Top Stories of the Day // November 1, 2014

TODAY'S TOP STORIES // Nov 1, 2014

ALEX WILHELM Hands On With Microsoft’s New Fitness Wearable, The Band Dropping out of left field like a foul fly ball from the Kansas City Royals this week, the Microsoft Band was a surprise. Part fitness band, part computer, part... read more

GREG KUMPARAK Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Has Crashed This morning, Virgin Galactic tweeted that their SpaceShipTwo spaceplane had experienced an "in-flight anomaly" We have now confirmed that SpaceShipTwo has... read more

MIKE KERCHEVAL Why Online Retailers Continue To Open Brick-And-Mortar Stores In an age when new technology and the growth of pure online-only retailers have industry analysts questioning the future of brick-and-mortar stores, what are... read more

TIM CHANG Changing The Rules Of E-Commerce In late summer, Mayfield and CRV co-hosted a dinner for entrepreneurs at e-commerce 2.0 companies, including Brit& Co, Dolls Kill, Dropship, Indiegogo, Kiwi... read more

JON EVANS Why Is It Bad For Tech To Eat Jobs? Most jobs suck. Yours probably doesn't–after all, you're a member of the highly educated, cutting-edge TechCrunch demographic–but most jobs, almost by... read more

ANNA ESCHER 11 TechCrunch Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week read more

SARAH PEREZ Evernote Rolls Out Its New “Work Chat” Feature read more

TOP VIDEOS

Hands On With Microsoft’s New Fitness Wearable, The Band  Dropping out of left field like a foul fly ball from the Kansas City Royals this week, the Microsoft Band... read more

One Lap: The Orange Chef Preps At Full Speed Every industry is ripe for disruption, and food preparation is no exception. Traditional recipes are static and... read more

Our New Show “Built In Brooklyn” Takes You Inside Brooklyn Startups  We’re announcing a new TechCrunch TV show called Built in Brooklyn, and its main goal is simple —... read more

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