10 Tech Things You Need To Know This Morning

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Comcast CEO Brian Roberts speaks at his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2008.

Good morning! Here's what you need to know today in tech:

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  1. Comcast is going to buy Time Warner Cable in an all-stock deal that values Time Warner at $159 per share, or ~ $45 billion.
  2. Here's why the Comcast-Time Warner deal could get approved by regulators.
  3. Sonny Dickson, a blogger who was able to get early images of the iPhone 5C, now has images of a device he says could be the iPhone 6. The phone looks thinner than the iPhone 5C with a larger screen.
  4. More rumors have leaked about Apple's next devices. Reports are piling up that Apple is making not one but two large-screen phones, and that the iPhone 6 will be lighter than the 5S despite being a bigger device.
  5. Apple is also said to be launching its new Apple TV in April, which it's aiming to sell by Christmas.
  6. The president of PayPal sent a brutal email to his staff asking them why they "refused to install the PayPal app (!!?!?!!)"
  7. Wine entrepreneur and marketing guru Gary Vaynerchuk is going to invest in more startups with a new $25 million seed fund.
  8. Olympic athletes, particularly gold medalist snowboard Jamie Anderson, really likes to use dating app Tinder.
  9. Dropbox has poached Google executive Dennis Woodside, who will become the file storage company's first-ever COO. His role at Google will be filled by Nikesh Arora and Jonathan Rosenberg. "Dennis and the team have reinvented Motorola, with wonderful products like Moto X and Moto G," Larry Page said of Woodside, wishing him the best at Dropbox.
  10. Facebook is testing out 30-person ferries to shuttle employees from Redwood City to San Francisco. The ferries will have snacks, coffee and WiFi.
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