Saturday, April 2, 2016

Top Stories of the Day // April 2, 2016

April Fools' 2016: A roundup of this year’s best and worst pranks | Apple turns 40 | The top 5 startups from Y Combinator Fellowship’s Virtual Demo Day | Slack’s growth is insane, with daily user count up 3.5X in a year | North Korea blocks access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube | Spotify suffers notable hour-long outage for many users | Slack is work chat’s runaway train, raises $200M at $3.8B |
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SATURDAY, APRIL 2 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES:
TOP HEADLINE | Greg Kumparak

April Fools' 2016: A roundup of this year’s best and worst pranks

For better or worse, it’s April 1st again. Happy April Fools’ Day! The day when up becomes down, cats become people, and the Internet loses its... Read More…
CRUNCH NETWORK | Nick Thompson

Apple turns 40

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Parrot's Henri Seydoux to talk about the future of drones at Disrupt NY

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Josh Constine

The top 5 startups from Y Combinator Fellowship’s Virtual Demo Day

Pre-natal genetic testing, VR drones, and fracking nanoparticles were a few of the products featured in Y Combinator’s first Virtual Demo Day. They come... Read More…
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Tesla Unveils Car for the Masses

Tesla unveils Model 3, Slack valued at $3.8 billion, Managed by Q raises Series B round, Yeezy releases album on Apple Music, Google screws up April Fool’s day joke. Watch Now
Josh Constine

Slack’s growth is insane, with daily user count up 3.5X in a year

Plenty of startups have tried and failed to make enterprise software sexy, but Slack made it viral. Its growth rate is unheard of. Both Slack’s daily... Read More…
Jon Russell

North Korea blocks access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube

In news that is not April 1-related, North Korea has this week begun to block access to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other websites in the country. Read More…
Jon Russell

Spotify suffers notable hour-long outage for many users

Breathe that weekend air, Saturday is here in most parts of the world! Great time to put on some music and relax, except, that is, if you're a Spotify user... Read More…
Katie Roof, Josh Constine

Slack is work chat’s runaway train, raises $200M at $3.8B

The Slack rocketship won’t slow down. The business messaging startup has raised $200 million at a $3.8 billion post-money valuation, the company... Read More…
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