Top Stories of the Day // August 26, 2015

Programmer Drives His Tesla Model S A Record-Breaking 452.8 Miles On A Single Charge | Rovio To Cut 260 Jobs As The Angry Birds Franchise Becomes Irrelevant | Airbnb Removes Top Host In Asia From Its Service With No Explanation | YouTube Gaming, Its Twitch Competitor, Set To Launch Tomorrow | Facebook’s New Moments App Now Automatically Creates Music Videos From Your Photos | More Layoffs For Intuit As Company Continues Realignment | Martian’s New Smartwatch Hides The Power Inside An Unassuming Package |

DAILY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 2015 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE Programmer Drives His Tesla Model S A Record-Breaking 452.8 Miles On A Single Charge Tesla's Model S, a "premium performance" sedan with dual-motor, all-wheel drive, is advertised as having a 265-mile range, according to the company. But... Read More… Rovio To Cut 260 Jobs As The Angry Birds Franchise Becomes Irrelevant It looks like Angry Birds maker Rovio is having some troubles to pay the bills. The Finnish company is about to cut 260 jobs after reducing its workforce by 110... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Mobile Relationships: How to Build Them & Why They Matter Only 4% of companies today have an effective mobile strategy. Join Forrester's Julie Ask for a webinar on how to achieve REAL mobile results. Learn More… Airbnb Removes Top Host In Asia From Its Service With No Explanation 'Sharing economy' companies like Airbnb, Uber, TaskRabbit and others have grown popular for offering new types of work, and by association, additional incomes... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Watch Out Twitch, YouTube Gaming Launches Tomorrow Video collage capability added to Facebook Moments app, the Ashley Madison hackers are now blackmailing former users, Home design marketplace Houzz acquires home & garden community site GardenWeb, security camera startup Butterfleye sells a smarter home surveillance system. Watch Now YouTube Gaming, Its Twitch Competitor, Set To Launch Tomorrow Back in June, YouTube announced that it would be getting into the gaming game and launch its own Twitch competitor called YouTube Gaming. Tomorrow will be that... Read More… Facebook’s New Moments App Now Automatically Creates Music Videos From Your Photos Facebook Moments, the social network’s recently launched photo-sharing app that aims to address the problem of getting friends to send each other the... Read More… More Layoffs For Intuit As Company Continues Realignment Intuit is laying off 249 employees, mostly in the company’s Small Business Group, according to an internal memo from CEO Brad Smith reviewed by... Read More… Martian’s New Smartwatch Hides The Power Inside An Unassuming Package The Martian Voice Communicator tries hard make you think it’s not a smartwatch. The model I tested, a black faux diver with a non-working bezel and quartz... 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