| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/img_8899.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Matt Burns Automated homes are nothing new. For decades, people have toiled over connecting household object to intranets and servers in a desperate attempt to simplify... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/1-2-1.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Eliza Brooke Today Codecademy released its first foray into the mobile space, an app-based intro course to coding designed to take less than an hour to complete. I had a lot... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/iphone-curve.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington Apple has received a patent for curved touchscreens and displays, according to AppleInsider, which describes a system for making curved touch sensitive glass.... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/bitcoin-hero.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Matthew Panzarino | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/snapchat-gavel800.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Jordan Crook Snapchat has filed for a temporary restraining order against Reggie Brown, the man who claims to have invented the idea for disappearing messages. According... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/chromecast.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Jordan Crook Slowly but surely, Google's Chromecast devices is beefing up with content partners. The latest is Songza, a music streaming service that finds you an expertly... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/photo-8.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Frederic Lardinois During the 10th edition of the LeWeb conference in Paris today, New York-based investor Fred Wilson described the three "mega trends" that currently influence... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/crunchweekthumb.jpg?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | December is officially here, and it’s a particularly cold weekend for much of the United States. Looking... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/gillmor-gang-test-pattern_excerpt.jpeg?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | The Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, Doc Searls, and Steve Gillmor — imagine a world 30... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/screen-shot-2013-12-04-at-8-12-56-pm.png?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | There are, of course, many libertarians in Silicon Valley who see Washington DC as the mortal enemy of innovation.... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |