Top Stories of the Day // December 5, 2014

TODAY'S TOP STORIES // Dec 5, 2014

JOSH CONSTINE Why LiveRail Ditched An IPO To Sell Its Video AdTech To Facebook For ~$500M read more

DARRELL ETHERINGTON Watch NASA’s Second Orion Rocket Launch Attempt Live read more

DAN CONLON The Problem With The Internet Of Things Lightbulbs, washing machines, thermostats, fridges and locks. If you believe the Internet Of Things salespeople, over the next 10 years, everything in your home... read more

ALEXIA TSOTSIS Pip! As hard as it tries to brand itself as such, Aol isn't known for innovation. Part of the co-editor job here at TechCrunch is fending off some of the clunky... read more

JOHN BIGGS U.S. Marshals Complete Second Auction Of Silk Road Bitcoin The U.S. Marshals Service has completed the second auction of bitcoin seized from the original Silk Road. The auction, consisting of 50,000 BTC, is the latest... read more

ALEX WILHELM Here’s How Much Money Microsoft Lost Per Day On The Nook Deal A deal from nowhere, which went nowhere, Microsoft's partnership with Barnes & Noble's Nook came to an ignominious conclusion today with the bookseller... read more

FREDERIC LARDINOIS Google Launches Consolidated Partner Program read more

TOP VIDEOS

London’s Containerville Is A Startup Office Built Out Of…. Shipping Containers We’ve seen some pretty weird startup spaces in our time, but not often in shipping containers. Containerville,... read more

TC Cribs: Pact Coffee’s London Office Is As Fresh As Its Coffee  Pact Coffee is on a mission to become a daily habit for Brits, with a tech-driven startup that can deliver... read more

Built In Brooklyn: Atavist Is Both Publisher And Platform For Online Storytelling  We returned to Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood for the latest episode of Built in Brooklyn. This time... read more

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