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Today's Top Stories // Feb 15, 2014

Why Fads Fade: The Inevitable Death Of Flappy Bird

On February 8, 2014, an app called Flappy Bird held the coveted No. 1 spot in the Apple App Store. The app's 29-year-old creator, Dong Nguyen, reported... read more

Instapainting Turns Your Photos Into Hand-Painted Oil Paintings On The Cheap

Surprise! It's Valentine's Day, the stealthiest of all the holidays. If you're trying to get a gift today, you… might be a bit short on options. Will you... read more

HTC Confirms That Windows Phone 8.1 Exists, Shocking Precisely No One

In a Reddit AMA session today, HTC employees confirmed that the company's 8X Windows Phone handset will receive future firmware updates. This indicates that the... read more

How The World Butchered Benjamin Franklin’s Quote On Liberty Vs. Security

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As Exchange Withdrawal Restrictions Ease, Bitcoin’s Price Snaps Northward

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VCs On Inequality, Unemployment, And Our Uncertain Future

The Great Bifurcation is underway. The American economy is polarizing between the minority rich and the majority poor; technology is a major cause of this; and... read more

Ronny Conway Closes His Over $51 Million Early Stage Fund

Solo investor Ronny Conway has closed the early-stage fund he had left Andreessen Horowitz last year to raise. Back in September, Dan Primack had reported that... read more



TOP VIDEOS

Ask A VC: Comcast Ventures' Dave Zilberman On SaaS Enterprise Adoption And More

In this week’s episode of Ask A VC, we hosted Comcast Ventures’ Dave Zilberman to talk about mobile... read more

Twitter's Dick Costolo On What It Takes To Be A Good CEO

2013 was a very good year for Twitter, so it's only fitting that Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo took home the award... read more

TC Cribs: Zoosk, Where A Tunnel Of Love Leads To Coders, Cupcakes, And Puppies

It's just about Valentine's Day, which means love is in the air, even here among the workaholics in the tech industry.... read more

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