Top Stories of the Day // March 17, 2016

Nike just unveiled the first real power-lacing sneaker, the HyperAdapt 1.0 | Facebook’s Messenger Bot Store could be the most important launch since the App Store | Plan launches a better calendar for busy people | Oculus shows off first-look of Minecraft for Gear VR and it’s mehhh | The Apple Watch hack: Bringing design expertise to reinvent the wearable | Google’s latest mobile search algorithm update makes having a mobile-friendly site even more important | Apple looks to Google’s Cloud Platform as it diversifies its infrastructure |

DAILY THURSDAY, MARCH 17 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Fitz Tepper Nike just unveiled the first real power-lacing sneaker, the HyperAdapt 1.0 It’s finally here. After teaming up with Michael J. Fox to tease us with self-lacing Nike Mags on Back To The Future day in October, Nike has finally... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Tom Hadfield Facebook’s Messenger Bot Store could be the most important launch since the App Store If Facebook announces the “Messenger Bot Store” at F8, as many predict, it would be arguably the most consequential event for the tech industry... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Networking at TechCrunch Disrupt NY (May 9-11) just got a lot better We are launching the beta of a program called CrunchMatch, which is designed to introduce investors to entrepreneurs, based on curated analysis of which startups fit with a given investor's profile. Investors, sign up today! Learn More… Sarah Perez Plan launches a better calendar for busy people Today, we have a variety of apps to manage our days – calendars, task lists, reminders, notes, and more. But the apps don’t always interoperate, and... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT A Big Change For Instagram Instagram changes algorithm, Uber lets you pay for others, and The Fappening is not Apple’s fault Watch Now Lucas Matney Oculus shows off first-look of Minecraft for Gear VR and it’s mehhh Minecraft in all its blocky glory is setting up shop on mobile virtual reality on the Samsung Gear VR. I had a chance to demo the game at an Oculus media event... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Kevin Young The Apple Watch hack: Bringing design expertise to reinvent the wearable I bought an Apple Watch six months ago. This was no casual purchase. As an Apple fan, a watch collector and with more than 20 years of experience in the design... Read More… Frederic Lardinois Google’s latest mobile search algorithm update makes having a mobile-friendly site even more important If your site isn't easy to use on mobile, Google penalizes it by ranking it lower on its mobile search results pages. To give publishers even more of an... Read More… Ron Miller, Frederic Lardinois Apple looks to Google’s Cloud Platform as it diversifies its infrastructure Rumors are flying today that Apple is moving part of its cloud business from AWS to Google’s Cloud Platform. We did some asking around and yes, it does... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Content Director at Foundation Capital (San Francisco, CA, United States) Lead Android Engineer @ Yummly at Yummly (Redwood City, CA, United States) Clinical Business Applications Project Analyst at Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic (Toppenish, Washington 98948, United States) QA Manager at FiveStars (San Francisco, CA, United States) Head of Design at FiveStars (San Francisco, CA, United States) 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