Top Stories of the Day // December 30, 2013

	Today's Top Stories // Dec 30, 2013 Josh Constine Facebook’s Cutesy Annual Report To Partners Reveals First Country-By-Country Mobile Stats TechCrunch has obtained never before published metrics showing Facebook's international growth. Facebook sent some partners a playfully illustrated eMagazine... read more Jordan Crook Fly Or Die: Microsoft Xbox One As console makers all present their refreshed products this year, Microsoft has led the pack with the ever-impressive Xbox One, complete with cable TV control,... read more Greg Kumparak Reason #152 Virtual Reality Is Awesome: Personal Movie Theaters Without The Awful Other People I love going to the movie theater. Seriously, I love it. I just hate all the other people that go. The talkers. The texters. It's just not worth it anymore.... read more Colleen Taylor What Makes Girls Fall In Love With Computers And Code? The perennial discussion about women in technology is in high gear once again, this time after remarks made by Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham about the... read more Jordan Crook Amazon’s Rough Christmas Amazon may have had one of its best Cyber Mondays in reported history, but it doesn't mean that the holiday shopping season went off without a hitch. The... read more Darrell Etherington Mophie’s Powerstation XL Packs In The Power For Extended Time Away From Outlets read more John Biggs SD Cards Aren’t As Secure As We Think The hardware hacker Bunnie Huang gave a talk at the Chaos Compute Club Congress where he offered some good news and some bad news. The good news? SD cards... read more TOP VIDEOS CrunchWeek 2013 In Review: Bitcoin's Big Rise, Edward Snowden And The NSA It's the end of the year, which is always a time for reflection -- auld lang syne and all that jazz. So for the... read more Gillmor Gang: Almost Full ... read more Ask A VC: Accel's Ping Li On The Impact Of Data-Driven Software and More In this week's episode of Ask A VC, Accel Partners' Partner Ping Li joined me in the studio to talk about big data... read more Get more at techcrunch.com To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here.
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Top Stories of the Day // December 29, 2013

	Today's Top Stories // Dec 29, 2013 Romain Dillet Uber, LeCab And Others Now Have To Wait 15 Minutes Before Picking You Up In France read more Frederic Lardinois Google’s Chromebooks Have Hit Their Stride read more Alex Williams RSA’s Deal With The NSA Reflects A General Mistrust Here's how it works when a big company believes that its power is in its girth: They enter this bizarre world that leads them to believe that what comes from... read more John Biggs The Bathys Atomic Watch Is Heading Towards A Crowdfunded Future Bathys, a boutique watchmaker based on Kauai, Hawaii and run by one determined man, first announced their wild Cesium 133 atomic watch in October. Now, a few... read more Tadhg Kelly What Games Are: Games And Money Are Still Weird Suppose you have a passion-project game. You want to develop it for iOS, to be "console quality". You want it to be cool. Given how everything has... read more TOP VIDEOS CrunchWeek 2013 In Review: Bitcoin's Big Rise, Edward Snowden And The NSA It's the end of the year, which is always a time for reflection -- auld lang syne and all that jazz. So for the... read more Gillmor Gang: Almost Full ... read more Ask A VC: Accel's Ping Li On The Impact Of Data-Driven Software and More In this week's episode of Ask A VC, Accel Partners' Partner Ping Li joined me in the studio to talk about big data... read more Get more at techcrunch.com To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here.
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Top Stories of the Day // December 28, 2013

	Today's Top Stories // Dec 28, 2013 Darrell Etherington 2013 Mac Pro Review: Apple’s New Desktop Boasts Dramatic Redesign, Dramatic Performance Apple's new Mac Pro is a sight to behold: In black aluminum with an eye-catching cylindrical design, there's little chance you'll ever mistake it for any other... read more Jon Evans I Can’t Believe I’m Saying This, But T-Mobile Is Awesome I've spent the last week back in my wintry homeland in Canada, and here the scales have fallen from my eyes, and I have seen the light, and I have a message for... read more Gregory Ferenstein How A Fabricated Story About Iron Maiden’s Love Of Music Pirates Became Internet Truth read more Derek Khanna A Look Back At How The Content Industry Almost Killed Blockbuster And Netflix (And The VCR) In 1977, the first video rental store was launched, a 600-square foot store located in Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. George Atkinson, the entrepreneur who... read more Alex Williams What The Data Says About How We Spent Christmas Morning The kids woke up, the parents got called out of bed and for a few hours, shockingly, it looks like the family put down their mobiles on Christmas morning,... read more Josh Constine Snapchat Downplays Phone Number Matching Hack, Says It’s Added New Counter-Measures Following security researchers publishing a way to match Snapchat usernames to phone numbers, Snapchat has published a skimpy statement making the hack sound... read more Pankaj Mishra Asia’s Richest Man Invests In BitPay read more TOP VIDEOS Ask A VC: Accel's Ping Li On The Impact Of Data-Driven Software and More In this week's episode of Ask A VC, Accel Partners' Partner Ping Li joined me in the studio to talk about big data... read more Keen On… Innovation: Is Silicon Valley Losing Its Mojo? Perhaps best known for his definitive book about Facebook, David Kirkpatrick is one of tech's smartest and best... read more TC Cribs: TellApart Turned An Old Auto Shop Into A Golden Land Of Tech (And Champagne) There are a few extra special Christmas gifts that can't be wrapped and don't quite fit under the tree -- love,... read more Get more at techcrunch.com To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here.
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Top Stories of the Day // December 27, 2013

	Today's Top Stories // Dec 27, 2013 Pankaj Mishra Bitcoin Exchanges In India Shut Down After Regulator Warning read more Andrew Keen Keen On… Innovation: Is Silicon Valley Losing Its Mojo? Perhaps best known for his definitive book about Facebook, David Kirkpatrick is one of tech's smartest and best informed writers. He now runs a media startup... read more Anthony Ha Elephanti Raises $4.5M To Help Shoppers Find Products In Nearby Stores Elephanti, a startup that's supposed to make it easier for physical stores to connect with shoppers online, is announcing that it has raised $4.5 million in... read more Ingrid Lunden Nine Music Labels Plan To Sue Vkontakte, The Facebook Of Russia, Over 6,000 Illegal Tracks Vkontakte, a social networking site known as the "Facebook of Russia", is facing legal action from nine music labels including EMI, Sony and Warner over what... read more Catherine Shu With Angel Funding From Top Media Veterans, The News Lens Wants To Reshape Journalism In Taiwan Earlier this month, The News Lens, an independent media startup in Taiwan, announced that it had received angel funding from Marcus Brauchli, whose resume... read more TOP VIDEOS Keen On… Innovation: Is Silicon Valley Losing Its Mojo? Perhaps best known for his definitive book about Facebook, David Kirkpatrick is one of tech's smartest and best... read more TC Cribs: TellApart Turned An Old Auto Shop Into A Golden Land Of Tech (And Champagne) There are a few extra special Christmas gifts that can't be wrapped and don't quite fit under the tree -- love,... read more Fly Or Die: Nokia Lumia 1520 Nokia is now basically the defacto Windows Phone handset manufacturer, and the Lumia 1520 is its latest effort.... read more Get more at techcrunch.com To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here.
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