Monday, March 31, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // March 31, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Mar 31, 2014

How Dropbox Knows When You’re Sharing Copyrighted Stuff (Without Actually Looking At Your Stuff)

Late last night, a tweet was spread far and wide showing that a DMCA notice had blocked a file from being shared on a Dropbox user's account. What was going... read more

#Love: Unfollowing Exes

One month ago, I got dumped. It was the third in a series of failed, long-term relationships over the past five years. All relationships end differently.... read more

Bitcoin Slips In The Wake Of The IRS’s Tax Decision

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iPhone 6 “Air” Concept Imagines A Return To The Glass Back Design

A new take on the yet-to-be-announced iPhone 6 from an independent designer provides a look at what we might expect from a thinner, larger-screened,... read more

Microsoft Has Big Plans For Bing’s Entity Engine

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Healthcare.gov Crashes On The Last Day To Enroll Before The Deadline

Healthcare.gov is down for maintenance at the most inopportune time. Users are reporting not being able to access the U.S. government's healthcare marketplace... read more

Moto G Has Turned Motorola’s U.K. Fortunes Around, Study Finds

Turns out the 'G' in Moto G stands for 'Go!'. Motorola's well-reviewed sub-$200 Android handset has given Motorola an unexpected boost in the U.K. -- a market... read more



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Crunchweek: Facebook's $2B Bet On Virtual Reality, Office For iPad, And YC Demo Day

In this special “Between Two Co-Editors” edition of Crunchweek, I was joined by my fearless bosses,... read more

Watch How Matterport's Camera Captured A 3D Model Of TechCrunch HQ

Historically, creating an accurate 3D model of a physical space has been a time-consuming and expensive process... read more

Gillmor Gang: Sign Language

The Gillmor Gang — Danny Sullivan, Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor — barely came out... read more

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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // March 30, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Mar 30, 2014

The Improbable Rise Of Roku

In 10 years, when we look back and think about which companies fundamentally changed the way viewers get their TV shows delivered to them, will Roku be a part... read more

How One Cloud Enterprise Startup Decided To Sell To Microsoft

When Ursheet Parikh sold his company StorSimple in 2012 to Microsoft, it was one of the largest deals in the cloud infrastructure sector to date. But that... read more

Neil Young’s PonoPlayer Passes $5m In Kickstarter Pledges

The portable music player is alive and well. Pono Music's PonoPlayer just crossed the $5 million milestone on Kickstarter, making it the fourth most funded... read more

Whaling Is The New Harlem Shake

Have you whaled yet today? It's the new thing. Whale at the club. Whale at school. Whale in your cubical. Just don't whale at a funeral. That would be doing it... read more

How To Run Live User Testing, Part 3: The Debrief

We've focused on getting the tests setup, which includes deciding on a specific thing to test, when and where to conduct the user study and what type of users... read more

The Resurgent, Post-Windows Microsoft

Microsoft had become an oft-ignored, behemoth to the North, despite $77 billion in revenue and $57 billion in profits. It seemed that the mobile revolution had... read more

Watch How Matterport’s Camera Captured A 3D Model Of TechCrunch HQ

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TOP VIDEOS

Crunchweek: Facebook's $2B Bet On Virtual Reality, Office For iPad, And YC Demo Day

In this special “Between Two Co-Editors” edition of Crunchweek, I was joined by my fearless bosses,... read more

Watch How Matterport's Camera Captured A 3D Model Of TechCrunch HQ

Historically, creating an accurate 3D model of a physical space has been a time-consuming and expensive process... read more

Gillmor Gang: Sign Language

The Gillmor Gang — Danny Sullivan, Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor — barely came out... read more

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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // March 29, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Mar 29, 2014

The 11 Memes That Define Oculus Riftbook (NSFW)

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After Supporting Prop 8, New CEO Brendan Eich Comes Under Fire From Mozilla Employees

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Facebook Bought Oculus VR To Create The Metaverse, Or Why Angry Kickstarter Backers Need To Chill

There are many people out there who take a pessimistic view of Facebook. To them, Mark Zuckerberg is a huckster, out to sell us the snake oils of distraction... read more

Tesla Strikes Deal To Keep Dealerships In New York

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The Internet Is Held Together With Bubble Gum And Baling Wire

Did you know that, to quote an angry hacker: The Internet from every angle has always been a house of cards held together with defective duct tape. It's a... read more

CloudGOO’s New App Turns All Your Cloud Storage Accounts Into One Big, Combined Drive

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Google Cracks Down On Deceptive Ads And Other Shady Behaviors Found In Android Apps

Android apps are about to get cleaned up. That is, if the recently added changes to the Google Play Developer Program Policy are actually enforced. Google... read more



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Keen On… Scale: How To Spread Excellence From The Few To The Many

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TC Makers: A Walk Through The Amazing Townhouse That Grado Labs Calls Home

Grado Labs appears to be a much bigger company than it is. Founded 60 years ago by Joseph Grado, the company made... read more

Inside Jobs: How Medium's Product Scientist Brings Data To Life

The tech press can make it seem like the most important people in the industry are those with "founder" or "chief"... read more

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Friday, March 28, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // March 28, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Mar 28, 2014

Amazon Plans Free Video-Streaming Service, WSJ Reports

All signs point to Amazon announcing its streaming device at a NYC event next week. Not a lot is known about it, but a report from the WSJ today sheds a little... read more

Sony Just Launched The Most Boring Product In The World

Meet the Digital Paper, Sony's latest e-ink slate. It's part iPad, part e-reader, and must be made out of moon rocks. It's $1,100 and will be available in the... read more

Facebook Takes Another Crack At Read-It-Later With “Save” Button

Facebook's quest to become a newspaper has seen it launch multiple News Feeds, the standalone Paper app, trending topics, and more. But you're not always able... read more

Apple To Launch 4.7- And 5.5-Inch iPhone As Soon As September, Report Claims

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Y Combinator’s Top Three Startups From Winter 2014, According To Y Combinator Startups

With each class, the startups within Y Combinator vote to determine which colleagues they thought were most likely to be successful. One source sent us a list... read more

Facebook Joins Google In The Hunt For The Future

We now live in an era when Mark Zuckerberg speed-dials Obama, controls fleets of drones, brokers $19 billion acquisitions in a week, and buys whole virtual... read more

Elon Musk Turns To Medium And GIFs To Reveal New Model S Fire Safety Feature

Is the company blog dead? Instead of posting on the Tesla blog, Elon Musk announced a significant new Model S feature on the personal blogging site Medium. read more



TOP VIDEOS

TC Makers: A Walk Through The Amazing Townhouse That Grado Labs Calls Home

Grado Labs appears to be a much bigger company than it is. Founded 60 years ago by Joseph Grado, the company made... read more

Inside Jobs: How Medium's Product Scientist Brings Data To Life

The tech press can make it seem like the most important people in the industry are those with "founder" or "chief"... read more

Secret CEO Responds To Cyberbullying Criticism

When it comes to cyberbullying in his anonyous sharing app, Secret co-founder claimed "We don't see very much of... read more

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