| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/screen-shot-2014-01-15-at-09-54-21.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Natasha Lomas Meet Blackphone, a smartphone that's been designed to enable secure, encrypted communications, private browsing and secure file-sharing -- which is being... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/pngbase642d6692f94bd95514.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Frederic Lardinois | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/bd_ki5viuaaa3fd-1.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Josh Constine Mark Zuckerberg thinks Facebook's innovated by creating a place where people could share what wasn't shared before, which is also why he thinks Snapchat is... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/screen-shot-2014-01-14-at-5-24-57-pm.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Alexia Tsotsis Yesterday's Nest acquisition was unique in the respect that one of Nest's four board members, Bill Maris, was a partner at the corporate VC arm of the acquirer,... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/doctor-bio.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Rip Empson | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/hp-slate6-1025-a.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/screen-shot-2014-01-14-at-2-42-32-pm.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Alex Wilhelm On the heels of today's ruling overturning net neutrality, Senator Al Franken aggressively condemned the decision, arguing that it would lead to an unleveling... read more | | ![](http://pthumbnails.5min.com/10361645/518082227_20_1279_727.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Talk about a long week. Along with a Polar Vortex infiltration, which left much of the northeast straight up... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/20140111192354-gwsl01-solar-cooler.jpg?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Every year at CES, the Eureka Park outpost where they stick the scrappy startups is the best damn part of the whole... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/toshiba-concept-2.jpg?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | One of the best parts of CES are the devices that companies show off that are more or less conceptual, and may... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |