A Look Back At 2014

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2014 was an amazing year in startup news. In fact, we wrote more than 13,000 articles here on TechCrunch. That’s why we are giving you a handy TL;DR guide to remind you of all the big news from the past year.

Apple: We predict that large phones will be the next big thing.

WhatsApp: Sorry, I can’t hear you over the sound of all the $$$$.

Amazon: Remember that one time we built a phone?

Facebook: Too many apps.

Foursquare: As many apps as users.

Snapchat: There are no repercussions for bad behavior.

Uber: There are no repercussions for bad behavior.

Google: It only took us 6 years to make Android look good.

Aol: We’re still here.

Samsung: The next big thing was last year.

Xiaomi: ⌘C, ⌘V

Ello: Yo.

Secret: Hey! Come back! Can anybody hear me?

Lenovo: Soon we’ll own you too.

Motorola: Made in China.

Fitbit: You’re fatter than you think.

Sony: We’re still releasing ‘The Interview.’ Actually stop everything, we’re not releasing it. Actually we’re releasing it.

Spotify: Taylor Swift looks like a tall alien anyway.

John Oliver: This is how you win the Internet.

BlackBerry: QWERTY FTW! (WAIT, HOW DO YOU DISABLE CAPS LOCK?)

Reddit: Now the front page to the worst of the Internet.

Dropbox: Trading your privacy for 1TB of storage.

Beats Electronics: Beats by Tim Cook.

Airbnb: Remember that one time we changed our company logo to a vagina?

Oculus Rift: Now you can experience life without leaving your house.

Nintendo: New Super Smash Brothers Plus XL U!

Netflix: Hey, do you guys remember Blockbuster?

HBO: Hey, do you guys remember Netflix?

Comcast: We still don’t care about you.

Time Warner: We actually fucking hate you.

Microsoft: Actually thinking differently.

HP: Your printer ink is still low.

Yo: Yo.