Top Stories of the Day // December 16, 2015

Thanks To Google, Your Phone Now Doubles As A Lightsaber | The 13 Best Bluetooth Speakers And Audio Gizmos For Music Lovers | Review: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Will Make You Believe, Again | Facebook Makes Changes To Its Real Name Policy Enforcement Process | Netflix’s Ongoing Quest To Save Bandwidth | The Golden Age Of Open Source Has Arrived | Google’s Angular 2 Framework Hits Beta |

DAILY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16 2015 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Drew Olanoff Thanks To Google, Your Phone Now Doubles As A Lightsaber Every single time I see something else pushing "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" I roll my eyes. And then I try something else where I think "OK, that was pretty... Read More… Lucas Matney, Travis Bernard The 13 Best Bluetooth Speakers And Audio Gizmos For Music Lovers Music lovers can only get so many copies of Adele’s 25 over the holidays before they start to have a tough time faking smiles. Below are a few of my... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT The 2016 Buyer's Guide to Mobile Engagement Platforms This guide highlights some of the key questions you'll need to evaluate when choosing an approach or platform. Learn More… Matthew Panzarino Review: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Will Make You Believe, Again There was a time when songs used to come packaged together as things called “albums” that you had to listen to in order. This created an indelible... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Google Chrome Turns Your Phone Into A Lightsaber Netflix is re-encoding its entire catalog to reduce bandwidth, Apple may be working on its own device screen tech, Facebook launches Yelp competitor “Services”, Google’s Android Pay is now available within mobile apps. Watch Now Megan Rose Dickey Facebook Makes Changes To Its Real Name Policy Enforcement Process After over a year’s worth of controversy around Facebook’s real names policy, Facebook has announced a couple of changes to its process in order to... Read More… Romain Dillet Netflix’s Ongoing Quest To Save Bandwidth Netflix has a bandwidth problem. It currently represents 36.5 percent of U.S. Internet traffic and it's going to increase as 4K becomes more popular, and LTE... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Marius Moscovici The Golden Age Of Open Source Has Arrived In the new economy, it's not the code that matters -- it's how you use it to connect people to things they need. From 3D printers to Docker, open-source-based... Read More… Frederic Lardinois Google’s Angular 2 Framework Hits Beta Angular 2, Google’s framework for building mobile and web apps in HTML and JavaScript, is now in beta. Google first announced Angular 2, which represents... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: BI Engineer, Zebit, Inc. Posted: December 15 Product Manager - API's & Integrations, Eleven Posted: December 15 Call Center Customer Service, USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK Posted: December 15 SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month 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