Top Stories of the Day // March 3, 2016

Amazon adds the $130 Tap and the $90 Dot to the Echo family | Slack voice calling arrives on desktop | Instagram starts blocking ‘add me’ deeplinking for Snapchat, Telegram | Plane is a new ‘social icebreaker’ app from the founder of Cupple | Herschel goes high tech with its new magic fabric | WhatsApp adds support for document sharing, but only PDFs at launch | Uber and Ola launch motorbike taxi services in India |

DAILY THURSDAY, MARCH 3 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Sarah Buhr Amazon adds the $130 Tap and the $90 Dot to the Echo family Amazon's voice-operated command center Echo produces something close to modern-day magic within our homes: Get the latest news, order a pizza, turn off the... Read More… Josh Constine Slack voice calling arrives on desktop Slack was being cheeky when yesterday it said voice chat would start testing “very, very soon”. Today the new “Calls” feature starting... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT How Top Startups Find The World's Most Talented Developers and Designers Toptal makes hiring easy by connecting you with elite developers and designers, hand-picked to match your needs. Hire on-demand, risk-free. Learn More… Natasha Lomas Instagram starts blocking ‘add me’ deeplinking for Snapchat, Telegram Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram is flexing its platform muscle by shutting down 'add me' deeplinking for some other social media services within... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Slack Introduces Voice Calling HTC gets 15k Vive preorders in less than 10 minutes, Google is testing a hands free mobile payment option, Gotenna raises $7.5M in Series A, No More Voicemail by Teltech Systems disables your voice messages. Watch Now Steve O'Hear Plane is a new ‘social icebreaker’ app from the founder of Cupple Plane is a new social app from Tim Allison, who previously founded Cupple, the relationship app acquired by YC alumni Pair (which since re-branded to Couple and... Read More… John Biggs Herschel goes high tech with its new magic fabric Everyone’s favorite retro backpack maker is heading into the 21st century. The Vancouver-based company has released something called the Sealtech... Read More… Sarah Perez WhatsApp adds support for document sharing, but only PDFs at launch WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned mobile messaging service that recently hit 1 billion users worldwide, is today rolling out a much-anticipated feature to its apps... Read More… Jon Russell Uber and Ola launch motorbike taxi services in India Bangalore is the setting for the latest showdown between Uber and its India-based rival Ola after both companies launched motorbike taxi on-demand services in... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Director, DevOps, SmartBear Posted: February 29 .NET Software Engineer, Bit-Wizards Posted: February 29 Sales Engineer , New Relic Posted: February 29 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