| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/instagramdirect.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Jordan Crook Today at a press event in New York, Instagram founder Kevin Systrom has announced that the photo-sharing service is introducing private photo-sharing and... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/bitcoin.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Alex Williams Coinbase has raised $25 million in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz in the largest funding to date for a company focused on the Bitcoin digital... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/ininvite21.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Matthew Panzarino | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/snapchat-still.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Jordan Crook Amid rumors of a $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook and a potential $200 million funding round, turns out that ephemeral messaging sensation Snapchat... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/bg-sct-banner.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington Ottawa-based Shopify has already raised a considerable amount of money, especially for a Canadian company, and its Series C round continues that theme: The... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/facebook-video-ads.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Josh Constine The News Feed is about to get a lot more lively. Just days after pushing its auto-play feature for videos to all mobile users, today we spotted auto-playing... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/glowpregnant2.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Colleen Taylor Now that it's been a little over four months since its public launch, Glow, the fertility app founded by Max Levchin, is finally talking numbers, and they are... read more | | ![](http://pthumbnails.5min.com/10360955/518047737_1_1279_727.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | It's not every day you get to see a machine designed to mint money. KnCMiner is a Stockholm-based hardware company... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/potrero-4x3-med.jpg?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Lit Motors, the electric car startup that launched last year with its first vehicle called the C1, has debuted... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/haiti-square-1.png?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Last week, the media world was abuzz with the news that e-commerce giant Amazon was experimenting with a new program... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |