![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/0949971eb5a8c59a8bc2a6b0375e6fc4_view.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Mike Butcher Stripe, the payments startup, has today opened a closed Beta of its platform in the UK. For now it will be limited to an undisclosed number of partners, but... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/volvo_large_asphalt_compactors.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Frederic Lardinois Google just launched Zopfli, a new open source compression algorithm that can compress web content about three to eight percent more densely (PDF) than the... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/cubie-logo.jpeg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Catherine Shu | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/xperia-z1.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington We didn't see a new phone from Sony at MWC this year, though it did take the opportunity to show off the Xperia Z it demoed early this year at CES, but a new... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/0.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | John Biggs While I'm sure there's some scientific reason for demonstrating how the quadrupedal Big Dog can pick up and throw cinder blocks across a workshop ("Ahem, urm,... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/screen-shot-2013-03-01-at-7-51-11-am.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | John Biggs The Raspberry Pi project is one year old today, having launched on February 29, 2012 (they're going to have a rager of a party in 2016.) I sat down with the... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/images-36.jpeg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Gregory Ferenstein Following an online uproar over a law banning the unlocking of cell phones, the Federal Communications Commission will investigate whether the ban is harmful to... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/screen-shot-2013-03-01-at-10-04-26-am.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Jordan Crook In what has ended up being a weird couple weeks for Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX founder should have a better day today after the launch of the Dragon... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/6724567608p.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Matt Burns Logitech just took to the wires to announce an "organizational alignment" that will closely focus on new "strategic priorities". This "alignment to the... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/results-screenshot.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Sarah Perez Arro, a new mobile shopping companion app for iPhone, is publicly launching this week with a different idea about how to help shoppers in store aisles make a... read more | |