Top Stories of the Day // January 28, 2016

What The 25 Most-Followed Instagram Accounts Show Us About The Platform | Facebook Climbs To 1.59 Billion Users And Crushes Q4 Estimates With $5.8B Revenue | Apple Recalls Two-Prong Plugs Over “Very Rare” Shock Risk | Following Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough, European Go Champion Loses Against Computer | Booster Fuels, Which Fills Up Your Car While You're Working, Raises $9M Series A Round | Beef Twitter | 500 Startups Announces Batch 16, Focused On Health Tech, FinTech, Vices And Recruiting |

DAILY THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Lucas Matney What The 25 Most-Followed Instagram Accounts Show Us About The Platform Social media is the intersection of tech and culture, and Instagram happens to be the fastest-growing social media site at the moment with more than 400... Read More… Josh Constine Facebook Climbs To 1.59 Billion Users And Crushes Q4 Estimates With $5.8B Revenue By courting users and ad dollars in the developing world, Facebook continued its growth streak. It hit 1.59 billion users today and crushed the street’s... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT State of Retail 2016: A Closer Look at Consumer Behavior Retail purchasing behavior is rapidly changing, according to newly released data, and the results may surprise you. Learn More.. Learn More… Natasha Lomas Apple Recalls Two-Prong Plugs Over “Very Rare” Shock Risk A rare Apple product recall -- the company has announced a voluntary recall of AC wall plug adapters made for certain regions because of what it says is a "very... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Facebook's Q4: User Growth Cannot Be Stopped Twitter’s former Product Head Kevin Weil moves to Instagram, Facebook continues to show steady growth, Uber and Lyft are ordered to pay new fines, Google’s Vice President of VR shares some stats about the company’s Cardboard program, Aereo founder unveils Starry Internet. Watch Now Romain Dillet Following Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough, European Go Champion Loses Against Computer For the first time ever, a computer has beaten a professional Go player, Fan Hui. This is a major breakthrough when it comes to artificial intelligence and... Read More… Frederic Lardinois Booster Fuels, Which Fills Up Your Car While You're Working, Raises $9M Series A Round Even if you’re living in one of the few states where pumping your own gas is illegal, driving to the gas station to fill up is probably not your favorite... Read More… Matthew Panzarino Beef Twitter Why do we allow ourselves to be dragged into pointless, likely fruitless, micro-arguments on Twitter? Is it because the pithy length lends itself to... Read More… Lucas Matney 500 Startups Announces Batch 16, Focused On Health Tech, FinTech, Vices And Recruiting Just as investors and journalists get ready to check out what’s new over at 500 Startups at its Batch 15 Demo Day, their team has announced a new... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Manager, IT Infrastructure, Lumos Networks Posted: January 28 Digital Media Planner/Buyer, HLK Posted: January 27 Media Associate - Biz Dev and Acct Mgmt (College Graduate), HomeAdvisor Posted: January 27 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