Top Stories of the Day // September 4, 2015

Hipster Barbie Shows Us How Plastic We All Really Are On Social Media | Google’s Latest Chrome Update Emphasizes Speed And Lower Memory Usage | Amazon Acquires Elemental Technologies For A Reported $500 Million In Cash | WhatsApp Hits 900M Monthly Users, Edges Closer To An Actual Business Model | BlackBerry Goes Shopping Again, Buys Good Technology | Watch This Robot Hunt And Kill Destructive Starfish | Goodbye, Docstoc |

DAILY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 2015 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE Hipster Barbie Shows Us How Plastic We All Really Are On Social Media “Could I be any more authentic?!” Socality Barbie is an Instagram account that primarily pokes fun at the social media app’s... Read More… Google’s Latest Chrome Update Emphasizes Speed And Lower Memory Usage Chrome started out as one of the least memory hungry browsers on the market, but over time, it developed a bit more of an appetite for RAM. Now, however, Google... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Your Complete Guide to Mobile Marketing Success Getting Ready For Mobile - Everything your business needs to meet the mobile challenge in 2016 and beyond. Learn More… Amazon Acquires Elemental Technologies For A Reported $500 Million In Cash Amazon announced this afternoon that it’s acquiring Elemental Technologies, a backend mobile video service. It’s paying around $500 million in cash... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT SmartThings Debuts New Smart Home Hub, Sensors Apple continues to strengthen smartphone market share in the US, AOL acquires Millenial Media for $238 million, Sphero collaborates with Disney to create a Star Wars BB-8 droid, Cat Street View highlights the most interesting attractions around Ono-michi City, Japan from a feline POV. Watch Now WhatsApp Hits 900M Monthly Users, Edges Closer To An Actual Business Model It's WhatsApp monthly active user number update time, folks. The Facebook-owned messaging service, which doesn't yet have a business model, has now crossed 900... Read More… BlackBerry Goes Shopping Again, Buys Good Technology BlackBerry pulled a surprise move this morning when it announced that it’s purchasing mobile device management vendor Good Technology for $425 million in... Read More… Watch This Robot Hunt And Kill Destructive Starfish Dear friends: there is now a robot that can kill starfish underwater by hunting them down and injecting them with poison. The starfish in question is the Crown... Read More… Goodbye, Docstoc Not so long ago, the financial products maker Intuit said it wanted to be “the operating system for small businesses.” Today, seemingly, it wants... 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