Elin is the Community Manager for TechCrunch. Previously, she was one of the first Community Managers at Slide and was in charge of one of their most successful products, SuperPoke! Pets. Slide went on to be acquired by Google for $182 million.
Originally from Huntington Beach, Elin attended California State University, Chico, where she studied Organizational Communications and Art History.
It’s that time again. We are super excited to give away not only a free ticket to Disrupt SF, but we are also giving away a free Nexus 7 tablet to one lucky winner. I know, read on.
Disrupt SF is shaping up to be one of the biggest technology events of the year. It’s still more than a month away and we have already announced some undeniably incredible speakers that so far include: TechCrunch… → Read More
The Facebook Ecosystem Crunchup is closer than we think — just a little more than one week away! We have revealed the agenda and have announced a couple of Facebook all-stars, all of whom will be joining us on August 3rd at the beautiful Fox Theater in Redwood City. Those announced so far include Facebook’s VP of Engineering Mike Schroepfer, Director of Product Management Peter Deng and Director… → Read More
It’s that time of the week again! We’ve released another set of August Capital Summer Party tickets – and we expect them to sell out quickly. If you can’t click fast enough to purchase a ticket to the August Capital Summer Party, remember that Facebook Ecosystem CrunchUp tickets give you fast track entry into the August Capital Summer Party. You can purchase tickets here.
And, here’s the agenda… → Read More
We’re excited to announce that Vinod Khosla will speak at Disrupt SF!
Khosla is the founder of Khosla Ventures and is one of the most influential investors in Silicon Valley. He will be joining our already impressive program, which includes: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, SV Angel Ron Conway, Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz, former New York Schools chancellor Joel Klein and San… → Read More
We’re excited to announce that Facebook’s Peter Deng and Greg Badros are joining Doug Purdy and Mike Schroepfer as speakers at this year’s Facebook Ecosystem CrunchUp. Peter Deng is the Director of Product Management and Greg Badros is the Vice President of Engineering & Products at Facebook. Peter and Greg will participate in panels that will provide insight into the road ahead for… → Read More
We are pleased to announce our latest additions to the Disrupt SF agenda, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and the ultimate angel, Ron Conway. Add this to our earlier announcement of Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, and former New York Schools chancellor Joel Klein and expect to walk away with unique insights and unexpected inspiration. Sign up to see these… → Read More
We hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July and an awesome weekend. You may have noticed that we didn’t have a Disrupt SF ticket giveaway last Friday. That is because we wanted to wait since we have something extra special to give away this week. We noticed last Friday that we had a brand new iPad in the office (yes, the new one, the “new iPad”) and we were feeling celebratory, so we decided to… → Read More
Summer is here and our annual CrunchUp mini-conference is just a month away. The focus this year is on Facebook, its developer ecosystem, and how it is adapting its product and business to a mobile-first world.
And we’re excited to announce two speakers who will be joining us from Facebook. The first is Doug Purdy. He’s in the middle of the action on the product side these days. As a director… → Read More
TechCrunch Disrupt SF is back and everything is shaping up nicely behind the scenes. Actually, I was in a Disrupt meeting all day and that’s why this post is going out so late. So, you will have an extra day to enter. Congratulations to last week’s winner, Samer Karam. We asked everyone who entered to tell us who they would like to see at Disrupt, and Samer’s choice was Instagram’s Kevin Systrom. → Read More
Here’s another chance for one lucky reader to win tickets to this year’s Disrupt in San Francisco! Congratulations to last week’s winner, Stephen Hsu. Last week, we asked everyone to let us know who they would like to see at Disrupt SF. The comments were tallied and Mark Zuckerberg was the chosen one. Our people have reached out to his people. We’ll let you know.
Disrupt SF is going to be a… → Read More
TechCrunch Disrupt is one of the most anticipated technology conferences of the year, and Startup Battlefield (Click here to apply) is the very heart of the event. Some 30 companies, chosen from hundreds of applicants, launch their products on the Disrupt stage before a live and online audience in front of a panel of expert judges. After the demos, pitches and a tough round of questions… → Read More
TechCrunch Disrupt SF last year was a huge hit and we are all ready to do it again! Disrupt SF is coming up, quicker than we realize, and we are already starting to plan like crazy behind the scenes. Believe me when I tell you this event will be just as awesome as last year’s.
Last year we had incredible speakers, the popular and somewhat intimidating Office Hours, fancy after parties, dozens… → Read More
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… → Read More
Our very first day of Disrupt NYC is over and the conference started off with a bang. We had memorable chats, dove into fashion for a bit, hung out with the Startup Alley companies and witnessed 15 startups launch their products in our first day of the Startup Battlefield.
Even though we will have brand-new companies launching tomorrow while fighting for the ultimate prize of $50,000 and the… → Read More
Getaround was the big winner at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2011. Since then, the startup has continued to lead and dominate the car sharing space. This year, Getaround will be back in New York to help us hand off the massive Disrupt Cup to another deserving company yet to be discovered. Not only will they be there during the conference, but Getaround is co-hosting an awesome after party with us on… → Read More
Happy Friday! In less than one week, my colleagues and I (along with many, many others) will be flying to New York to gear up for one of the biggest conferences of the year, Disrupt NYC.
We have revealed the full agenda for the conference, as well as certain speakers and judges like: Adrian Grenier, MC Hammer, Michael Arrington, MG Siegler, Dennis Crowley, Marissa Mayer, Chris Dixon, Roelof… → Read More
Do thoughts of Hadoop send you into a tizzy? Do petabytes of data make you wild?
If so, then we have just the thing for you. Accel Partners, the firm that will be scoring a touchdown this month with Facebook’s IPO, is holding a big data conference next week.
It’s a one day event at Stanford University on May 9 from 9 to 5 p.m. There will be discussions and fireside chats with entrepreneurs… → Read More
TechCrunch Disrupt NYC is almost here! Yes, we are very excited. And you should be, too. We have already announced some incredible speakers and judges who will be joining us next month in New York, and we have even more surprises in store that will be announced as we get closer to the event.
Starting this week, we are going to be giving two free tickets away every Friday. So, if you don’t win… → Read More
For those of you who love the Olympic Games, the 2012 London Olympics are just under 100 days away. The International Olympic Committee just launched an awesome Olympic Athletes’ Hub which connects Olympic fans to their favorite Olympic athletes. It’s a searchable directory of both past and present Olympians that collects and displays posts from their Facebook and Twitter accounts. It strings in… → Read More
TechCrunch Disrupt NYC will be here before we know it and we have been working incredibly hard to make it especially amazing this year. This incomparable conference is being held next month, May 21st – 23rd, following our ever popular Hackathon, which is taking place on May 19th through the 20th, where red bull gulpers and pizza eaters will gather together to hack a product within 24… → Read More
We’ve written endless amounts of posts about it, Jordan is obviously obsessed with it, it became Amazon’s best selling phone and is simply a great smartphone.
With special thanks to Nokia, we have a brand new Lumia 900 to give away. This giveaway will last for one week, starting today, April 13th, and ending April 20th at 7:30pm PT. If you want to enter for a chance at winning this awesome new… → Read More
Disrupt NYC is coming up quick and we are working like mad to make sure this Disrupt is as big as ever. So far, we have announced these amazing speakers and judges, who will all be joining us. Not only that, but Michael Arrington is back and will be with us this year, along with our very own columnist MG Siegler. We still have a ton more surprises up our sleeve that we will also announce as we get… → Read More
Happy new iPad Friday! All of the new iPads are shipping already and for those of you who ordered a new one online, you should be getting them soon (if you haven’t already). So in light of that, and also because it’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend and what better way to send you off than this — we have a brand new iPad to give away.
Thanks to our friends over at Kabam, we have a new 32GB WiFi… → Read More
Who’s coming to Disrupt NYC this year, you may ask? Well, we aren’t going to reveal all of the fun surprises we have in store quite yet, but we are excited to announce a couple key speakers who will be joining us this year. This year’s lineup kicks off with a strong set of Silicon Valley greats and New York tech titans.
Roelof Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital and is in the business of… → Read More
Thanksgiving is over, Christmas has come and gone, a New Year has arrived, and spring flowers are starting to bloom. Hopefully you know what that means. That means it’s almost time to disrupt the technology industry yet again. Disrupt NYC is back and bigger than ever.
We will be taking over New York City this May for our incredibly popular Hackathon, and our world-renowned Disrupt conference. → Read More
We have another exciting giveaway for all of you this week. Earlier this morning, Jordan wrote about our friends over at Picksie and the launch of their new Android app. For those who don’t know, Picksie is a location-based app that helps you figure out what fun things there are to do around you. However, you won’t be able to enjoy it without a solid Android phone.
With a huge thank you to… → Read More
Hey everyone, we have a special giveaway for you this week. Yes, the iPad 3 is well on its way, but the iPad 2 is still one of the most sought after gadgets out there. With special thanks to our friends over at GreatApps.com, we have a brand new black iPad 2 32G to give away, ALONG with a Hip Street iPad 2 Bluetooth Keyboard Case, PLUS a $200 iTunes gift card. The lucky winner of this giveaway… → Read More
Thanks to our friends at Antengo, who absolutely love the TechCrunch readers, we have two huge prizes to give away this week: an Xbox Kinect and a Samsung Galaxy S II. There will be two winners for this giveaway and two ways to win for each prize.
You will have until February 12th, this coming Sunday, to win the Xbox Kinect and you will have until next Friday, February 17th to win the Samsung… → Read More
After writing for NBC’s Parks and Recreation for the past couple years (he’s about to start a writing gig for HBO’s Eastbound and Down), and authoring the sarcastic but brilliant and hilarious @HumbleBrag, Harris Wittels has decided to bring his talents to TechCrunch. This year, he will be hosting the Crunchies Awards, and bringing his chiding humor. If you’re not familiar with Humblebrag, he… → Read More
Have you voted for your favorite startups of 2011? Well what are you waiting for? Vote NOW.
The Crunchies Awards are only a week away and we have been hustling behind the scenes getting ready for the big event. For those of you who do not know what the Crunchies Awards are about, think of them as the Oscars for technology. We host the awards show every year with our co-hosts GigaOm and… → Read More
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