
Protestors stage threadbare ‘Crappies’ awards outside Crunchies gala

And the winners are… Check out the victors from the Crunchies 2013!

Watch John Oliver skewer the tech industry tonight, live at the Crunchies

Chromecast now supports embedded YouTube videos (woot!)

Netflix moves into deep learning research to improve personalization

Nokia’s first Android phone, low-cost & sans Google services, may launch soon

Funding Daily: Monday, February 10, 2014

Rackspace CEO Napier out, and his predecessor returns

GitHub introduces new discounts to support student coders

New Apple TV hardware mentioned in iOS 7 builds

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Startups, here’s how to cut through the crap when you’re looking for a CRM tool

Instagram publishes a hard copy handbook for brands

California’s hacker bootcamps prepare for a long regulation process (exclusive)

Your next Dyson gadget may be a robot that can do the wash

Mobile location intelligence firm PlaceIQ scores $15M

Splice Machine scores $15M to make Hadoop run in real time

VentureBeat beefs up its news team with new hires & promotions
CardLinx™ Task Force, Chaired by Deem, Releases Draft Standard for Fraud Prevention

One Medical health care is the hot new perk for tech startups (exclusive)

Bill Gates calls for the NSA to be ‘more open’

Hulu expands CBS licensing deal & adds original kids show ‘Doozers’ from Jim Henson Company

Google is pushing a new content-recommendation system for publishers

Rocketrip rewards employees (with cash) if they travel on the cheap

Calpont renames itself InfiniDB, takes $7.5M to suit up for database wars

Ad tech startup iSocket raises $5M from Condé Nast & Time Warner

Carl Icahn’s push for more Apple buybacks falls flat

Sprint reconsidering T-Mobile acquisition — thank goodness

Drone delivery in Dubai: Government to test parcel pilot program

Groupon launches DIY deals with new ‘Deal Builder’ product

HTC hopes cheaper phones will save it from chronic losses

Reddit, Mozilla, Tumblr and more gear up for massive NSA protest tomorrow

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Why it’s our civic duty to stand up for coding bootcamps

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Target, Neiman-Marcus, Michaels: How PCI data security standards are failing us

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The real promise of big data: It’s changing the whole way humans will solve problems

Apple expected to release iOS 7.1 in March

Microsoft reportedly prepping notification center for Windows Phone 8.1

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3 reasons you shouldn’t start a company with the goal of being acquired

Snowden used cheap tools to outwit the NSA
