![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/wire-products-family-1.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Sarah Perez Skype co-founder Janus Friis is backing a new communications app called Wire, out now for iOS, Android and Mac OS X. The app itself is the reimagining of how a... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/john-collison-stripe.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Ryan Lawler Ultra-hot payments startup Stripe has brought on $70 million in new funding that will double its valuation less than a year after its last raise. The round,... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/9807812154_b233944667_o-1-e1417473555299.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Matt Turck The frenzy around the Internet of Things (IoT) should be reaching its final countdown. There has been a period of extraordinary activity in the IoT space... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/switching.gif?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Alex Wilhelm Google's recently released Android 5.0 mobile operating system is currently running on fewer than 0.1 percent of handsets, according to data released by the... read more | |
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![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/firefox-ios.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Frederic Lardinois For a year now, Mozilla has categorically stated that it wouldn't release a version of Firefox for iOS because Apple won't let it use its own web engine on its... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/i-want-you-transformers.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Josh Constine Back before founding a company was cool, it was a lot easier to get a lot of smart people in a room. Rock stars were hireable because they weren't forging their... read more | |
![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/2014-12-02_1729.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Frederic Lardinois | |