| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/screen-shot-2014-05-19-at-8-03-57-pm.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Kim-Mai Cutler | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/instagram.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Jordan Crook Instagram is so hot that no one can resist joining in. Not even Google. The search giant, in a joint-celebration over the 40th anniversary of the Rubik's Cube... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/2014-05-18_0906.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Frederic Lardinois Last week Google made Glass available for purchase to anybody who wants to pay $1,500 for it. You'd be forgiven if you didn't notice. What started out as one of... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/solar_power.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/img_3070.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Alex Wilhelm | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/surfacepro2-3.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington, John Biggs | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/screen-shot-2014-05-19-at-6-39-24-pm.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Colleen Taylor | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/screen-shot-2014-05-19-at-6-39-24-pm.png?w=210&h=158&crop=1?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | When a tech company makes the news, the public usually sees the names of a few people: tech executives and... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/gg-test-pattern-sepia3.jpg?w=210&h=158&crop=1?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | The Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Dan Farber, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — take a walk... read more | | ![](http://pthumbnails.5min.com/10364704/518235158_18_210_158.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | This week is all about CrunchWeek East, as we're bringing this episode to you from AOL HQ in New York. Anthony... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |