| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Ryan Lawler For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or Microsoft Word as... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/two-bolts.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Sarah Perez | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/microsoft-cortana-build-2014-000.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Matt Burns In Microsoft's latest TV spot, the company stacks its voice assistant against Apple's. Spoiler: Microsoft's wins. read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/film-speedy-zombies_lest.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | MG Siegler | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-28-at-7-22-18-am.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/zillow-earnings.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-28-at-09-04-10.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Steve O'Hear "Bluetooth Low Energy and iBeacon are the building blocks of the next wave of computing," says Max Niederhofer of the micro-location technology that lets your... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/weheartitios.jpeg?w=210&h=158&crop=1?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | We Heart It, the Pinterest-meets-Tumblr social image sharing platform that’s attracted a large and... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-22-at-12-48-49-pm.png?w=210&h=158&crop=1?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | We definitely dig dog-friendly companies here at TechCrunch Cribs, so when we were in New York City recently,... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-21-at-2-57-51-pm.png?w=210&h=158&crop=1?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | And we’re back with episode two of our Road To Disrupt video series, which shows the good, the bad,... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |