|   | Darrell Etherington | |  | Greg Kumparak It's been a few weeks since we've heard much about Project Ara, Google's efforts to build a phone out of components that can be swapped out, piece-by-piece.... read more | |  | Catherine Shu Xiaomi is now the world's third largest smartphone maker, due in large part to the success of its high-end Mi4, says new research by IDC. This is also the... read more | |  | Matt Burns By all accounts HP announced something truly innovative today. The Sprout by HP is a mind-blowing mash-up of desktop computer, 3D scanner and touchscreen. It... read more | |  | Matt Burns Let's say there's a torrent online you would like to view. After all, torrents themselves are perfectly legal. Instead of downloading the torrent, paste the... read more | |  | Alex Wilhelm Microsoft took an axe to another slice of its employees today, cutting around 3,000 jobs according to Mary Jo Foley. TechCrunch heard through a separate source... read more | |  | Greg Kumparak | |  | The Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, John Taschek, Keith Teare, and Steve... read more | |  | In our latest Foundation interview, I sat down with Jelly CEO and co-founder Biz Stone. We discussed his... read more | |  | “In the world of cloud computing, APIs are the new currency,” Microsoft’s VP of its developer... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |