Top Stories of the Day // March 29, 2016

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Instagrammers really want you to turn on notifications to avoid death by algorithm | Oculus Rift is amazing, but you probably shouldn’t buy one | Rakuten will test drone delivery on golf course after investing in Japanese drone firm | China’s Xiaomi unveils a $150 smartphone-controlled rice cooker | Justice Department drops lawsuit against Apple as FBI has now unlocked Farook’s iPhone | It’s Go time for SoundCloud: $9.99 tier aims to rival Spotify with millions of premium music tracks | Windows users finally have a good BitTorrent client |

DAILY TUESDAY, MARCH 29 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Romain Dillet Instagrammers really want you to turn on notifications to avoid death by algorithm Instagram today is an endless sea of meaningless posts asking you to turn on post notifications for each account you follow. Brands and professional... Read More… Lucas Matney Oculus Rift is amazing, but you probably shouldn’t buy one The Oculus Rift has been a long time coming. After delays upon delays, customers finally started receiving their Rift consumer units today, and Oculus will... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Use Video Systems in Your Boardroom? Expand the Reach to Desktops and Mobiles OmniJoin web conferencing from Brother offers interoperability, a feature that will extend the reach of your room-based system, and maximize your room system investment. Learn More… Jon Russell Rakuten will test drone delivery on golf course after investing in Japanese drone firm Japan's Rakuten is joining e-commerce giants Amazon and Alibaba with a foray into drones. The Tokyo-based company, Japan's largest e-commerce firm, revealed... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT The Oculus Rift Is Here Oculus Rift ships to consumers, Pandora founder becomes CEO, Instagram users love notifications, Kanye track comes to Apple Music, NTT will buy Dell’s services division. Watch Now Jon Russell China’s Xiaomi unveils a $150 smartphone-controlled rice cooker China's Xiaomi has launched the smart home product that many people have been waiting on: a smart rice cooker. Read More… Romain Dillet Justice Department drops lawsuit against Apple as FBI has now unlocked Farook’s iPhone The FBI has unlocked Farook's iPhone 5c involved in the San Bernardino shooting using an alternative method that didn't involve Apple. Given this new... Read More… Ingrid Lunden It’s Go time for SoundCloud: $9.99 tier aims to rival Spotify with millions of premium music tracks SoundCloud is often billed as the “YouTube for audio” because of its huge trove of user-generated music and spoken-word tracks, uploaded by some... Read More… Romain Dillet Windows users finally have a good BitTorrent client Popular OS X and Linux BitTorrent client Transmission is coming to Windows. It's not quite ready for prime time -- gHacks spotted the first Windows build on... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Full Stack Engineer at Elemental Machines (Cambridge, MA, United States) Systems Administrator at IT Creations (Los Angeles, CA, United States) Sr. Database Administrator-MS SQL at GTE Financial (Tampa, FL, United States) POSTGRADUATE / SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SPECIALIST at CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation (Fullerton, CA, United States) Full-Stack Engineer @ Blueshift at Blueshift Labs (San Francisco, CA, United States) 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