Posted on 22 May 2012
Disrupt NYC day two has just wrapped up. During the conference today, Michael Arrington demanded to know from Ron Conway when he was going to run for Mayor of San Francisco (he kept saying he would “never” ), our very own Josh Constine grilled Tim Armstrong with questions about AOL, layoffs, which publication he likes more: Huffington Post or TechCrunch (he said “both”), and we watched 15 more amazing startups battle it out for the ultimate Disrupt prize — the Disrupt Cup and $50,000
Tags: apple, clothes, credit-card, disrupt, flickr, friends, mayor, Mobile, networks, night, party, social, stock-market
Posted on 22 May 2012
As TechCrunch was the first to report , Ellen Pao , an investment partner at Sand Hill Road venture capital stalwart Kleiner Perkins , has filed a lawsuit alleging that during her seven year career there she has been the victim of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and acts of retaliation for rebuffing unwated advances and reporting her alleged experiences. You can find a full rundown of her complaint here , along with the lawsuit document in its entirety. In a statement sent today to TechCrunch, Kleiner Perkins said the suit is without merit and vowed to “vigorously defend” itself regarding the matter
Tags: female-partners, investing-space, kleiner, kleiner-perkins, lawsuit, News, partner-roster, screen-shot, seen-as-bucking, sexual-harassment, sterling-image, tech, venture-capital, victim, whitney-hess
Posted on 22 May 2012
Shopping on the iPad is becoming one of the best ways to shop. You’re sitting on your couch, comfy as a bug in a rug, swiping through dresses, and t-shirts, and shoes! Oh my! But there’s one issue: you have to switch between all the different brand apps to enjoy yourself. Sure, you can hit up the Saks 5th Ave app and view multiple brands at once, but those brands aren’t offering the ability to reach out to you directly with their sales, content, and promotions.
Tags: apps, clothes, disrupt, ecommerce, Facebook, iuw, sales, shot-2012-05-22, social, startup-alley, techcrunch
Posted on 22 May 2012
One of the hottest trends in gaming right now isn’t mobile, social, or massively multiplayer games, but online casinos. This may seem somewhat surprising considering that it was only a year ago that the Justice Department seized the domain names of some of the country’s largest online poker platforms, like PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, UB.com, and Absolute Poker, charging their founders with bank fraud, money laundering, illegal gambling, among other offenses
Tags: brett-calapp, centaurus-games, Facebook, free to play, rocket, social, startups, tom anderson
Posted on 22 May 2012
On one end of the spectrum, networks like Twitter and Facebook have acted as catalysts to organizing events like the Arab Spring or the riots of London. On the other end of that spectrum, networks like Yelp or Foursquare tee up user generated reviews, tips and public-facing profiles
Tags: apps, during-the-peak, Facebook, location, message-content, network, occupy, option, street, twitter, under-the-hood
Posted on 22 May 2012
They say that all work and no play makes for some dull boys, and I think brothers Darren and Derek Dodge would definitely agree with that sentiment.
Tags: brothers, disrupt, disrupt battlefield, events, Facebook, night, nightlife, through-the-app, Video
Posted on 22 May 2012
In case you were wondering: Ron Conway says he will not be running for mayor of San Francisco.
Tags: angel, arrington, city, conway, disrupt, down-the-line, Facebook, government-work, program-called, response-might, senator, senator-chuck, tech
Posted on 22 May 2012
What good is a Foursquare check-in if it doesn’t lead to a coupon or freebie?
Tags: concept, disrupt battlefield, Facebook, influence, klout, loyalty, Mobile, social-networking, socialstock, stock-market, Video, virtual, words
Posted on 22 May 2012
You’re crazy with your friends, serious with your co-workers, and sweet with your parents. Now you can share those distinct personalities with their matching audiences thanks to Hmmm , a mobile app launching today that aims to let you be yourself online, whoever that is
Tags: clutter-the-app, create-separate, crunch-disrupt, disrupt, disrupt battlefield, Facebook, friends, identities, Mobile, social, stripped-it-out
Posted on 22 May 2012
Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt makes for a pretty gruelling experience when so many companies are pitching every passer-by. But Jordan Crook and went in feet first to check out some of the startups there
Tags: card-check, check-out, check-out-some, crunch-disrupt, disrupt, Facebook, israeli, jordan-crook, screen-shot, startups, startups-out, the-startups