| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/beatsmusic-shutterstock_132921989-1.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Josh Constine Apple will discontinue the streaming music service Beats Music it acquired in May, according to five sources, including several prominent employees at Apple and... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/screen-shot-2014-09-23-at-8-04-15-am.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/shutterstock_79677073.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Sarah Buhr Robots might be unseating the cherry job of wine critics soon. Researchers in Denmark have created an artificial tongue to find out whether expensive wine... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/iphone-6-display.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Natasha Lomas The latest official iOS 8 adoption stat comes courtesy of Apple, which has added a note to its App Store Distribution page for developers revealing that the... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/aviary.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Anthony Ha Aviary just announced that it has been acquired by Adobe. For those of you who haven't heard of it, Aviary offers a software development kit to developers... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/launcher-screen.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Sarah Perez | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/goat-simulator.gif?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Kyle Russell While the free section of Apple's App Store can sometimes make it seem like we're living in an Idiocracy, some weird stuff occasionally finds a way to take off... 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 — Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, John Taschek, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. The new... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/crunchweek919.jpg?w=210&h=158&crop=1?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Happy Friday, everyone, and welcome to another episode of CrunchWeek. This time around the table, TechCrunch’s... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/bell_ringing.jpg?w=210&h=158&crop=1?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | We were on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange this morning for Alibaba’s debut. The Chinese e-commerce... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |