| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/screen-shot-2014-01-10-at-6-42-49-pm.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Gregory Ferenstein | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/screen-shot-2014-01-10-at-4-38-15-pm.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Jonathan Shieber Bill Gates may be one of the world's most famous philanthropists, entrepreneurs, and guest editors, but could he be adding venture capitalist to the list?... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/screen-shot-2014-01-08-at-11-42-15-pm.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Andrew Keen Having reviewed 2013 with me, Robert Scoble now turns his Google Glass eyes forward to 2014. What, I asked him, are going to be the really big deals in 2014? read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/2014-01-10_1016.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Frederic Lardinois Google lets anybody suggest changes to its maps, and on January 2, an anonymous user suggested that Theodor-Heuss square in Berlin shouldn't be named after... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/path-logo.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Rip Empson | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/galaxy-tabpro.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington | | ![](http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/techcrunch.global.thumb-placeholder.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Jordan Crook One of the more interesting discoveries at this year's CES was the Urb-E e-vehicle, a super compact electric scooter that folds right up in a jiffy. We... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/screen-shot-2014-01-08-at-11-42-15-pm.png?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Having reviewed 2013 with me, Robert Scoble now turns his Google Glass eyes forward to 2014. What, I asked him,... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/snakebyte.jpg?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Many companies are betting that people want some kind of Android-based gaming solution in their living room, from... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/pinball-hall-of-fame.jpg?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Before Pac-Man, before Pong, before Space Invaders there was pinball. And it was good. While we were in Las Vegas... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |