| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/8493583277_3360dc45ac_b.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Romain Dillet | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/black-white-chromebook.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Frederic Lardinois | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/233172679_03e856527e_z.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Alex Williams Here's how it works when a big company believes that its power is in its girth: They enter this bizarre world that leads them to believe that what comes from... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/bathys-cesium-133-atomic-watch-3.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | John Biggs Bathys, a boutique watchmaker based on Kauai, Hawaii and run by one determined man, first announced their wild Cesium 133 atomic watch in October. Now, a few... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/repub.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Tadhg Kelly Suppose you have a passion-project game. You want to develop it for iOS, to be "console quality". You want it to be cool. Given how everything has... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/lawlercrunchweek.jpg?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | It's the end of the year, which is always a time for reflection -- auld lang syne and all that jazz. So for the... read more | | | ![](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 | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |