Ivy Entrepreneurship: Princeton’s eLab Demo Day
They do have ambitious plans at Princeton. Yesterday I attended presentations made by the first graduates of the Keller Center‘s eLab, which is a student …
Six Questions for Visual.ly’s Stew Langille
Stew Langille hatched the idea for Visual.ly while pondering a better way to display consumer spending data during the waning days of his marketing stint …
Newspapers Are Dying. Can PressReader Save Them?
Browsing through all the local newspapers listed in the PressReader app on my iPad, I was impressed by the remaining practitioners of this 19-century technology. …
Samsung Galaxy S III: What’s Not to Like?
At my favorite barbecue joint near where I live, a customer complimented the owner on his pulled chicken sandwich combo. ‘What’s not to like,’ I …
Samsung Galaxy S III Supports VoIP Very Nicely
TvB recently managed to wangle a review version of the newest Samsung Galaxy phone, the cool S3 loaded with Android 4.0 (“Ice Cream Sandwich)”. We’ll …
Biotech in NYC? Yes, it exists.
I was in Manhattan yesterday at NYU-Poly’s incubator space on Varick Street attending a meetup organized by NYC Bio. They have the modest goal of …
Matrix Audio’s Bluetooth Speakerphone Makes a Difference
While I was wandering the aisles of CEA last month, I was attracted to Matrix Audio’s booth and their collection of shiny baubles. What at …
Travel Apps Battle for Tourist’s Soul: Tripl vs. Spotted by Locals
As part of my planning for a trip to an iconic European city in the fall, I’ve also been examining some travel apps. It’s peak …
Energy Comparison Shopping Comes to NJ
Before the July 4th break and the ensuing heat-wave, I had the good fortune to talk with Phil Nevels, co-founder of Chicago-based Power2Switch. While at …
NJ-based iSpeech Has a Great Speech Platform
iSpeech is a Newark-based–yes, you read that right–startup that has created a very useable and practical cloud-based text-to-speech and speech-rec platform. I hadn’t really thought …
What to See at CEA Line Show this Week
Last night I was at the CEA Line Show’s sneak-peek for VIPs, wandering the aisles of this AV-centric event. Held at Manhattan’s Altman Building and …
Is New York the Nano State?
Another side to our region’s high-tech can be found up the Hudson at the University of Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. With help …
CEA Line Show Next Week (I Really Want to See Leap’s 3D Motion Gadget)
The Consumer Electronics Association’s annual NYC event is just around the corner. Last year I witnessed impressive 3D technology and other consumer electronica. The 2012 …
Summer Travel Apps: A Closer Look at MyCityWay
Over the last few months I’ve come across a few travel-related apps in my journeys in the NY/NJ startup world. Now that I’m planning une …
My Coffee with Open Garden’s Micha Benoliel
One of the advantages of Manhattan’s Union Square area is the high-concentration of coffee shops, startups, WiFi, and visiting San Franciso-based entrepreneurs. On a recent …
Five Minutes with Getaround’s Jessica Scorpio
One of the high points for me at TechCrunch Disrupt NY was sitting down to talk with Getaround Co-Founder Jessica Scorpio. As you may recall, …
TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2012: The End
Last year it was pretty clear that the Battlefield contest was between Getaround, the peer-to-peer auto sharing service, and BillGuard, the crowdsourced fraud detection startup. …
More Tales from Startup Alley: Aurality Kinda Reads the News
I’ve always liked the idea of having an app that would read the New York Times to me as I was unwinding on the 5:45 …
Two from Hardware Alley: Sobi and Applosophy
This year the TechCrunch Disrupt NY organizers set aside the last day for hardware vendors. As a social bike fan, I was immediately drawn to …
More Tales from Startup Alley: CallApp CRM-izes Social Data
As a Battlefield finalist, CallApp gave a darn good pitch in front of TechCrunch Disrupt NY attendees in one of the earlier rounds of the …