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I’m going to review this massive petition to denial filing—redacted, though, for public viewing—over this short holiday week. Not surprisingly, Sprint Nextel is not happy with AT&T’s bid to swallow T-Mobile. With the word duopoloy (according to my PDF search) … Continue reading →

I like the idea of Quixey. It has the Google-like cyclops interface —a single search box— but instead of searching the web, it’s looking for apps from the crowded shelves of mobile app stores. I saw Quixey for the first … Continue reading →

I don’t recall seeing a single wired phone at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference. At trade shows, they’ve been exiled from the booths for awhile now with the cell phone explosion. More surprising for me was that I didn’t even spot … Continue reading →

My gut told me that Getaround, the peer-to-peer car rental service, should be the Battlefield winner. It was a crowd favorite and solved the age-old problem of finding temporary access to wheels without paying any up-front fees. However, it seemed … Continue reading →

If tweets are the short form of a blog post, then what’s the short audio equivalent for a podcast? I found the answer at Shoutomatic’s booth talking to its co-founder and COO Michael Levy. The idea is simple: why not give … Continue reading →

I was in the middle of getting a demo of Openspace’s app finder technology when the CEO and co-founder Robert Reich cruised up to the booth on his skateboard like he was some whiz developer. Actually he is! He was … Continue reading →

On Monday, I was in the audience watching the Disrupting Location competitors battling it out in front of the judges—Chris Dixon (Hunch), Soraya Dorabi (FoodSpotting), Dave Samuel, and the curmudgeonly angel investor Yossi Vardi. One comment I heard from the … Continue reading →

One of my personal goals over the last year was to see MakerBot Industries’ 3-D printer in-action, making stuff. I can check that off my startup bucket list. I got the video to prove it.

Lark, the morning bird, is a great name for a product that gently wakes you up. I stopped by Lark’s TechCrunch Disrupt booth to talk with Julia Hu, their young, accomplished (she’s a serial entrepreneur), and enthusiastic CEO. Chatting over … Continue reading →

I’ve been to many, many trade shows and conferences over the years. TechCrunch Disrupt is the first I’ve attended that’s devoted to startups. You notice differences. No security detail of marketing and PR staffers who hover around a sprawling booth … Continue reading →