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January 10, 2016, 3:15 PM

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Financial Times:

Sources: Apple Music now has more than 10M subscribers — Apple's music streaming subscribers top 10m — Apple has passed 10m subscribers for its music streaming service, taking six months to hit a milestone which took its arch-rival Spotify six years to hit, according to people familiar with the matter.

More: 9to5Mac, Business Insider, MacRumors, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Re/code, CNET, Tech Insider and iDownloadBlog.com

Tweets: @jhyu, @tim and @neilcybart

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Photo Evidence Shows Facebook Is Building Messenger For Mac — TechCrunch has obtained photographic evidence and an eyewitness report that Facebook has built an as-yet-unreleased Facebook Messenger For Mac desktop app. The photo below shows a Facebook employee using it.

More: Digital Trends, TechnoBuffalo, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, Engadget and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @craigmod

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:

2016 Google Tracker: Everything Google is working on for the new year — Android N, a big VR program, Google Glass, and lots more are in store for Alphabet. — It's that time of the year again—welcome to the Google Tracker! This is a bi-annual series where we recap every ongoing project …

More: TechSpot, Ron Amadeo and The Mac Observer. Tweets: @chrismessina

Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:

Twitter removes conservative writer Milo Yiannopoulos's verification badge without stating a reason, inflaming politicized battle over online speech — Twitter Unverifies Writer Amid Speech Wars — Twitter's removal of journalist and provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos's verification badge …

More: Re/code, Medium, UK Blog on The Huffington Post, Mediaite, TheBlaze, Twitchy and Business Insider

Tweets: @cernovich, @nero, @ggreenwald, @buzzfeedben, @nero, @emilybell, @arrington, @louisemensch, @christinetatum, @galenward, @nero and @kantrowitz

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Andreas Gal:

With Google's move to integrate OpenJDK in Android, Oracle gains influence over a significant part of the Android software stack — Oracle sinks its claws into Android — This is my first blog post since leaving my role as Mozilla's CTO 6 months ago. As you may have read in the press …

More: Ars Technica and InfoQ. Tweets: @fmnjohn, @fraserspeirs, @stshank, @pquerna and @luisobo

Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:

As some in advertising industry criticize Pinterest's ad efforts, the company touts 5X YoY revenue growth in 2015, and plans to expand ad offerings in 2016 — Insiders say what's going on inside $11 billion Pinterest — and it's not all good — Pinterest is a strong contender to go public in 2016 …

More: bizjournals. Thanks:@stevekovach

Joseph Menn / Reuters:

Juniper Networks will drop code tied to National Security Agency — Juniper Networks Inc said late on Friday it would stop using a piece of security code that analysts believe was developed by the National Security Agency in order to eavesdrop through technology products.

More: Ars Technica, Juniper, Network World, The Next Web and Engadget

Tweets: @kimzetter and @nikitab

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Razer announces $200 Stargazer webcam with Intel RealSense3D technology, dynamic background removal, face and object 3D scanning — Razer Raises The Bar On VR Gaming With Its New $200 Stargazer Webcam — Last summer, gaming tech company Razer said that it was working with Intel on a webcam …

More: Ars Technica, AnandTech, CNET, PC Gamer, The Verge, Engadget, PCWorld, Fortune and Kotaku. Thanks:@ingridlunden

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:

Razer launches $999 Blade Stealth Ultrabook and Core GPU enclosure dock that connects with Thunderbolt 3 and can drive both internal and external screens

More: TechnoBuffalo, The Verge, CNET, Laptop Mag, ExtremeTech, TechnoBuffalo, Kotaku, The Verge, AnandTech, Digital Trends and SlashGear

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Rocket Internet-Backed Easy Taxi Confirms Asia Exit, Doubles Down On Latin America — Easy Taxi, the Uber and GrabTaxi rival backed by Rocket Internet and among other investors, has confirmed that it has exited Asia in order to focus on the ride on-demand market in its native South America.

More: The Drum and e27

Andrew J . Hawkins / The Verge:

NY Governor Andrew Cuomo says all NYC underground subway stations will have WiFi by the end of 2016, new mobile, contactless payment system by the end of 2018 — The entire New York City subway system will have Wi-Fi by the end of 2016 — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan …

More: Gizmodo, NY1 News, Good E-Reader, Politico, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New York Daily News, WNYW-TV, Associated Press, Tech Times, Engadget and New York Times. Tweets: @shaig

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Chinese Travel Booking Giant Ctrip Invests $180M In India's MakeMyTrip — Ctrip, the Chinese travel booking site valued at over $10 billion, has taken a big step in India after it agreed to invest $180 million in MakeMyTrip, a fellow booking service that covers flights, hotels and bus ticketing in the South Asian country.

More: e27, Business Standard, Seeking Alpha, The Hindu, Times of India and Tnooz. Tweets: @pankajontech

Sam Byford / The Verge:

Hands-on with Huawei's Honor 5X smartphone, available in US for preorder now for $199.99, ships January 31 — Huawei's Honor 5X smartphone looks pretty good for $199.99 — Honor, a Huawei subsidiary that aims to steal some of Xiaomi's thunder through low prices and online marketing, is officially launching in the US.

More: Android Authority, CNET, Greenbot, Droid Life, 9to5Google, Android Police and Android Authority

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