Top Stories of the Day // February 14, 2015

TODAY'S TOP STORIES // Feb 14, 2015

DARRELL ETHERINGTON Apple Has Hundreds Working On An Electric Car Design, Says WSJ Apple is indeed working on a car, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Mac maker kicked off a top-secret project tasked with developing an electric car... read more

TIM MEREL Mobile Unicorns Multiply To Hit A Quarter Of A Trillion Dollars Back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth (in late 2013), there were 38 tech unicorns worth over $130 billion. Mobile Internet has changed things in the last 12... read more

DARRELL ETHERINGTON Why It Makes Perfect Sense For Apple To Invest In The Future Of The Car read more

DARRELL ETHERINGTON, KYLE RUSSELL TC AppleCast 4: The Apple Car, iOS 9 And Photos For OS X read more

JOSH CONSTINE Snapchat Tries Our Stories For Locals Only Snapchat's newest feature could turn Our Stories into hip, visual back channels by locals for locals only. The company is currently experimenting with a version... read more

SARAH BUHR, ALEX WILHELM Obama Signs Executive Order Encouraging Private-Sector Companies To Share Cyber Security Information President Barack Obama asked for more collaboration and the open sharing of information between private-sector companies and the U.S. government at the White... read more

JON RUSSELL China’s Top Two Taxi-Hailing Services Confirm That They Will Merge The spirit of Saint Valentine's Day is in full effect in China's taxi app space today after the country's two biggest players -- Kuaidi Dache and Didi Dache --... read more

TOP VIDEOS

CrunchWeek: President Obama In Silicon Valley, Tesla’s Earnings Miss, Facebook After Death  There’s definitely a feeling of love in the air. You could say that’s because the weather is... read more

TC Makers: Inside The IT Room Of A High-Tech Cruise Ship  In order to prevent electrical fires, cables on a ship can’t be spliced. This means that a cable that... read more

Gillmor Gang: Heroes & Villains  The Gillmor Gang — Danny Sullivan, John Taschek, Kevin Marks, David Sifry, and Steve Gillmor. Topics... read more

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