Top Stories of the Day // February 5, 2016

SETI Scientist Explains Why We Haven't Found Aliens Yet | LinkedIn Tumbles 30% On Earnings Guidance | Rocket Internet Sells Food Startups In Spain, Italy, Brazil, Mexico For $140M To Just Eat | 3 Nearly Free Growth Hacks | General Catalyst Raises A Whopping $845 Million For Its New Fund | The Sharing Age | CustomInk Acquires Represent, A Custom Merchandise Marketplace for Influencers |

DAILY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Emily Calandrelli SETI Scientist Explains Why We Haven't Found Aliens Yet The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is a field of science that’s been around for over 60 years. While SETI tools and strategies have... Read More… Katie Roof LinkedIn Tumbles 30% On Earnings Guidance LinkedIn reported fourth quarter earnings after the bell Thursday. While the company beat analyst estimates on both income and revenue, the stock quickly... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT LivePerson Webinar: Time Warner Gets Customer Care--Do you? LivePerson Webinar: Join LivePerson & Time Warner Cable to hear how their customer service has changed to follow this digital trend. Learn More… Ingrid Lunden Rocket Internet Sells Food Startups In Spain, Italy, Brazil, Mexico For $140M To Just Eat The takeout shakeout continues apace. Since going public in 2014, Rocket Internet has been trying to simplify and reorganize the tangle of e-commerce... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Apple Ordered To Pay Patent Troll $625M LinkedIn stock tumbles 25% after reporting fourth quarter earnings, Foursquare is focusing on providing data these days rather than Mayorships, the Amazon Echo gets spotify integration, Justin.TV is relaunching on Snapchat. Watch Now CRUNCH NETWORK | Mason Pelt 3 Nearly Free Growth Hacks "Growth hacking" is a term that people seem to think means "magically market any product or company for free." I wrote a post called What is growth hacking?... Read More… Jonathan Shieber General Catalyst Raises A Whopping $845 Million For Its New Fund Now firmly entrenched as a bi-coastal player in the U.S. venture market, General Catalyst has raised a whopping $845 million in fresh capital to deploy around... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Fred Mazzella The Sharing Age Imagine the possibilities of a world in which we are able to make trusted connections between a near-infinite number of people. A world in which transaction... Read More… Fitz Tepper CustomInk Acquires Represent, A Custom Merchandise Marketplace for Influencers CustomInk, a leading player in the online custom apparel space, has announced it is acquiring Represent, a Los Angeles-based social commerce startup. Sources... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: C++ Backend Software Engineer, eTouch Systems Corp Posted: February 4 Software Engineer, KAL Posted: February 4 Enterprise Application Specialist, City of Cambridge Posted: February 3 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