California Erasin’: State Law Lamely Addresses Right to be Forgotten
While the EU Parliament may approve Right to Be Forgotten regulations this summer, closer to home, US social media companies have a smaller front in …
Year: 2013
One More Look at the BlackBerry Z10
I packed up my review version last week of the Verizon BlackBerry Z10 somewhat reluctantly. I enjoyed gliding and sliding around on the button-less Z10, …
Open Garden and Google Glass
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 …
And Still More from Startup Alley: make.tv’s Studio in the Cloud
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 …
Still More Tales from Startup Alley: TouchToPay and Fingerprint Matching Technology
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 …
More Tales from Startup Alley: phriz.be & occupy.here advocate ultra-local privacy
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 …
Tales from Hardware Alley: Extreme Fliers Launches Micro Drone 2.0
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 …
And the results from the Concrete Canoe Competition are in!
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 …
Tales from Startup Alley: Privacy Reboot from Sgrouples
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 …
Tales from Startup Alley: Mention Shakes Up Content Monitoring
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 …
Tales from Startup Alley: AppsBuilder, Bellissimo
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 …
Tales from Startup Alley: WebKite
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 …
Tales from Startup Alley: Glide
Will Glide bring casual mobile video messaging to the masses? This Jerusalem based– I know, I did a double-take when I heard that as well—startup …
Startup Mania at New York Tech Day
Faced with 400+ startups squeezed into a narrow pier on the Hudson and guided by the official NYTD floor map conveniently organized around Family Guy …
Right to be Forgotten on Twitter
The EU’s proposed “Right to be Forgotten” has become a major point of contention for US companies doing business across the Atlantic–more precisely it’s a …
BlackBerry Z10: The Great Communicator?
After getting a hold of a review version of the BlackBerry Z10 last week, I’ve been rapidly warming up to its charms. Once you get …
NY Tech Day 2013
The “science fair” for startups is back again. Last year NYTD corralled over 200 startups and other advanced hacks into the cozy Lexington Avenue Armory. …
Tabula is great at scraping tables from PDFs
If my hunt for numeric datasets leads me to a PDF file, I raise the white flag of surrender and close up shop for the …
Brick City Blerds Can Hack It
This morning I stopped by Rutgers B-School in downtown Newark for final presentations at Blerdology’s hackthon. For those who haven’t been following along, Blerdology is …
Revenge of BlackBerry? Brief Visit with the Z10
A few months back, I would not have been inclined to review another new smartphone for a good long time. It hasn’t escaped our notice …