Top Stories of the Day // August 18, 2015

The 9 Worst Performing Tech IPOs Of The Last Year | Google Hangouts Gets Its Own Site, Just Like Facebook Messenger | Here’s A Video Of A 6 Foot Tall Humanoid Robot Stomping Through A Forest | Amazon’s $5 Dash Button Already Hacked To Do Other Stuff Beyond Giving Amazon Money | Google’s Project Sunroof Tells You How Well Solar Would Work On Your Roof | Google Delays Pilot Of Ara Modular Smartphone Til 2016 | Behold! The Laptop Butler That Holds Your Drink To Your Laptop |

DAILY TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 2015 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE The 9 Worst Performing Tech IPOs Of The Last Year On the heels of our gallery looking into the best performing technology IPOs of the last twelve months, here is the other side of the spectrum, with help from... Read More… Google Hangouts Gets Its Own Site, Just Like Facebook Messenger Everyone wants to be free and standalone. Remember when Facebook Messenger got its own site that maybe people use but we’re not sure because they... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Fitbit Founder James Park Will Speak At Disrupt SF 2015 Fitbit first appeared as a finalist in Battlefield in 2008. It is now worth $9 billion despite facing tough competition. Come see what James Park has to say about the future of his third company. Learn More… Here’s A Video Of A 6 Foot Tall Humanoid Robot Stomping Through A Forest "Man, I sure hope I get to see a video of a massive robot stomping around a hiking trail today!" Your wish is my command, my friend. Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Google's Android M: It's Marshmallow! Facebook is testing design update to Notes that allows for longer entries, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos reponds to NYT exposé, Google’s Project Sunroof offers way to find out whether or not solar panels are right for your house, Uber Eats is now featured more prominently in the Uber app. Watch Now Amazon’s $5 Dash Button Already Hacked To Do Other Stuff Beyond Giving Amazon Money Need something to spark a bit of creativity this week? How about a super clever hack for Amazon’s $5, single-purpose Dash buttons? The Dash buttons were... Read More… Google’s Project Sunroof Tells You How Well Solar Would Work On Your Roof Google now lets you see if your house is a good candidate for installing solar panels. Project Sunroof, a 20 percent project by Google engineering lead Carl... Read More… Google Delays Pilot Of Ara Modular Smartphone Til 2016 There are Google (Alphabet) moonshots such as its project to hack death/extend human life. And then there is the stuff shooting quite a lot lower than the moon... Read More… Behold! The Laptop Butler That Holds Your Drink To Your Laptop As we approach the New Age, a thousand portents churn on the horizon. Dogs and cats begin living together. A man has found something he mislaid months before in... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2015 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service