10 Tech Things You Need To Know This Morning

Here's the most buzzed-about tech news right now:

1. Analysts estimate Apple sold an 50 - 60 million iPhones last quarter, up 16% from the same quarter last year.
2. Tons of political and technology leaders have flown to Switzerland for the annual Davos World Economic Forum. Attendees include broadcast journalist Maria Bartiromo, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and U2 singer Bono.
3. Verizon is buying Intel's failed Internet TV product, Intel Media. It may cost as much as $500 million.
4. The worst passwords of 2013 include "123456," "qwerty" and "monkey."
5. Googler Matt Cuts says guest blogging for SEO, which was made popular by sites like The Huffington Post, is dying. He says it's too much like spam now. He should know since he's the head of Google's Webspam team.
6. Bill and Melinda Gates have released their annual letter. In it, they describe three myths that block progress for the poor. "Myth 1: Poor countries are doomed to stay poor. Myth 2: Foreign aid is a big waste. Myth 3: Saving lives leads to over-population," they write.
7. A dozen ad tech companies may go public in the next year or two. Here's how the market will likely value them.
8. Tony Fadell discussed what talks with Google were like prior to the $3.2 billion sake of his company, Nest, at the DLD conference. He also talked about privacy and Nest devices and vowed to make everything opt-in and transparent.
9. Jerks and startups: Do you need to be one to be extremely successful?
10. How to stop using traditional banks forever.