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 …
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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, …
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: 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 …
More Tales from Startup Alley: Qmerce’s Social Game App
There was a significant Israeli presence at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt NY. I met with a few companies at their pavilion, and most of the …
More Tales from Startup Alley: KipCall’s number-free VoIP App
KipCall is a modest VoIP app that I came across at TechCrunch Disrupt NY. Similar to a few other well-known consumer models wherein you don’t …
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 …
Tales from Startup Alley: Snooozy’s Live Polling for TV Stations
Snooozy is another one of those disruptive apps that brings formerly expensive technology to an underserved market. In this case, it’s live polling technology now …
Tales from Startup Alley: Uberconference Disrupts Voice Conferencing
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. …
Tales from Startup Alley: Embedle’s Twitter Conversation App
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 …
Tales from Startup Alley: Oovoo Makesover Videoconferencing
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 …
Tales from Startup Alley: rent2buy
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 …
TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2012: Day 1
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 …