Top Stories of the Day // October 30, 2014

TODAY'S TOP STORIES // Oct 30, 2014

DARRELL ETHERINGTON Tim Cook: “I’m Proud To Be Gay,” And Helping Others Is Worth Trading Personal Privacy read more

GREG KUMPARAK Here’s What Google’s LEGO-Style Phone, Project Ara, Looks Like Right Now It's been a few weeks since we've heard much about Project Ara, Google's efforts to build a phone out of components that can be swapped out, piece-by-piece.... read more

CATHERINE SHU Xiaomi Now The World’s Third Biggest Smartphone Maker, Says IDC Xiaomi is now the world’s third largest smartphone maker, due in large part to the success of its high-end Mi4, says new research by IDC. This is also the... read more

MATT BURNS Even With The Novel Sprout, HP Just Can’t Win By all accounts HP announced something truly innovative today. The Sprout by HP is a mind-blowing mash-up of desktop computer, 3D scanner and touchscreen. It... read more

MATT BURNS Joker Lets You Instantly Stream Perfectly Legal And Legitimate Torrent Files Let's say there's a torrent online you would like to view. After all, torrents themselves are perfectly legal. Instead of downloading the torrent, paste the... read more

ALEX WILHELM Microsoft Fires Another Set Of Employees, Continuing Its Announced Layoff Strategy Microsoft took an axe to another slice of its employees today, cutting around 3,000 jobs according to Mary Jo Foley. TechCrunch heard through a separate source... read more

GREG KUMPARAK YouTube Can Now Play Videos At A Buttery 60 Frames Per Second read more

TOP VIDEOS

Gillmor Gang: Room to Grow  The Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, John Taschek, Keith Teare, and Steve... read more

Foundation: Biz Stone On Moving From Artist To Entrepreneur  In our latest Foundation interview, I sat down with Jelly CEO and co-founder Biz Stone. We discussed his... read more

InstantAPI Lets You Build An API In An Instant  “In the world of cloud computing, APIs are the new currency,” Microsoft’s VP of its developer... read more

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