| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/kid-computer.jpg?w=152&h=168&crop=1) | Nir Eyal On February 8, 2014, an app called Flappy Bird held the coveted No. 1 spot in the Apple App Store. The app's 29-year-old creator, Dong Nguyen, reported... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/painting.png?w=152&h=168&crop=1) | Greg Kumparak Surprise! It's Valentine's Day, the stealthiest of all the holidays. If you're trying to get a gift today, you… might be a bit short on options. Will you... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/screen-shot-2014-02-14-at-3-37-16-pm.png?w=152&h=168&crop=1) | Alex Wilhelm In a Reddit AMA session today, HTC employees confirmed that the company's 8X Windows Phone handset will receive future firmware updates. This indicates that the... read more | | | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/1393311040_3e3844d8a4_b1.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Gregory Ferenstein | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/screen-shot-2014-02-14-at-11-21-12-am.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Alex Wilhelm | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/home_of_the_future.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Jon Evans The Great Bifurcation is underway. The American economy is polarizing between the minority rich and the majority poor; technology is a major cause of this; and... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/screen-shot-2014-02-14-at-2-43-39-pm1.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Alexia Tsotsis Solo investor Ronny Conway has closed the early-stage fund he had left Andreessen Horowitz last year to raise. Back in September, Dan Primack had reported that... read more | | |
![](http://pthumbnails.5min.com/10361954/518097658_47_1279_727.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | In this week’s episode of Ask A VC, we hosted Comcast Ventures’ Dave Zilberman to talk about mobile... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/98741v3-max-250x250.jpg?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | 2013 was a very good year for Twitter, so it's only fitting that Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo took home the award... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/screen-shot-2014-02-13-at-4-44-24-pm.png?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | It's just about Valentine's Day, which means love is in the air, even here among the workaholics in the tech industry.... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |