Top Stories of the Day // December 29, 2015

18 *More* Female Founders Who’ve Had A Very Good 2015 | What Will The Internet Of Things Be When It Grows Up? | Twitter Hires New VP Of Diversity And Inclusion From Apple | Report: Apple Devices, “Phablets” Dominate Holiday Sales | Samsung Pay Will Launch Online Payments In the U.S. | Scorecard: 2015 Digital Media Predictions | Live Studio Turns Your Videos And GIFs Into Live Photos |

DAILY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29 2015 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Connie Loizos 18 *More* Female Founders Who’ve Had A Very Good 2015 Last week, we wrote of 18 female founders about whom the TechCrunch staff happened to find ourselves discussing recently. When we ran that list of rising... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Jim Hunter What Will The Internet Of Things Be When It Grows Up? An old proverb advises, "Keep a thing seven years, and you'll find a use for it." Well, it's been about seven years since there were officially more... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Announcing The 9th Annual Crunchies Finalists Take a peek below at the full list of finalists for each award category. Make sure you get your tickets today! Learn More… Megan Rose Dickey Twitter Hires New VP Of Diversity And Inclusion From Apple Twitter has hired Jeffrey Siminoff to replace Janet Van Huysse as the company’s new vice president of diversity and inclusion. The news was announced on,... Read More… Sarah Perez Report: Apple Devices, “Phablets” Dominate Holiday Sales More consumers were unwrapping new “phablet” devices this holiday season, according to a report out this afternoon from Flurry. The big-screened... Read More… Catherine Shu Samsung Pay Will Launch Online Payments In the U.S. Samsung Pay plans a major expansion in the United States next year. Users will be able to make purchases on websites with Samsung Pay, which puts it into more... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Peter Csathy Scorecard: 2015 Digital Media Predictions Last year on TechCrunch I made eight predictions about digital media. This post compares those predictions to the reality that is digital media in 2015. Read More… Sarah Perez Live Studio Turns Your Videos And GIFs Into Live Photos A good handful of apps have emerged to expand the capabilities of Live Photos introduced in the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, including a tool to turn Live Photos... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Product Manager, Healthcare, Suitable Technologies, Inc. Posted: December 29 Digital Marketing Manager, Ambry Genetics Posted: December 24 IT Engineer, Sterling Payment Technologies Posted: December 18 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 © 2016 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service