Top Stories of the Day // January 5, 2015

TODAY'S TOP STORIES // Jan 5, 2015

GREG KUMPARAK After Raising $150 Million In Stealth Mode, What The Heck Is Gogoro? In 2011, Gogoro raised $50 million. Three years later, another $100 million. And yet, no one seems to have any idea what the heck Gogoro does. Until now. read more

SARAH BUHR Mark Zuckerberg Starts A Book Club, Becomes This Generation’s Oprah read more

KYLE RUSSELL The Valedo Helps You Train Back Pain Away Designed for people who already have lower back problems, the Valedo is a pair of sensors that, when used in unison with an app on the iPhone or iPad, helps you... read more

JORDAN CROOK The Ring Is Real It's been almost a year since Takuro Yoshida and his team blew up Kickstarter with the Ring, a wearable that uses simple wand-like gestures to control gadgets... read more

MATT BURNS Nest Adds 15 More Companies To Its “Works With Nest” Program Nest is today announcing significant new partners joining its "Works with Nest" developer program. The new additions continue Nest's quest to turn its product... read more

ROMAIN DILLET Tales Of CES: Everybody Tells Me CES Is A Mess read more

NATASHA LOMAS Microsoft Outs An Entry Level Facebook Messenger Phone Fans of branding confusion will be pleased to hear Microsoft hasn't ditched the Nokia phone brand quite yet. It's just announced a new entry level mobile phone,... read more

TOP VIDEOS

The Parrot Pot And H2O Give You A Robotic Green Thumb  When you think of Parrot, chances are you are thinking about the A.R. Drone or its recently launched Bebop... read more

The Ring Is Real  It’s been almost a year since Takuro Yoshida and his team blew up Kickstarter with the Ring, a wearable... read more

CrunchWeek’s 2014 In Review: Hacks Aplenty, Mega Money, Tech’s Stars Under Scrutiny  This week’s episode of CrunchWeek is coming a couple of days early, since it’s really a CrunchYear... read more

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