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Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to stop by and chat with Open Garden at TechCrunch Disrupt two weeks ago. They had interesting news about an enterprise version of OG, which I think is a great idea. They have more good news … Continue reading →

Sure legacy network television may soon be wheeled off to an independent living facility. But internet TV is barely out of its crib as TV production technology is now in reach of millions of students, artists, creative types, and the … Continue reading →

Over on another channel, I’ve occasionally written about biometric identification as it relates to privacy issues. Facial recognition matching software is an example of Minority Report technology that’s improved enough that the FTC considers mug shots to be a “personally … Continue reading →

One of the micro themes in this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt was the emergence of privacy as a central part of an app’s value proposition. Sgrouples was one example of this: it used privacy to differentiate its social sharing services from … Continue reading →

Unfortunately, TvB wasn’t able to visit TechCrunch Disrupt on Wednesday to witness teeny drones buzzing around Extreme Fliers‘ booth. This London-based company is completely focused on remote controlled flying toys. Since their founding in 2007 by RC toy advocate Vernon … Continue reading →

Last weekend student chapters from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) met in the NY-NJ area to test their engineering prowess. At the downtown Brooklyn campus of NYU-Poly, students came with their steel bridge projects to see whose span … Continue reading →

Some have said that privacy is dead in the era of social media. But privacy has not been completely tossed away. In recent years, the FTC has filed complaints against Google, Facebook, and Path for violating their subscribers’ privacy. Given … Continue reading →

Mention answers the most important question of the moment: “what’s a good alternative to Google Alerts?” There are a bunch of possibilities here, but I’d now add Mention to the short-list. During my tour of Startup Alley yesterday I met … Continue reading →

There was a small, but significant Italian presence at TechCrunch Disrupt NY this year. I had a chance to meet with Luigi Giglio, CTO and Co-Founder of AppsBuilder, a Milan based startup. I’ve seen a bunch of mobile app generators … Continue reading →

I would have almost passed by WebKite had it not been for Eric Silver’s advanced tech-event floor skills: WebKite’s founder cleverly got my attention by asking if I wanted to learn more about his Pittsburg-based startup. It worked, and I’m … Continue reading →