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Natt Garun / The Next Web:

Sling TV review: Not quite the cord cutter's dream, but a bargain for millennial families — The unbundling trend is trickling down from apps to television with the launch of Sling TV, Dish Network's US-only, live TV subscription service at just $20 a month - no contract required.

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Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority:

Cyanogen's CEO says they'll be independent from Google in 3-5 years, offering its own app store in 18 months and alternatives to Google apps — CEO: “Today, Cyanogen has some dependence on Google. Tomorrow, it will not.” — Kirt McMaster, the outspoken CEO of Cyanogen Inc. …

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

A16Z Leads $58M Round In UK's TransferWise To Ramp Up Its P2P Transfer Business — TransferWise, the fast-growing UK-based P2P money transfer startup that has reportedly been in talks with Facebook for remittance services, has raised a large tranche of funding led by one of the social network's earliest backers.

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Kieren James-Lubin / O'Reilly Radar:

An explanation of the stumbling blocks to blockchain scalability and some possible solutions — Blockchain scalability — Author note: Vitalik Buterin contributed to this article. … In a talk at CoinJar last fall, well-known bitcoin expert Andreas Antonopoulos made the following comment:

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Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Cablevision to launch Wi-Fi-only mobile phone service Freewheel; $9.95/month if bundled with home internet, $29.95 for other customers — This is big: Cablevision launches Wi-Fi-only mobile phone service — Janko Roettgers — Cablevision is getting ready to pick a fight with your mobile phone company.

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Jon Southurst / CoinDesk:

Coinbase to launch first regulated US bitcoin exchange on Monday, approved by half of all state regulators — Coinbase Secures Approval to Launch Regulated US Bitcoin Exchange — Bitcoin wallet and brokerage Coinbase is set to launch a US exchange on Monday - one that is already approved by 50% of all state regulators.

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Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Tweetbot for Mac pulled from App Store after authentication issues, possibly tied to Twitter token limits — Twitter's war on developers continues: Tweetbot for Mac falls victim to token limit, gets pulled from App Store — In November, 9to5Mac brought you an exclusive interview …

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Ashlee Vance / Businessweek:

Profile of OneWeb founder Greg Wyler and his plan to launch 648 low-orbit internet satellites by 2018 amid burgeoning competition — The New Space Race: One Man's Mission to Build a Galactic Internet — Greg Wyler is friendly and gregarious and talks about his business plans with a fervor that borders on the religious.

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Kenneth Wong / Bloomberg:

AT&T Agrees to Buy Nextel Mexico for $1.875 Billion Minus Debt — AT&T Inc. (T), the second-largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, agreed to buy NII Holdings Inc. (NIHDQ)'s Mexican business for $1.875 billion minus debt. — The deal includes companies that operate under the name Nextel Mexico …

More: VentureBeat, CNET, Reuters, AT&T and Wall Street Journal

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:

PlayStation Now performs remarkably well on a fast connection, proving game streaming can work — With PlayStation Now, Sony proves that game streaming works — When Sony launched its PlayStation Now service as a beta last year, the ridiculous per-game rental pricing structure stopped us …

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

In response to rise of programmatic advertising, AOL drastically restructures ad sales staff — As Ad Business Shifts to Machines, AOL Restructures Its Sales Staff in a Major Reorg — According to numerous sources, AOL is now initiating long-planned changes to drastically reorganize …

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