  Bringing Twitter to more people around the world  —  We're very pleased to announce we've reached an agreement to acquire ZipDial (@zipdial), a product partner based in Bangalore, India …
Lizzie Wade / Wired:
How small towns in Mexico are building their own cellular networks because commercial providers won't  —  Where Cellular Networks Don't Exist, People Are Building Their Own  —  Inside the cloud that is perpetually draped over the small town of San Juan Yaee, Oaxaca, Raúl Hernández …
More: TechCrunch
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Techmeme's Gabe Rivera on tech media: ‘A lot of intellectual dishonesty’  —  Gabe Rivera has a love-hate relationship with the tech media world.  Known both for helming curation site Techmeme and for his often sarcastic Twitter personality, Rivera is knee-deep in the cut-throat Silicon Valley …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Apple Cuts Off Developers In Crimea Following U.S. Sanctions  —  Tensions between Russia and the U.S. over Crimea are spilling into the world of tech: developers are reporting that Apple is sending out notices of termination to people whose accounts are registered in Crimea …
Neal Gabler / New York Times:
How VR startup Jaunt selected its name with help from a professional namer  —  The Weird Science of Naming New Products  —  The announcement came in November with two names attached: one famous, one not, or at least not yet.  The famous name was Paul McCartney.
Tim Culpan / Bloomberg:
Source: HTC to unveil smartwatch with Under Armour fitness service integration and flagship M9 phone with Snapdragon 810, 20MP rear camera in March  —  HTC Said to Plan Better Camera Phone, First Smartwatch in March  —  HTC Corp. (2498) plans to unveil a marquee phone in March with improved camera …
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
As It Seeks New Regulations In NY, Airbnb Estimates It Would Collect $65 Million In Taxes There  —  Airbnb has been trying to win over regulators and lawmakers in New York by pledging to crack down on illegal hotel operations and collect taxes from rentals that happen on its platform.
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
US federal government struggles to secure 5K+ social media accounts operated by disparate agencies after CENTCOM Twitter hack  —  No One Really Knows How Secure Government Social Media Is  —  There's no centralized way to find out if the proper security measures are being used to protect government accounts.
More: PoliticoThanks:@mat

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