Top Stories of the Day // February 26, 2016

Tablets Are Dead | Apple Changed Its Site’s Code So The Word “click” Doesn’t Look Like… | Apple Hires Developer Behind Signal, Edward Snowden’s Favorite Secure Chat App | Mark Zuckerberg Asks Employees To Stop Crossing Out “Black Lives Matter” On Facebook’s Walls | Meet Brain, The AI Engine That Wants To Replace Search | Facebook Officially Launches Canvas Ads That Load Full-Screen Rich Media Pages In-App | Opera CEO: Sale To Chinese Consortium Wasn't Our Decision |

DAILY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Romain Dillet Tablets Are Dead In 2010, tablets were supposed to be the new hot thing. Apple released the first iPad, Samsung was working on the Galaxy Tab and countless others were about to... Read More… Josh Constine Apple Changed Its Site’s Code So The Word “click” Doesn’t Look Like… If you squint, you can see how the word “click” might look inappropriate. But Apple’s too prim and proper for that. So when it wanted the... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Last day to Apply to Pitch at the TC New York Meetup Get your applications in TODAY to pitch for the TechCrunch Meetup Up + Pitch-Off! This year, join us in Brooklyn for beer, good conversation, and a battle to the death. Coming to New York this Tuesday, March 1. Get your tickets now! Learn More… Jon Russell Apple Hires Developer Behind Signal, Edward Snowden’s Favorite Secure Chat App Apple hires plenty of interns all year round, but one particular new addition revealed this week caught the eye given the company's current position opposing a... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Tablet Status: Dead Apple files a motion to dismiss court order to unlock iPhone for FBI, Foxconn puts Sharp acquisition deal on hold, Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg are directly threatened by name in new ISIS propaganda video, Brain Inc wants their search engine to replace Google search. Watch Now Megan Rose Dickey Mark Zuckerberg Asks Employees To Stop Crossing Out “Black Lives Matter” On Facebook’s Walls Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is asking his employees to stop being ignorant and racist (my words, not his). In an internal memo obtained by Gizmodo,... Read More… Jonathan Shieber Meet Brain, The AI Engine That Wants To Replace Search Fifteen miles away from where Larry Page and Sergey Brin worked out of their first office developing the technology that would become Google, a team of... Read More… Josh Constine Facebook Officially Launches Canvas Ads That Load Full-Screen Rich Media Pages In-App Instant Articles, meet Instant Ads. Facebook wants to give advertisers an immersive way to reach people without making them leave the social network. So today... Read More… Frederic Lardinois Opera CEO: Sale To Chinese Consortium Wasn't Our Decision After months of rumor, Opera finally confirmed two weeks ago that its board had accepted a takeover offer from a consortium of Chinese firms for the price of... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Systems/Network Analyst 2 , University of New Mexico Posted: February 26 Technical Support Representative, Sterling Payment Technologies Posted: February 25 Lead Personalization Engineer, ipsy Posted: February 25 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