Top Stories of the Day // January 13, 2016

Unlocking Trapped Engineers | Google Maps For Android Gets Predictive With Driving Mode | Google Focuses On Virtual Reality With New Lead For Cardboard | Uber Might Owe Tens Of Thousands Of California Passengers $1.8 Million In Class Action Lawsuit | Moneybox Scores $3M Seed To Make It Easy For Millennials To Save And Invest | No Holiday Bounce For PCs In 2015, But Mac Sales Bucked The Trend | Enterprise Founders Take Note: A New $100 Million Fund Just For You |

DAILY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Vivek Ravisankar Unlocking Trapped Engineers Millions of software engineers are caged. Their talent remains unseen behind the iron bars of the misconception of a shortage of software engineers. An... Read More… Jordan Crook Google Maps For Android Gets Predictive With Driving Mode You might have noticed that Uber has started to pay attention to your habits. For example, the app often suggests my home address as a destination whenever I... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Download go90 for CES 2016! Download go90 to watch the Hardware Battlefield competition, the Best of CES Awards, plus an exclusive CES tour with digital prophet David Shing. Get more details. Learn More… Drew Olanoff Google Focuses On Virtual Reality With New Lead For Cardboard According to a report by Re/Code, Google is doubling down on virtual reality, with its VP for product management, Clay Bavor, dropping his responsibilities for... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Periscope Now In Twitter Feeds Google is making their Cardboard VR headsets a bigger priority, Lyft is partnering with National Medtrans Network to help New York’s elderly get to medical appointments, cheap flight finder Skyskanner has a valuation of $1.6 billion after raising a mega round, Skype is bringing video chat to mobile. Watch Now Sarah Buhr Uber Might Owe Tens Of Thousands Of California Passengers $1.8 Million In Class Action Lawsuit Several Uber customers in California received notice today they're involved in a class-action lawsuit against the rideshare giant. Uber agreed to the terms of a... Read More… Steve O'Hear Moneybox Scores $3M Seed To Make It Easy For Millennials To Save And Invest Yet-to-launch Moneybox is a U.K. startup that wants to encourage millennials — who might not be thinking too much about their financial futures — to... Read More… Natasha Lomas No Holiday Bounce For PCs In 2015, But Mac Sales Bucked The Trend Analyst Gartner has charted the fifth consecutive quarter of PC shipment declines, reporting today that holiday sales of full-fat computers fell by 8.3 per cent... Read More… Connie Loizos Enterprise Founders Take Note: A New $100 Million Fund Just For You Enterprise startups have a new venture fund to pitch. Leaders Fund, a new, North American venture firm, is taking the wraps off its debut, $100 million fund,... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: .NET Developer, SI Play, Time Inc. Posted: January 13 Android Developer, SI Play, Time Inc. Posted: January 13 Senior Developer, SI Play-3, Time Inc. Posted: January 13 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 © 2016 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service