Top Stories of the Day // October 1, 2016

9 tricks to appear smart in brainstorming meetings | Meerkat, star app of 2015, is officially dead | Facebook “Messenger Day” is the chat app’s new Snapchat Stories clone | Nintendo shows off some highly nerdy features of the NES Mini | Atomic is like Google Docs for interface prototyping | Yahoo open sources its porn-detecting neural network | Apple is screwing up HomeKit; here's how they can fix it |

THE DAILY CRUNCH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Sarah Cooper 9 tricks to appear smart in brainstorming meetings The following is an excerpt from Sarah Cooper’s new book, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings (October 4, Andrews McMeel) In a brainstorming meeting,... Read More… Greg Kumparak Meerkat, star app of 2015, is officially dead Remember Meerkat? It came out of nowhere in early 2015 — a star of SXSW, in particular — and was on everyone’s tongue for weeks. Then came... Read More… Josh Constine, Natasha Lomas, John Biggs Facebook “Messenger Day” is the chat app’s new Snapchat Stories clone Facebook is stealing the Stories format and invading countries where Snapchat isn’t popular yet. Today in Poland it launched “Messenger Day”,... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Renaud Laplanche @ Disrupt LND In December at our Disrupt London event, Laplanche will make his first public appearance since leaving the company to talk about the past year, and what the future may hold for both him and LendingClub. Buy your tickets today! Learn More Devin Coldewey Nintendo shows off some highly nerdy features of the NES Mini Nintendo has further taken the wraps off the must-have gaming gadget of the holidays — which is to say, the one we're all buying ourselves as soon as it's... Read More… Romain Dillet Atomic is like Google Docs for interface prototyping Meet Atomic, a prototyping service for your next mobile app or website. It works in your browser, but it’s a lot more powerful than you’d expect.... Read More… Devin Coldewey Yahoo open sources its porn-detecting neural network Ever wonder how things get marked NSFW on the internet? It's Yahoo. Yahoo does it — with their special-made, smut-trained, porn-detecting neural network. And... Read More… Daniel Conrad Apple is screwing up HomeKit; here's how they can fix it The real magic of the Internet of Things happens when devices work together. It will be magic when Siri, on your iPhone, can adjust your thermostat or confirm... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Software Developer in Test at Location Labs (Emeryville, CA, United States) Senior Software Developer in Test at Location Labs (Emeryville, CA, United States) Director of Engineering, Cloud @ Sauce Labs at Sauce Labs (Vancouver, BC, Canada) Content Manager at Laserfiche (Long Beach, CA, United States) Content Manager at Laserfiche (Long Beach, CA, United States) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser 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