Top Stories of the Day // September 11, 2016

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A kid held up a sign with his Venmo ID on ESPN and thousands of people sent him money | Facebook isn’t just fighting ad blockers, it’s fighting the underlying causes of blocking | Why I’m giving my company Election Day off | When's the best time to share on Facebook? | At Amazon the Flywheel Effect drives innovation | App platform Kinetise aims to bring app building to the enterprise | After more than a decade, the fire still burns for Box CEO Aaron Levie |

THE DAILY CRUNCH SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Fitz Tepper A kid held up a sign with his Venmo ID on ESPN and thousands of people sent him money Each Saturday during the college football season ESPN hosts College GameDay, an pre-game show with a bunch of football experts and hundreds of screaming... Read More… Roy Rosenfeld Facebook isn’t just fighting ad blockers, it’s fighting the underlying causes of blocking Many have interpreted Facebook's move to "block the blockers" as a sign that Facebook is prioritizing its relationship to advertisers over users. It's... Read More… Hicham Oudghiri Why I’m giving my company Election Day off This year's U.S. presidential election is confusing for everyone. The popularity contest that has become the election is diluting our time, attention and... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Prius Prime Offers You the Test-Drive of Your Life Go on The Impossible Quest, a personalized VR experience starring Toyota's most advanced hybrid yet, Prius Prime, and you. Take a test-drive through a limitless world inspired by visual futurist Syd Mead (Blade Runner). Learn More Antoine Amann When's the best time to share on Facebook? There's all manner of advice and guidance on the web for online publishers looking to optimize their social media efforts: CoSchedule, Fast Company, HubSpot,... Read More… Ron Miller At Amazon the Flywheel Effect drives innovation When Amazon CTO Werner Vogels talks about his company’s philosophy around innovation, it’s probably a good idea to listen. Amazon CEO and founder... Read More… Jay Donovan App platform Kinetise aims to bring app building to the enterprise Kinetise, an app building platform and Disrupt hackathon favorite, aims to democratize the the the process of creating native mobile apps for iOS and Android in... Read More… Ron Miller After more than a decade, the fire still burns for Box CEO Aaron Levie Box CEO Aaron Levie has been at it for more than a decade. For a guy barely past 30, that means it’s all he’s done professionally for his entire... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Software Engineer at Consensus Corporation (San Francisco, CA, United States) Software Engineer, Performance at Suitable Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA, United States) Software Engineer, C++ at Suitable Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA, United States) ETL, Senior Software Engineer at Sikka Software (San Jose, CA, United States) iOS Engineer @ Jaunt at Jaunt VR (Palo Alto, CA, United States) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser 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