Top Stories of the Day // January 6, 2016

Facebook’s Secret Chat SDK Lets Developers Build Messenger Bots | Here’s What 10,000 Characters Looks Like | This Is Why You Got That Weird Tinder Push Notification This Week | Volkswagen Gave An Apology Sandwich With The Reveal Of Its Budd-e Concept Car In-Between | Microsoft’s Cortana Gets Baked Into Cyanogen’s Forked Version Of Android | Here’s Why Samsung's New Frankenstein Fridge Is Actually Dumb | Intel Says Its Button-Sized Curie Will Ship In Q1, Costing Under $10 |

DAILY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Josh Constine Facebook’s Secret Chat SDK Lets Developers Build Messenger Bots M won’t be the only artificial intelligence on Facebook Messenger. Facebook has given some developers access to an unannounced Chat SDK that allows them... Read More… Drew Olanoff Here’s What 10,000 Characters Looks Like So, Recode reported today that Twitter was tinkering around with the idea of expanding its 140 character limit to a number a bit higher….10,000... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT The Super Bike from Letv is a Your Next Rideable Device The Super Bike combines state-of-the-art software and connectivity with unrivaled hardware to create a futuristic transportation experience. Learn More… Jordan Crook This Is Why You Got That Weird Tinder Push Notification This Week On January 3, three sad days after folks celebrated the New Year by sharing a kiss with a lover, Tinder had its biggest growth day in its history, recording the... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT HERE's Cloud-Based Maps Help Cars Drive Themselves Twitter may change tweet character limit to 10k, Misfit and Fitbit unveil new fitness trackers, some hot biotech companies are set to IPO in 2016, new iOS app “Selfie Stick” replaces physical selfie sticks. Watch Now Sarah Buhr Volkswagen Gave An Apology Sandwich With The Reveal Of Its Budd-e Concept Car In-Between Volkswagen’s head brand ambassador Herbert Diess quickly got the emissions fiasco apologies out of the way on stage at CES on Tuesday and then unveiled... Read More… Jon Russell Microsoft’s Cortana Gets Baked Into Cyanogen’s Forked Version Of Android Microsoft's Cortana quietly snuck onto to Android in a meaningful this week in a small but telling move that you probably missed unless you own a OnePlus One... Read More… Romain Dillet Here’s Why Samsung's New Frankenstein Fridge Is Actually Dumb Is it a fridge? Is it a tablet? No, it's a fridge-tablet hybrid, coming straight from Samsung's brainstorming sessions. Samsung's new Family Hub fridge features... Read More… Ingrid Lunden Intel Says Its Button-Sized Curie Will Ship In Q1, Costing Under $10 Computing devices are getting smaller by the day, and today at CES in Las Vegas Intel’s CEO Brian Krzanich announced new details about one of its big... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Lead Data Scientist, Target Corporation Posted: January 6 Java Engineer, Target Corporation Posted: January 6 QA Automation Engineer , Target Corporation Posted: January 6 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