Top Stories of the Day // December 8, 2015

67 Photos From Inside Disney’s Secret Star Wars Press Event | Snapchat Is Experiencing An Extended Outage | Failing To Find Users, Dropbox Will Shut Down Mailbox In February 2016 And Carousel In March | Apple Releases First Battery Case To Eat Third-Party Accessory Makers’ Lunch | Facebook Kills Creative Labs, Its Internal Incubator, Plus Some Of Its Apps | Apple Stores Start Selling Devialet’s $1,990 “Phantom” Implosion Speaker | Apple Just Released Its Own Official iPhone Battery Extender Case For $99 |

DAILY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 2015 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Greg Kumparak 67 Photos From Inside Disney’s Secret Star Wars Press Event About two weeks ago, we got an email inviting us to an event. All it said: it was about Star Wars, and it would take place in Los Angeles. Where in LA?... Read More… Sarah Perez Snapchat Is Experiencing An Extended Outage Popular social application Snapchat has been experiencing an extended outage, which has now been confirmed by the company on its official Twitter account.... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Get Your Tickets To The 9th Annual Crunchies Awards Honoring All Things Tech This year, the Crunchies will be held at a new venue, the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, at 8:00pm on February 8th, 2016. Make sure you get your tickets today! Learn More… Ingrid Lunden Failing To Find Users, Dropbox Will Shut Down Mailbox In February 2016 And Carousel In March Dropbox, the file hosting and cloud storage company with 400 million users, has been struggling to hold up its $10 billion valuation in the face of scrutiny... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Postmates Will Bring Delivery Service To London FreeMe wins the Disrupt Hackathon grand prize, Verizon will allow wi-fi calling on Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge next week, 3D printed legs help Vincent the kitty walk, Google Ventures folds its multiple funds into one single global fund. Watch Now Romain Dillet, Greg Kumparak Apple Releases First Battery Case To Eat Third-Party Accessory Makers’ Lunch In a surprise move, Apple just announced an external battery case for the iPhone 6s. Named the iPhone 6s Smart Battery Case, the battery extends the battery... Read More… Sarah Perez Facebook Kills Creative Labs, Its Internal Incubator, Plus Some Of Its Apps Facebook is shuttering its internal R&D division, Creative Labs, launched nearly two years ago as an effort aimed at allowing the large company the ability... Read More… Josh Constine Apple Stores Start Selling Devialet’s $1,990 “Phantom” Implosion Speaker The Devialet Phantom speaker is so pretty and powerful that today the top 14 Apple Stores in the U.S. will begin selling it. The 750 watt, 99 dB Phantom will... Read More… Greg Kumparak Apple Just Released Its Own Official iPhone Battery Extender Case For $99 Heads up, Mophie, Otterbox, and everyone else making iPhone cases with built-in batteries: Apple is jumping into your market. Known for its ability to generate... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: DevOps Director, SmartBear Posted: December 7 Senior UX/UI Designer, Priceline . com Posted: December 7 Associate Creative Director, Design, Mozilla Posted: December 4 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