Jordan Crook

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Jordan Crook was the Deputy Editor of TechCrunch.

Jordan Crook

The life of a founder isn’t an easy one — at least, initially. There’s no time for love, fun, or even sleep. The product, the users, the servers and the…

A Founder’s Life Has A Lot Of iPads In It – And Some Gratuitous Sex [NSFW]

The Pebble Smart Watch, a clever little watch that connects to your phone via Bluetooth (and tells time), has officially started to ship in limited quantities. After the product’s Kickstarter…

Pebble Is Shipping, But Slowly, And Without iOS App Approval

Nintendo has a lot to announce this morning, including an app for its Miiverse platform, as well as some fan-favorite game titles that will be available on the Wii U…

Nintendo Promises More Titles For Wii U Including New Zelda, Mario Games

The latest reports on the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy S IV suggest that the flagship device will feature a 4.99-inch 440ppi Full HD Super AMOLED display. It’s a mouthful, but when…

Look Out Apple, The Samsung Galaxy S IV Display Is Rumored To Blow Past Retina Quality

LifeKraze, the social network that rewards you for daily activities, has officially launched on the Google Play store. The app tries to bring action into our social mix. Founder and…

LifeKraze, The Social Network For “What You Do,” Launches On Android

Smartphones are the single-fastest-growing consumer electronics segment in the world, and Google and Apple are the most formidable players in the arena. iOS and Android together hold a vast majority…

What Google Does Best Is A Stark Contrast To Apple, According To Larry Page

The latest rumors out of the DigiTimes (a hit-or-miss Chinese blog focused on Apple supply-chain news) claims that Apple is not working on a larger, cheaper version of the iPhone…

Ridiculous Rumors Tout Cheaper, Bigger iPhone 5S. And Multiple Models! Oh My!

It looks like we might have a release date for the forthcoming Galaxy S IV flagship smartphone from Samsung. After a deluge of unconfirmed information — it’ll launch at MWC…

Latest Samsung Galaxy S IV Rumors Point To April Launch

If you thought that LG’s global roll out of the Optimus G meant that its successor, the Optimus G Pro, would stay in hiding a while longer, you were wrong.…

LG’s 5-inch 1080p Optimus G Pro Confirmed On Japanese Carrier’s Website

Smart watches are everywhere these days. But of all the time-telling, wearable, connected devices, it’s possible that this new offering from Neptune may be the coolest one I’ve ever seen.…

The Neptune Pine Smart Watch Has A Camera, Runs Android, And Wants To Replace Your Smartphone

According to a beta tester listing on OnlineBeta.com, Logitech is finally preparing to support OS X gamers, with plans to release a new Gaming Software for Mac OS X that…

Logitech Gaming Software Beta-Testing Program Confirms Future Support For Mac OS X

LG’s Optimus G might not have gotten the same attention as the Nexus 4, but it’s the cream of LG’s 2012 crop. And to that end, the company has just…

LG’s Optimus G Will Hit LTE Markets In 50 New Countries Starting In Late January

According to a forum posting on Chinese site Digi-wo, Sony may have a 6.44-inch 1080 device in the works. We don’t know much else about the alleged device, other than…

Please Let This Leaked 6.4-Inch 1080p Sony Phone Be A Joke

If you’re a startup, you’ve heard of TechCrunch’s Startup Alley. It’s a huge part of our TechCrunch Disrupt conference. Hundeds of startups from all over the world vie for a…

TechCrunch Is Holding Office Hours To Discover The Next Stars Of Disrupt Startup Alley NY

Sure, 3D printing is fun and cute. And products like the Makerbot and Form 1 will most certainly disrupt manufacturing, even if it’s only on a small scale. But the…

The World’s First 3D-Printed Building Will Arrive In 2014 (And It Looks Awesome)

We’ve seen the Organic Transit Elf go from a twinkle in founder Rob Cotter’s eye to the real deal in a matter of a few short months. The solar-powered pedal…

Organic Transit’s Solar-Pedal Hybrid Vehicle Is Ready To Ship In March

Here we are again, in the midst of Galaxy S IV rumor season, and this year’s brought about a bountiful harvest. The latest rumor in the bunch is that Samsung’s…

Samsung Galaxy S IV Early Rumor Roundup: 8-Core Exynos 5 Chip, 5″ 440ppi Display, Wireless Charging

This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for. The Galaxy Note 2, arguably the next big thing, will be available in Brown and Red along with its usual blue…

Now In Brown And Ruby Wine, The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Gets New Color Options

It seems like only yesterday that Samsung introduced the Galaxy brand, and in the blink of an eye we’ve gone from a handful of phones to dozens of phones, tablets,…

Samsung May Tackle The iPad Mini With An 8-Inch Galaxy Note

Task management is a crowded space, but if someone had solved the problem of procrastination with an app we’d probably already be a much more successful society. That’s why 16-year-olds…

Finish Is A Simple Way For Teens To Manage Their Angst-Ridden, Homework-Riddled Lives

Thumb, the opinion-polling network that lets people get real-time crowdsourced recommendations, has today launched a new update to the app routes questions in a totally new way: by location. This…

Opinion-Polling Network Thumb Now Routes Questions By Location For More Relevant Answers

Viber has just announced a relatively vanilla update to its BlackBerry app, but with a pretty awesome cherry on top. With over 150 million registered users (since we last checked),…

Viber 2.3 For BlackBerry Launches With Emoticons, Revamped UI, And Promises Of VoIP Calling By April

Snapchat and Facebook Poke have clearly validated the demand for ephemeral messaging, and perhaps even a desire for added security (whether it’s misguidedly through social networks or not). But SMS…

Gryphn Updates Secure SMS Platform To Better Compete With Facebook Poke, Snapchat

DreamIt Ventures has just opened up the application process for their third annual New York city Accelerator program, which will begin in mid-May and run to mid-August. The program offers…

DreamIt Ventures Opens Applications For Next NYC Class With Specialized Tracks For EdTech, Minority-Led, And Israel-Based Companies

OkCupid has risen to be one of the most popular dating sites on the web, complete with a mobile offering on iOS and Android. But today marks the launch of…

OkCupid Launches Standalone ‘Crazy Blind Date’ Service For Blind Mini-Dates

If you own a Wii, you were probably a little bummed out to hear that Amazon would be serving up Instant Video to the Wii U and not to your…

Amazon Launches Instant Video For Nintendo Wii

“I wish you could play this game in real life.” Those words have been muttered by almost everyone who’s ever played the game Mario Kart — and if you’ve played…

In Real-Life Mario Kart, “I’m-A Gonna Win!”

Gifs are better than pictures and less invasive and time-consuming than movies. This is why Cinemgram exists, and why the app is blowing up of late. But there’s a new…

GifStory, The Instagram For Animated Gifs, Looks To Compete With Cinemagram

The Best And Worst Of CES 2013

4:36 pm PST • January 13, 2013

CES has come and gone, but the memory of this year’s show will live on forever. Not necessarily because the 15-20 TechCrunch staffers who attended will remember it — chances…

The Best And Worst Of CES 2013

Lazy-Hands is the epitome of one of those self-made, little-guy CES gems that we love so much. Armed with little more than velcro, a humble booth, and a dash of…

In A Sea Of iPad Cases, Lazy-Hands Stands Out With Little More Than Velcro, Cloth, and Ingenuity