Top Stories of the Day // October 9, 2015

Amazon Launches AWS IoT — A Platform For Building, Managing And Analyzing The Internet Of Things | Apple Says Battery Performance Of New iPhones’ A9 Chips Vary Only 2-3% | Netflix Just Raised The Price Of Its Most Popular Plan | Driverless Car Accident Reports Make Unhappy Reading For Humans | Apple Removes ‘A Few’ Apps Including Ad Blockers From App Store For Installing Root Certificates | Why The Car Industry Needs To Rethink The Dashboard User Interface Design | After Nearly 30 Years, Microsoft’s Developer Division Head Leaves Company |

DAILY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 2015 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Ingrid Lunden Amazon Launches AWS IoT — A Platform For Building, Managing And Analyzing The Internet Of Things Make way for another big player entering the Internet of Things space. Amazon today is announcing its long-awaited IoT platform for AWS at its re:Invent... Read More… Matthew Panzarino Apple Says Battery Performance Of New iPhones’ A9 Chips Vary Only 2-3% Apple has addressed the spate of chatter about differences in performance between A9 chips used in its new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. We’ve known for a while... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT TechCrunch is hiring iOS & Android mobile developers! Do you have experience building innovative apps for large audiences end-to-end? Do you want to build the next wave of news apps for TechCrunch and Engadget, solving complex, large-scale problems? If so, we want to hear from you. Learn More… Matt Burns Netflix Just Raised The Price Of Its Most Popular Plan Surprise! Netflix just got more expensive. The service’s most popular plan now costs $9.99. Existing customers will have a grace period, but the price is... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Facebook Adds "Empathy" Reactions Amazon goes after Etsy with marketplace for handcrafted goods called Handmade at Amazon, Google announces that more searches are performed on mobile than desktop computers, Amazon launches its own Internet of Things platform called Amazon Web Services, Netflix raises standard plan subscription price to $9.99 for new customers. Watch Now Natasha Lomas Driverless Car Accident Reports Make Unhappy Reading For Humans California's DMV has published all the official accident reports involving autonomous vehicles tested on the region's roads, covering the period from last... Read More… Matthew Panzarino Apple Removes ‘A Few’ Apps Including Ad Blockers From App Store For Installing Root Certificates Apple has removed some apps from its App Store for installing a root certificate that would have allowed the developers to view encrypted traffic from their... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Cobie Everdell Why The Car Industry Needs To Rethink The Dashboard User Interface Design While at the San Francisco Auto Show last year, I wondered why car dashboards were so wrong? Every car -- regardless of category or price -- had the same mess... Read More… Catherine Shu After Nearly 30 Years, Microsoft’s Developer Division Head Leaves Company The executive who oversees Microsoft's developer tools and services, S. Somasegar, has announced that he will leave the company after 27 years. In a series of... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  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