There were a lot of stellar startups at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC last week, and unfortunately, there could only be one set of finalists and one winner. Of course, that doesn’t mean that those companies that didn’t make the final heat aren’t worthy of some love. The Daily followed the entrepreneurs behind three Disrupt NYC battlefield competitors, SpotOn , Spenz , and Madbrook Publishing through their unique experiences at Disrupt

YouTube is now showing approximately 3 billion videos a day. A growing proportion of those are shown with ads—more than 2 billion a week —and YouTube as a business is expected to pass $1 billion in revenue next year. But when it comes to making money, some videos do better than others

There’s a button war going on around us. Google, Digg, Yahoo, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn — they’ve all been angling to get their buttons in prime real estate on big websites

VMware has acquired social communications platform Socialcast. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed

Fitim Blaku is a Software Engineer and Web Designer based in New York City. He specializes in creating immersive web designs and applications. His consulting group WebHD focuses on maximizing web revenue through increased user engagement.

Fitim Blaku is a Software Engineer and Web Designer based in New York City. He specializes in creating immersive web designs and applications

The World Health Organization has just released the findings of a major literature review by leading scientists in the fields of cancer and radiation. Their conclusion

Oh, Google. Hate to do this again , but you really need to lock up these partners and get your PR in order. A week after we got a pitch from a partner NFC company all-but-confirming that Google’s New York City event would be about their mobile payment system ( Google Wallet ), another partner has reached out ahead of another announcement.

Welcome to the Jang and Ljung show. Steve Jang, who is the founder of Soundtracking and Alexander Ljung who is the founder of Sound Cloud. Guys you just did a panel about social music

Welcome to the Jang and Ljung show. Steve Jang, who is the founder of Soundtracking and Alexander Ljung who is the founder of Sound Cloud. Guys you just did a panel about social music.