| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/screen-shot-2013-10-01-at-9-04-37-pm.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Matthew Panzarino | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/iphone-5s-front-apps.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Sarah Perez Is it over for paid mobile apps? That's the general thinking these days, as the App Stores fill up with "good enough" alternatives to paid apps, while major... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/screen-shot-2013-10-02-at-5-29-52-am.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Alexia Tsotsis | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/bitcoin-hero.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Romain Dillet Originally dubbed 'the single currency,' the euro has been around for a decade and in the work for two decades. At the time, it was something revolutionary, a... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/2013-10-01_17h18_15.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Alex "WarHorse" Wilhelm According to Reuters, three of Microsoft's top 20 investors are making noise that Microsoft remove its founder and former CEO Bill Gates from its board of... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/ipad-mini-tv1.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington Apple is rumored to be planning the rollout of new iPads in time for the holidays, and there are a couple different models potentially in the pipeline,... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/makerbot-factory2.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Natasha Lomas 3D printing remains a nascent market, despite high levels of hype around the technology's potential. The latter may be a little overblown but there's no... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/screen-shot-2013-10-02-at-7-01-03-am.png?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Whole worlds have been built out of LEGO and K'Nex and Meccano and a seemingly endless supply of childhood wonder,... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/screen-shot-2013-10-01-at-11-22-46-am.png?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Ali Rosenthal joined Facebook back in early 2006, when it was a 50 person startup with 4 million users and she... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/screen-shot-2013-10-01-at-1-41-25-pm.png?w=136?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Uber, the company that makes hailing a car and paying for it as easy as dropping a pin on a smartphone, has recently... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |