Top Stories of the Day // October 31, 2015

Our 9 Favorite Companies From 500 Startups “Demo-Ween” | A Look At Who’s Down From Google | In A Rare Move, Apple Discounts The Apple Watch With New iPhone Purchases (In Some Stores) | Google, Facebook, Yahoo And Verizon (And Comcast, AT&T And Twitter) Have Chosen Their New Battleground | HUDWAY Gets Your Eyes Off Your Smartphone And Back On The Road While Driving | Protect Yo-self: 9 Ways To See If A Company Has Your Best Interests at Heart | The Bitcoin Rally Is Real |

DAILY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 2015 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Megan Rose Dickey, Drew Olanoff, Cat Zakrzewski Our 9 Favorite Companies From 500 Startups “Demo-Ween” 500 Startups today presented its 14th batch of companies at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, with a spooky twist. Dave McClure said... Read More… Nitish Kulkarni A Look At Who’s Down From Google No longer content to just being the ubiquitous source of information of all kinds for the typical college student, Google is now trying to be the platform that... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Czur, the Super-Fast True Smart Scanner for Everyone The Czur is a smart technology scanner that makes converting books, receipts and documents into digital files as easy as clicking a button. Learn More… Greg Kumparak In A Rare Move, Apple Discounts The Apple Watch With New iPhone Purchases (In Some Stores) Outside of the deals they give students and the occasional Black Friday hook up, Apple isn't exactly known for throwing around discounts. So here's a wild... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Chrome OS and Android Merging Into One Product? Facebook tests Local Market feature in Australia and New Zealand, the new Apple TV is now available in stores, Bitcoin has a major rally in value, Amazon announces it is closing down Amazon Local. Watch Now CRUNCH NETWORK | Jeff Segal Google, Facebook, Yahoo And Verizon (And Comcast, AT&T And Twitter) Have Chosen Their New Battleground There's a coming scrum that will involve all the major Internet giants, and the stakes are just being set now. It's a fight for video footprint;... Read More… Sarah Buhr HUDWAY Gets Your Eyes Off Your Smartphone And Back On The Road While Driving HUDWAY is a piece of glass that turns any smartphone into a heads-up display on the front of your car. The device beams information from your phone to a thin... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Max Greenwald Protect Yo-self: 9 Ways To See If A Company Has Your Best Interests at Heart I believe it’s paramount that in an increasingly digitized world you, as a proactive consumer, learn what exactly companies are doing with your data... Read More… Alex Wilhelm The Bitcoin Rally Is Real Strap in, friends, bitcoin is back. After spending most of the year in something approaching the doldrums, the cryptocurrency is enjoying a strong price rally,... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Enterprise Software Sales Ececutive, Luminoso Technologies, Inc. Posted: October 30 UI Developer (mobile), Style Thief LLC Posted: October 29 Sr./Lead Automation Engineer, DevOps, Turn Posted: October 29 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