Top Stories of the Day // February 6, 2016

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Repairing Your iPhone Home Button From An Unofficial Repair Shop Can Brick Your Phone | How To Fix Tech’s H-1B Problem | Uber Drivers Plan Strike During Super Bowl Weekend | Bay Area Airbnb Hosts Get Less Than They Bargained For During The Big Game | New Air Force Satellites Launched To Improve GPS | The Italian (Startup) Renaissance | Glu Mobile Pins Its Hopes On New Taylor Swift Game |

DAILY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Romain Dillet Repairing Your iPhone Home Button From An Unofficial Repair Shop Can Brick Your Phone Going to an unauthorized Apple technician to repair your home button can cost you a lot of money. On Friday, The Guardian reported that thousands of iPhone... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Jon Evans How To Fix Tech’s H-1B Problem I'm a Canadian who has spent a sizable fraction of his adult life working in the USA, so immigration, especially as it relates to the tech industry, is a pretty... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Meet The Presenters For The 9th Annual Crunchies Awards This Monday Troy Carter is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Atom Factory. Drew Houston is the co-founder and CEO of Dropbox. Jessica Livingston is a founding partner at Y Combinator. Andre Iguodala is an NBA Champion and Finals MVP. A few people who will be at the Crunchies this Monday. Make sure you get your tickets today! Learn More… Sarah Buhr Uber Drivers Plan Strike During Super Bowl Weekend Uber has slashed driver wages in the last month, with some reportedly earning less than minimum wage. Now drivers are planning a protest in San Francisco right... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Taylor Swift Signs Game Partnership With Glu Mobile One Medical acquires diet coach app Rise, Instagram is testing account switching on iOS, Just Eat buys food startups from Rocket Internet, ZIRX is shutting down its consumer service on February 29th. Watch Now CRUNCH NETWORK | David Ordal Bay Area Airbnb Hosts Get Less Than They Bargained For During The Big Game As Super Bowl 50 draws near, some Airbnb hosts are hoping for a substantial payout. Crazy listings are popping up – this home is going for $6000 a night.... Read More… Emily Calandrelli New Air Force Satellites Launched To Improve GPS This morning, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched a Boeing-built satellite into orbit as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Global... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Marcello Mari The Italian (Startup) Renaissance 2016 couldn't have started better for Italy's economy and tech sector. In January, Cisco signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education, University and... Read More… Sarah Perez Glu Mobile Pins Its Hopes On New Taylor Swift Game Glu Mobile, the mobile gaming company behind recent app store hits like the once-viral “Kim Kardashian” Hollywood,” and who recently took a... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: C++ Backend Software Engineer, eTouch Systems Corp Posted: February 4 Software Engineer, KAL Posted: February 4 Enterprise Application Specialist, City of Cambridge Posted: February 3 SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2016 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service