Top Stories of the Day // December 31, 2016

Iran has banned Clash of Clans for promoting violence and tribal conflict | The top 10 best of VR in 2016 | Kayako’s CEO on building a bootstrapped business | Why you probably won't invest in the next unicorn | Weekly Roundup: Obama imposes sanctions on Russian intelligence, Snapchat and Oculus eat up startups | Meet the five startups vying for Best App at the 10th Annual Crunchies Awards | 2017 will be a strong year for venture capital |

THE DAILY CRUNCH SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh Iran has banned Clash of Clans for promoting violence and tribal conflict Earlier this week The Ministry of Justice in Iran blocked Clash of Clans because psychologists in the country believe the game promotes violence and what they... Read More… Rebecca Friedman, Jacob Mullins The top 10 best of VR in 2016 After spending the better part of 2016 researching, analyzing and experimenting in the Virtual Reality industry, here is what I’ve found to be the Top 10... Read More… Felicia Williams Kayako’s CEO on building a bootstrapped business Kayako isn't a new company — the bootstrapped business has been around for 16 years — but it does have an interesting story. Kayako has never taken... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT CrunchBoard Discover New Talent As the official job board of TechCrunch, CrunchBoard leverages an engaged and educated audience of over 12 million unique readers each month to help fill your job vacancies. Post your job today! Learn More Winter Mead Why you probably won't invest in the next unicorn Value creation in enterprise tech is often driven by a cohort of exits, while value creation in consumer tech is generally driven by large, individual exits --... Read More… Anna Escher Weekly Roundup: Obama imposes sanctions on Russian intelligence, Snapchat and Oculus eat up startups This year, Donald Trump's U.S. election triumph sent Silicon Valley into a spiral of uncertainty, Facebook addressed its fake news problem, the IPO landscape... Read More… Jordan Crook Meet the five startups vying for Best App at the 10th Annual Crunchies Awards 2016 sucked, if we’re being honest with ourselves. But the year wasn’t a total waste. The world of tech offered up a few shining stars in 2016, and... Read More… Matt Murphy 2017 will be a strong year for venture capital What does my crystal ball say about the outlook for venture capital in 2017? The building blocks of a better year are in place. Many venture capital firms are... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Graphic/Website Designer for Nonprofits at Media Cause (San Francisco, CA, United States) Marketing / SEO Coordinator at Soundsnap (Brooklyn, NY, United States) Lead Software Engineer at WAZER (Rockland County, NY, United States) Product Manager at Tulē at Tulē (San Francisco, CA, United States) Software Engineer II at LSI (Jacksonville, FL, United States) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser 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