Top Stories of the Day // February 18, 2016

Here Are 7 Startups That Kanye West Wants To Build | Google Launches “Gmailify” – A Way To Use Gmail’s Best Features With Non-Gmail Accounts | IBM Acquiring Truven Health Analytics For $2.6 Billion And Adding It To Watson Health | Why Apple Is Fighting Not To Unlock iPhones For The Government | PayPal Overhauls Its Mobile App | Google Acquihires Work Chat Startup Pie To Build Engineering Team In Southeast Asia | Thousands Of Chinese Residents Evacuated For World's Largest Telescope |

DAILY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Fitz Tepper Here Are 7 Startups That Kanye West Wants To Build When Kanye West went on his most recent Twitter rant a few days ago, he resurfaced an organizational chart he made for Donda, his “content, experience... Read More… Sarah Perez Google Launches “Gmailify” – A Way To Use Gmail’s Best Features With Non-Gmail Accounts Since early 2015, Google’s Gmail Android app has allowed users to manage their mail from non-Gmail accounts, like Yahoo and Outlook. Now the company is... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT How Top Startups Find The World's Most Talented Developers and Designers Toptal makes hiring easy by connecting you with elite developers and designers, hand-picked to match your needs. Hire on-demand, risk-free. Learn More… Ron Miller IBM Acquiring Truven Health Analytics For $2.6 Billion And Adding It To Watson Health IBM announced its intent to buy Truven Health Analytics today for a whopping $2.6 billion. It is the fourth major purchase for Watson Health since the... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Tim Cook Says Apple Won't Provide Backdoor For FBI Yahoo is shuttering several content verticals, Gmailify adds handy features to non-Gmail accounts, Facebook Instant Articles opening for all publishers on April 11th, Twitter is launching a GIF search. Watch Now Matthew Panzarino Why Apple Is Fighting Not To Unlock iPhones For The Government This current order is all about Apple refusing to unlock a single device for the FBI. It is not to be confused with the related, but bigger, battle over the... Read More… Sarah Perez PayPal Overhauls Its Mobile App PayPal’s mobile app is getting a massive overhaul today, representing the first time in the history that the company has rebuilt its app from... Read More… Jon Russell Google Acquihires Work Chat Startup Pie To Build Engineering Team In Southeast Asia Google is building its first engineering team devoted to Southeast Asia, and the search giant has gobbled up Pie, a Slack-like team communications app based in... Read More… Emily Calandrelli Thousands Of Chinese Residents Evacuated For World's Largest Telescope Over 9,000 Chinese residents will be evacuated from their homes in order to create a radio-quiet zone for the world’s largest telescope. The telescope,... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Director, Brand Partnerships - Digital, Nitro Circus Posted: February 17 Software Engineer in Test , Discovery Communications Posted: February 13 Web Analyst, Meredith Xcelerated Marketing (MXM) Posted: February 12 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