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• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, January 15

  Intel earnings coming ... Xiaomi's phablet is thinner than iPhone 6 Plus ... Facebook goes for enterprise social network ... and more.

• Microsoft's device share growth to outpace Apple's through 2016

  Microsoft's share of shipped devices will climb slightly this year and pick up some steam in 2016, but Apple's share will grow at a more sluggish pace because of slow-downs in iPhone and iPad, Gartner forecast Monday.

• Slack now letting employers tap workers' private chats

  Slack, whose chat app aims to help workers get stuff done, might now have them running scared, knowing the boss could access their chats.

• Apple's remaining co-founders, Woz and Wayne, reminisce about early company relics

  Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak yesterday said he wasn't surprised at the growing interest in early artifacts from the company, including the Apple-1, the first personal computer he designed and created.

• Bill Gates sells $US925m in Microsoft stock, still owns $US13.6bn worth

  Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates sold 20 million company shares in late October, but thanks to market gains in the past three months, his portfolio was worth more than when he last sold stock, regulatory filings showed.

• Teenager gets financial backing to make low-cost Braille printer

  Thirteen-year-old Shubham Banerjee had to borrow money from his parents to create his first low-cost Braille printer, but he won't need to rely on the kindness of friends and family for more cash any time soon.

• Power Tools Company Uses Marketing Analytics to Compete With Big Box Stores

  If you're in the market for a chain saw or a leaf blower, you might consider a product from Stihl. But you won't find the company's products at Home Depot or Lowe's. Stihl operates an independent dealer-only retail distribution program that its leaders say is instrumental in helping the company dominate the gasoline-powered outdoor tool category.

• Google shakeup puts Sundar Pichai in charge of...almost everything

  Google CEO Larry Page is apprently looking to ensure his company stays forward-looking and innovative as it grows up.

• The 14 mistakes that will kill your independent development shop

  Deciding to go it alone as an independent software developer is a liberating experience. The thrill of being your own boss cannot be denied -- neither can the fact that being your own boss means building a business. It's no longer simply about the code. Everything is your responsibility, from paperwork to partnerships, and with this increasing burden come greater pitfalls that can sink your business.

• Pioneering Companies Enter a New Data Analytics Phase

  A variety of pioneering companies are entering the next phase of data analytics -- dubbed Analytics 3.0 -- where the data analysis not only produces faster or better internal decisions but can also be turned into external products and services.

• No more excuses, time to roll out IPv6, says registry boss

  As the dwindling number of IPv4 addresses starts to cause problems for organizations around the world, time has come to roll out IPv6 on a larger scale and leave behind dead-end technologies that delay the inevitable, according to the chief of the regional Internet registry in Asia-Pacific.

• Government control emerges as central issue at ICANN meeting

  What level of control governments should exert over the Internet emerged early in ICANN's meeting this week as a primary sticking point, with the representative from France advocating for more state control and the U.K. arguing for less.

• ICANN CEO wants to make progress on US split at London meeting

  ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé hopes to make progress on the split with the U.S. government and convince critics that the organization is on the right track when it meets in London next week.

• Top executives fly the coop at Twitter, Foursquare

  Twitter and Foursquare both said Thursday that some high-ranking executives would be stepping down, with the changes coming as both companies look to expand and try out new products.

• SAP parts ways with Cloud sales chief in strategy shift

  SAP cloud software sales chief Shawn Price is leaving the company in the latest high-profile executive departure at the company in recent days.