eLab Demo Day at Princeton!
Princeton University’s eLab is a technology incubator at the Keller Center. Students apply for a 10-week program in which they are teamed with a faculty …
Visual.ly to Launch Infographics Marketplace
You can spend a lazy summer afternoon in Visual.ly’s virtual gallery of infographics. This San Francisco-based startup is building a veritable info-Louvre. And there already …
BetterCloud’s FlashPanel Available in Apps Marketplace
Back in May, we got to try out FlashPanel, an email and user provisioning app for the Google Apps environment. We liked the Googley feel …
Back at the FCC: VoIP Slamming is Still Legal
You remember slamming? That’s the practice of switching a landline subscriber’s phone service without permission. While this carrier thievery still goes on, there are Federal …
11-Year Old NJ Girl Gets $300K in Funding
In 2011, I watched 17-year Alex Godin present Dispatch.io at TechCrunch Disrupt’s hackathon. This year at TC Disrupt I heard 18-year old Max Mitchell pitch …
TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2012 in Pictures
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. AT&T sponsored …
Harvard Business Review Takes on Email
The HBR Blog Network is where we go to gain insights from our business elite. Their guest bloggers can be counted on to dispense advice …
AT&T-Verizon Infographic
Our friends at The Simple Dollar, a consumer-focused blog, have put together an infographic showing how AT&T and Verizon dominate the US wireless market. There’s …
David Lee of SV Angel Is a Theme Investor
I was at NYU’s Stern School last night to hear David Lee, founder of the super-angel investment company SV Angel. Together with Ron Conway, this …
ITP Shanghai to Begin in 2013
FYI: New York University’s ITP has moved back its plans to set up shop in Shanghai by a year. Midori Yasuda, ITP’s admission coordinator, said …
Mobile DevCamp NYC Deal for TvB Readers
We’re pleased to offer a special deal to students interested in Mobile DevCamp NYC. They can get a 20% discount off the ticket price. This …
NYC/NJ Hacker News
As a non-contributing member of the Hacker League, a community devoting to preserving those late night hacks for posterity, I get the benefit of receiving …
The Long Meeting Infographic
All you need to know about long, rambling corporate meetings is captured in this infographic from our friends at SalesCrunch. I’ve often felt the meter …
NYU to Offer ITP Program in Shanghai!
Last year New York University announced an agreement to create an independent research university in Shanghai. The first program to be offered at this new …
I Made This Infographic with Visual.ly’s Create
Last September I remember being excited by the great visual data presentations at O’Reilly’s Strata Summit. Somewhere around that time I also signed up for …
Hack and Tell is Back on February 29
New York City’s most hackalicious meetup is scheduled for the end of the month on Leap Day. It will have the usual format. In other …
FYI: ER Accelerator Accepting Applications for June 2012
NYC-based incubator ER Accelerator is accepting applications for their summer session. As a startup-to-be you get co-working space in their Times Square offices, mentoring (Fred …
Cisco Has 100K Twitter Followers!
They announced this social media milestone on their blog, The Platform. They’ve also analyzed the 100,000 profiles and associated tweets to come up with a …
Best Piece I Read on PIPA/SOPA
This morning legislative leaders in both House and Senate announced they would be postponing votes on their respective anti-piracy acts. There’s little doubt that some …