Top Stories of the Day // July 4, 2016

Apps for planning your vacation | Opinion: Brexit is a tragedy, but it could be the making of UK Fintech | Jabra is all talk with its Halo Smart Bluetooth earbuds | Echobox raises $3.4M to let publishers intelligently share content to Twitter and Facebook | What businesses need to understand about chatbots | You’re doing DevOps wrong | Your federal government drives innovation by investing in moonshots |

DAILY MONDAY, JULY 4 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Katie Roof Apps for planning your vacation It’s 4th of July weekend, and if you’re not off traveling somewhere, hopefully you’re taking a summer trip soon. From Kayak to Tripadvisor,... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Damian Kimmelman Opinion: Brexit is a tragedy, but it could be the making of UK Fintech Let there be no doubt – Brexit is a tragedy. Instead of taking on challenges with its European partners, Britain is taking precisely the wrong course,... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Disrupt SF Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now TechCrunch's Disrupt SF Conference on Sept 12-14 promises to be better than ever with our amazing speaker lineups and fantastic content. Get your early bird tickets today before prices go up! Learn More… Brian Heater Jabra is all talk with its Halo Smart Bluetooth earbuds At $80, the Jabra Halo Smart is in a bit of a gray area. It’s hardly what the majority of users would call “cheap,” but it still comes in... Read More… Steve O'Hear Echobox raises $3.4M to let publishers intelligently share content to Twitter and Facebook Now calling itself an Artificial Intelligence (AI) service for the online publishing industry -- because, why not? -- Echobox, which has developed tech to help... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Liraz Margalit What businesses need to understand about chatbots Welcome to the bot-centric future, which is set to make smartphone users navigate the internet in a chit-chat fashion with a virtual assistant. But "assistant"... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Andy Vitus You’re doing DevOps wrong Gone are the days of the quarterly product release cycle. To meet the evolving expectations of today's end user, software must continuously adapt. As a... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Mark Walsh, Matt Weinberg Your federal government drives innovation by investing in moonshots Imagine a future where "moonshots" are part of our everyday reality. Imagine that funding for these innovations comes not from Silicon Valley venture... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Automation Infrastructure Engineer at Docker (San Francisco, CA, United States) Chief Revenue Officer at Triseum LLC (Bryan, TX, United States) Full Stack Software Engineer @ Way2B1 at Way2B1 (San Francisco, CA, United States) Chief Information Officer at SBA (Washington, DC, United States) Web Manager at Taylor Guitars (El Cajon, CA, 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