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Running around Pier 94 hanger the last two days, we’ve logged a few miles. And we’ve also managed to take a few pictures. Our favorites after the jump. AT&T sponsored street performers, guitars with embedded iPhones, and more.

Snooozy is another one of those disruptive apps that brings formerly expensive, to a whole underserved market. In this case, it’s live polling technology now made affordable for smaller TV and radio stations. Belal Hummadi, CEO and Founder, gave me … Continue reading →

Hard to believe, but there are two great conferencing apps at TechCrunch Disrupt NY. I just wrote about Oovoo and what they’ve done with video. There’s also uberconference, which is disrupting audio conferencing. Thanks to the legacy vendors, audio bridges … Continue reading →

As I was weaving around the Startup Alley streets, I came across embedle. The name intrigued me. So I made a full stop and turned into embedle’s driveway. This NJ-based startup has tied together a twitter stream to the actual … Continue reading →

Life has tasked me with writing about telecom topics–someone has to do it. But for TechCrunch Disrupt, I usually don’t have to take on this burden with so few entries in this area. Then this year’s event came along, and … Continue reading →

One of the first startups I came across is part of the vibrant Israeli contingent that shows up at TC Disrupt. They’ve done pretty well over the last few years with BillGuard making it to the Battlefield finals last year, … Continue reading →

The rain may have a kept a few people away yesterday, probably a few less booths than last year, the quirkiness factor was a little too high in certain cases, and there was the absence of a certain larger-then-life personality. … Continue reading →

I remember the unseasonal heat-wave that baked NYC last year at this time, and turned the Pier 94 hangar, the home to TechCrunch Disrupt, into a humongous hothouse. Little chance of that happening again. I am, of course, pumped to … Continue reading →

I was at New Jersey Institute of Technology last Thursday for another round of Startupalooza. At this NJ-centric pitchathon, startups of a mostly medical or pharma flavor get to make their case to gathered investors (Jumpstart NJ, DFJ Gotham, Golden … Continue reading →

Earlier in the week, I chatted with BetterCloud‘s CEO, David Politis, to learn about their latest app. Called FlashPanel, it extends BetterCloud’s Google Apps portfolio–see our post on DomainWatch–with a new tool focused on email management. In case you haven’t … Continue reading →