Top Stories of the Day // December 17, 2015

Brazilian Judge Shuts Down WhatsApp And Brazil’s Congress Wants To Shut Down The Social Web Next | 9 Of The Best Performing Tech Stocks In 2015 | Martin Shkreli, The World’s Most Unpopular Pharmaceutical Exec, Arrested For Securities Fraud | You Can Now Order Ubers (And Soon Lyfts) In Facebook Messenger To Prove You're On Your Way | A Call To Arms Against McCarthy 2.0 | Telegram Gets 1.5M+ Download Spike As Brazil WhatsApp Shutdown Kicks In | Why Pandora Shares Are Going Crazy |

DAILY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17 2015 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Julie Ruvolo Brazilian Judge Shuts Down WhatsApp And Brazil’s Congress Wants To Shut Down The Social Web Next A temporary WhatsApp shutdown is not even close to the craziest thing happening with the Brazilian internet right now. If Brazil's conservative Congress gets... Read More… Fitz Tepper 9 Of The Best Performing Tech Stocks In 2015 In a year when the stock market has essentially been flat, a few tech companies have killed it on the public markets. Companies like Facebook, Amazon, and... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Got a new business idea? Spend less on market research than you spend on lattes — and get answers you can trust. Start your Nielsen QuickQuery survey today! Learn More… Catherine Shu Martin Shkreli, The World’s Most Unpopular Pharmaceutical Exec, Arrested For Securities Fraud In a move that will surprise no one familiar with his questionable career trajectory, Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical executive best known for hiking the... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Facebook Drives Messenger Further With New Uber Feature Slack launches its own Apps Directory for customized experience, Apple shuts down Topsy two years after acquiring the company, Google releases list of the years most searched phrases, the best stock performers in tech for 2015. Watch Now Sarah Buhr, Josh Constine You Can Now Order Ubers (And Soon Lyfts) In Facebook Messenger To Prove You're On Your Way Facebook Messenger now lets you order "Transportation", starting with Uber and with more services on the way. Facebook's twist is that ordering a car via... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Ali Partovi A Call To Arms Against McCarthy 2.0 This week, I learned that HR-158 has Obama's support, has cleared the House of Representatives with a whopping 407-19 majority, and is on track to be passed... Read More… Natasha Lomas Telegram Gets 1.5M+ Download Spike As Brazil WhatsApp Shutdown Kicks In Messaging app Telegram is currently experiencing a bump in downloads in Brazil thanks to a local court ruling forcing a 48 hour shutdown of WhatsApp. Read More… Katie Roof Why Pandora Shares Are Going Crazy Music listening service Pandora saw a dramatic dip and then a dramatic 22% spike in after-hours trading Wednesday, as investors were reading the tea leaves and... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: IT Manager- Information Technology, SmartBear Posted: December 17 Lead Mechanical Engineer, Piaggio Fast Forward Posted: December 16 BI Engineer, Zebit, Inc. Posted: December 15 SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2015 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service