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January 17, 2016, 4:50 PM

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Wall Street Journal:
Uber won't face limits on surge pricing under NYC Council legislation; Mayor de Blasio releases $2M study saying Uber isn't to blame for worsening congestion  —  Uber Won't Face Limits on Surge Pricing Under NYC Council Legislation  —  The package of bills regarding the taxi …
Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
Sources: Fab co-founder Bradford Shellhammer's shopping site, Bezar is running out of money just 10 months after launch  —  Fab Co-Founder's Shopping Site, Bezar, Is Running Out of Money  —  About 10 months after Bezar launched as a reincarnation of Fab.com, the shopping site appears close to going out of business.
Steve Ragan / CSO:
LastPass web design elements can enable a hard-to-detect phishing attack; company says it has released an update that mitigates most of the risks  —  ShmooCon: LastPass design elements create perfect Phishing opportunity  —  “There's a cool hacker technique called right click, inspect element...”
Kareem Anderson / WinBeta:
Windows Phone's Word Flow keyboard is coming to ‘other platforms’ starting with iOS  —  Piece by piece it looks like the Windows Phone experience is being ported to iOS and Android.  Some Windows Insiders are being asked to participate in testing the Windows Phone Word Flow keyboard on iPhones.
Ed Bott / ZDNet:
Microsoft updates support policy: new CPUs will require Windows 10, a list of preferred devices will support older Windows versions, but only for 18 months  —  Microsoft updates support policy: New CPUs will require Windows 10  —  In a change to its longstanding support policy …
Mark Bergen / Re/code:
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet:
Intuit sells Demandforce to Internet Brands  —  Demandforce was part of a trio of divisions Intuit included in divestiture plans back in August, along with Quicken and QuickBase.  —  Financial software giant Intuit has sold its Demandforce software business to Internet Brands …

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