Top Stories of the Day // April 30, 2016

Handcuffed to Uber | Why the NRA hates smart guns | Windows 95 on the Apple Watch features the world’s most twee Start button | Watch SpaceX land a rocket in this awesome 360 video | On the dark art of software estimation | Welcome to the post-app world? | Phil Schiller takes to Twitter to remind everyone not to pluralize Apple products |

DAILY SATURDAY, APRIL 30 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Connie Loizos Handcuffed to Uber A quick scan of LinkedIn for former employees underscores the point. Of Uber’s roughly 6,700 employees, only a tiny fraction have left, and in most cases,... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Jon Stokes Why the NRA hates smart guns With yet another push from President Obama to revive initiatives to develop "smart gun" technology, it looks like it's time to revisit the issue once again. Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Post Your Job on TechCrunch Reach 12M highly educated, motivated and talented readers every month. Jobs are visible on every page of techcrunch.com and start at only $200 a listing. Great candidates are waiting. Learn More… Devin Coldewey Windows 95 on the Apple Watch features the world’s most twee Start button Big, complex things running on tiny things is a common theme this week. Earlier we had a hack that put Counter-Strike on Android Wear, and today some maniac has... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Rovi Buys TiVo Rovi buys TiVo, Fullscreen has a new streaming service, Microsoft publically launches PowerApps, body found at Apple identified, Google has a new travel app. Watch Now Haje Jan Kamps Watch SpaceX land a rocket in this awesome 360 video Have you ever wished you could stand on deck as a 160-foot rocket lands an arm's length away from you, after a short trip into space? Yeah, me too, but perhaps... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Jon Evans On the dark art of software estimation "How long will it take?" demand managers, clients, and executives. "It takes as long as it takes," retort irritated engineers. They counter: "Give us an... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Tom Goodwin Welcome to the post-app world? As instant messaging and voice control takes off, it increasingly seems that apps are not the solution for everything. Read More… Fitz Tepper Phil Schiller takes to Twitter to remind everyone not to pluralize Apple products Last night a single tweet on everyone’s favorite news platform was heard ’round the world. No, I’m not talking about the tweet that cost an... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Frontend Engineer at CrunchBase (San Francisco, CA, United States) Backend Engineer at CrunchBase (San Francisco, CA, United States) Data Engineer at CrunchBase (San Francisco, CA, United States) Account Executive at CrunchBase (San Francisco, CA, United States) Customer Success Manager at CrunchBase (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