| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/img_4155.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Robert McCarthy A song lyric from "All That Jazz" comes to mind following Apple's big announcement about mobile payments on Tuesday: "Everything old is new again." Amid... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/microsoft-minecraft1.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Josh Constine Buying a game company is like buying an aging baseball player. You'll need a miracle to get another hit. And while they might have plenty of fans, they probably... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/product-hunt.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Alexia Tsotsis Product Hunt, the aggregation site that many people consider a direct competitor to TechCrunch and other tech blogs due to its ability to surface new tech... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/doors-light.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Dag Kittlaus You can call it a Virtual Personal Assistant, an Intelligent Agent, an Intelligent Interface or whatever you wish. We call it inevitable. The era of the... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/screen-shot-2014-09-13-at-1-33-17-pm.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/shutterstock_187410836-e1410580029722.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Jack Studer Considering how important proprietary deal flow has become as a tool for differentiation within venture capital, it's surprising that more VCs aren't... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/sailo.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Anthony Ha If you think boating sounds vaguely appealing but you've never actually made it out on the water, a New York City startup called Sailo aims to help. It's not... 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 — Dan Farber, Robert Scoble, Benedict Evans, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. It’s... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/screen-shot-2014-09-11-at-3-04-50-pm1.png?w=210&h=158&crop=1?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Meeting with VCs can be stressful and we took that to the extreme with our new show. One Lap with Rob Coneybeer... read more | | ![](http://pthumbnails.5min.com/10368200/518409959_27_210_158.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Do you really know yourself if you’ve never had your heart broken? Tinder is often labeled a hookup app,... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |