| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/game-over-2.jpg?w=152&h=168&crop=1) | Greg Kumparak Yesterday, the developer behind Flappy Bird said he would be removing the remarkably/mysteriously successful game from the App Store in just 22 hours. Sure... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/3d-tree.jpg?w=152&h=168&crop=1) | Emelie Rutherford Lynn Rothschild has short brown hair and smiley eyes. She cracks jokes about biology and microscopes with ease. Diana Gentry, her decades-younger Ph.D. student,... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/screen-shot-2014-02-10-at-7-27-04-pm.png?w=152&h=168&crop=1) | Catherine Shu Imagine that you are a teenager and the most annoying person in your class has a massive crush on you. Your would-be paramour keeps following you around like a... read more | | | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/fotoflexer_photo.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Rip Empson | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/screenshot-2014-02-10-08-56-58.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Jordan Crook Back at CES in January, among all the fun and interesting new projects we investigated, one gadget stood out among the rest. That gadget was Urb-E. And... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/placeiq.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Anthony Ha PlaceIQ, a startup that uses location data for mobile advertising, is announcing that it has raised $15 million in Series C funding. The company was founded... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/bright-switch-in-situ.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Natasha Lomas bRight Switch wants to replace plain old light switch hardware with what's basically a small, Android-powered tablet fixed to the wall -- hugely expanding the... read more | | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/screenshot-2014-02-10-08-56-58.png?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Back at CES in January, among all the fun and interesting new projects we investigated, one gadget stood out among... read more | | ![](http://pthumbnails.5min.com/10362321/518116012_34_1279_727.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | It's that time of week for an episode of CrunchWeek, the show that brings a few TechCrunch writers together to... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/gillmore-gang-test-pattern.jpg?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Gillmor Gang - Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Live recording session today at 10am... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |