Top Stories of the Day // February 3, 2016

Microsoft Is Acquiring London’s AI-Driven SwiftKey For $250M | Ohlala, An Uber For Escorts, Launches Its ‘Paid Dating’ Service In NYC | Here’s What Watching The Super Bowl With Microsoft’s HoloLens Could Look Like | Facebook Learns To Make Money Where There Isn’t Much | Microsoft Confirms SwiftKey Acquisition (For $250M In Cash) | Fitbit Announces The Alta, A $130 Customizable Fitness Band | Geofeedia Raises $17M To Help Businesses Tap Into Social Location Data |

DAILY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Mike Butcher Microsoft Is Acquiring London’s AI-Driven SwiftKey For $250M Microsoft is understood to be acquiring London-based SwiftKey, the startup which employed artificial intelligence to create a ground-breaking predictive... Read More… Lucas Matney Ohlala, An Uber For Escorts, Launches Its ‘Paid Dating’ Service In NYC New Yorkers sick of the uncertainties of the urban dating scene can now turn to a new app designed to reduce the complexities of dating to dollars and cents.... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Porting Phone Numbers is the Last Mile to Customer Satisfaction [eBook] Moving phone numbers can be complicated, but Bandwidth's simple API makes it easy and keeps your customers happy every step of the way. Learn More… Frederic Lardinois Here’s What Watching The Super Bowl With Microsoft’s HoloLens Could Look Like Watching sports could soon be a very different experience — at least if it’s up to Microsoft and the NFL. Before you know it, a holographic player... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Yahoo Slashing 15% of Its Workforce Apple is rumored to have an event on March 15th, Mophie has been acquired by ZAGG, Magic Leap raises another round of funding despite having no commercial product, Uber changes its iconic logo. Watch Now Josh Constine Facebook Learns To Make Money Where There Isn’t Much $0.32. That's the tiny amount Facebook used to earn off each user in the developing world at the beginning of 2012. It was understandable. Many of the citizens... Read More… Ingrid Lunden, Mike Butcher Microsoft Confirms SwiftKey Acquisition (For $250M In Cash) Microsoft today confirmed that it has acquired SwiftKey — a startup based out of London that makes keyboard apps for Android and iOS devices and is... Read More… Matt Burns Fitbit Announces The Alta, A $130 Customizable Fitness Band Meet the new face of Fitbit. Called Alta, this new $130 fitness tracker is set to invigorate the company’s aging product line — if it’s not... Read More… Anthony Ha Geofeedia Raises $17M To Help Businesses Tap Into Social Location Data Geofeedia, a startup that pulls real-time, location-based data from social media, has raised $17 million in Series B funding. Co-founder and CEO Phil Harris... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: PHP Developer, Publishers Clearing House Posted: February 3 Senior Big Data Engineer, Publishers Clearing House Posted: February 3 Senior Associate, Growth Marketing, SquareTrade Inc. Posted: February 2 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