Here s what the tech world is talking about this morning:
Intel is buying German broadband company Lantiq.
Yahoo is already seeing a noticeable boost in traffic since replacing Google as Firefox s default search.
Half of yesterday s Super Bowl ads featured hashtags, but that s less than last year.
For the first time since 2010, tablet sales fell in the fourth quarter.
Sega is closing its San Francisco office and cutting 300 jobs.
Apple ranks as China s most desirable luxury brand, a new study finds.
Once $399 a year, Google Earth Pro is now free.
Netflix will raise $1 billion in debt to invest in content acquisitions, and more.
Apple is looking at jewelry store-level security to protect its upcoming 18-karat gold Apple Watch Edition.
Google-owned Nest lost two top executives last week.
Uber and Lyft drivers may have employee status, a federal judge says.
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman got an 11 percent raise ahead of the company s split.
Apple is reportedly planing a $5 billion bond sale to protect its overseas cash horde.
Pebble has now sold more than 1 million smartwatches.
Google is expanding its program to offer bounties for those who catch bugs.
Vine has rolled out a kid-friendly version.
At top: Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
