Top Stories of the Day // February 4, 2017

One of the worst comments sections on the internet is shutting down | Federal judge puts nationwide block on President Trump’s travel ban | Snap stumbles toward a volatile IPO | Jawbone looks to drop consumer wearables for clinical services | WhatsApp tests real-time location sharing in its app | ChitChat is Silicon Valley’s spammiest new app | Trump’s FCC just dropped all investigations into zero-rating practices |

THE DAILY CRUNCH SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 2017 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Sarah Perez One of the worst comments sections on the internet is shutting down Good riddance to one of the worst places to socialize on the internet. Amazon-owned IMDb announced today it will be closing down its discussion board later this... Read More… Jon Russell Federal judge puts nationwide block on President Trump’s travel ban President Trump’s executive order banning travelers from seven countries could be over just one chaotic week after its hasty introduction. That’s... Read More… Josh Constine Snap stumbles toward a volatile IPO Slowing growth, huge losses and no shareholder control could make Snap Inc.'s IPO a perilous gamble for investors. What it does have going for it is an addicted... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT TechCrunch Meetup DC: Pitch Application Deadline Feb 6 We're super excited for our Meetup+Pitch-Off event on Feb 21 in DC. If you still want to pitch on the DC stage, applications close on February 6th. Apply today! Learn More Ingrid Lunden, Brian Heater Jawbone looks to drop consumer wearables for clinical services Make way for one more pivot from Jawbone. The fitness band maker that originally started out in headsets and later made speakers, has abandoned selling and... Read More… Sarah Perez WhatsApp tests real-time location sharing in its app Facebook may be distancing itself from location-sharing between friends in its own app, but Facebook-owned WhatsApp appears to moving in this direction. A new... Read More… Ryan Lawler ChitChat is Silicon Valley’s spammiest new app It began shortly after lunch. The texts appeared, first a trickle. It wasn’t long before the deluge began in earnest. “A friend* added you on... Read More… Taylor Hatmaker Trump’s FCC just dropped all investigations into zero-rating practices There’s a new FCC in town and it isn’t wasting any time. Mobile carriers can rest easy today knowing that the Federal Communications Commission is... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Customer Support Engineer @ Sauce Labs at The Sourcery (San Francisco, CA, United States) IDEABOOST Portfolio Manager at Canadian Film Centre (Toronto, ON, Canada) Senior Software Engineer (.NET, C#) at Diamax Information Systems (Bucharest, Romania) eCommerce Business Analyst at CORT (Austin, Texas 78759, United States) Sales Executive at Agrilyst (Brooklyn, NY, 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 © 2017 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service