Top Stories of the Day // April 2, 2016

April Fools' 2016: A roundup of this year’s best and worst pranks | Apple turns 40 | The top 5 startups from Y Combinator Fellowship’s Virtual Demo Day | Slack’s growth is insane, with daily user count up 3.5X in a year | North Korea blocks access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube | Spotify suffers notable hour-long outage for many users | Slack is work chat’s runaway train, raises $200M at $3.8B |

DAILY SATURDAY, APRIL 2 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Greg Kumparak April Fools' 2016: A roundup of this year’s best and worst pranks For better or worse, it’s April 1st again. Happy April Fools’ Day! The day when up becomes down, cats become people, and the Internet loses its... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Nick Thompson Apple turns 40 Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Parrot's Henri Seydoux to talk about the future of drones at Disrupt NY Parrot has been a pioneer in the drone industry. The company started working on drones nearly ten years ago, before it was cool. That's why we're glad to announce that Parrot founder and CEO Henri Seydoux will join us on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt New York on May 9-11, 2016. Get your tickets today! Learn More… Josh Constine The top 5 startups from Y Combinator Fellowship’s Virtual Demo Day Pre-natal genetic testing, VR drones, and fracking nanoparticles were a few of the products featured in Y Combinator’s first Virtual Demo Day. They come... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Tesla Unveils Car for the Masses Tesla unveils Model 3, Slack valued at $3.8 billion, Managed by Q raises Series B round, Yeezy releases album on Apple Music, Google screws up April Fool’s day joke. Watch Now Josh Constine Slack’s growth is insane, with daily user count up 3.5X in a year Plenty of startups have tried and failed to make enterprise software sexy, but Slack made it viral. Its growth rate is unheard of. Both Slack’s daily... Read More… Jon Russell North Korea blocks access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube In news that is not April 1-related, North Korea has this week begun to block access to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other websites in the country. Read More… Jon Russell Spotify suffers notable hour-long outage for many users Breathe that weekend air, Saturday is here in most parts of the world! Great time to put on some music and relax, except, that is, if you're a Spotify user... Read More… Katie Roof, Josh Constine Slack is work chat’s runaway train, raises $200M at $3.8B The Slack rocketship won’t slow down. The business messaging startup has raised $200 million at a $3.8 billion post-money valuation, the company... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: RN Case Manager (Senior) at University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM, United States) U.S. Growth Marketer at Brainly (New York, United States) Manager, Software Development at NBCUniversal (New York, NY, United States) CEO / Co-Founder at Founders Wanted (Anywhere) Senior Research Scientist at Astrobotic (Pittsburgh, PA, United States) 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