| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/mac-pro-bare-angle2.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington Apple's new Mac Pro is a sight to behold: In black aluminum with an eye-catching cylindrical design, there's little chance you'll ever mistake it for any other... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/fancy_t.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Jon Evans I've spent the last week back in my wintry homeland in Canada, and here the scales have fallen from my eyes, and I have seen the light, and I have a message for... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/800px-blind_leading_the_blind_by_lee_mclaughlin.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Gregory Ferenstein | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/blockbuster1.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Derek Khanna In 1977, the first video rental store was launched, a 600-square foot store located in Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. George Atkinson, the entrepreneur who... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/6610712079_38917c1684_b.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Alex Williams The kids woke up, the parents got called out of bed and for a few hours, shockingly, it looks like the family put down their mobiles on Christmas morning,... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/screen-shot-2013-12-27-at-5-50-24-pm.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Josh Constine Following security researchers publishing a way to match Snapchat usernames to phone numbers, Snapchat has published a skimpy statement making the hack sound... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/flickr-5041935327_6488ac8eff_o.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Pankaj Mishra | | ![](http://pthumbnails.5min.com/10361119/518055949_36_1279_727.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | In this week's episode of Ask A VC, Accel Partners' Partner Ping Li joined me in the studio to talk about big data... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/screen-shot-2013-12-22-at-11-06-29-pm.png?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Perhaps best known for his definitive book about Facebook, David Kirkpatrick is one of tech's smartest and best... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/tellapartchampagne.jpg?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | There are a few extra special Christmas gifts that can't be wrapped and don't quite fit under the tree -- love,... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |