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Tailor Brands raises $4M to have robots design logos for you
For the most part, apps like Prisma depend on curated training sets to impersonate style and apply it to a new context. While this may signal that machine creativity is dead…
Come see Boston Dynamics and its robots stomp on the Disrupt London stage
If artificial intelligence will inevitably be a central part of how we will interact with machines and services in the future, then learning more about who is developing these new AI systems — and…
What if finding a job were as easy as playing a game? Scoutible thinks its smartphone games have what it takes to assess the aptitude and traits required for certain professions.…
Bring Your Hardware To TC Disrupt Hardware Alley In Berlin This October
Sexy Bill wants you! Hardware Alley is my favorite part of Disrupt and we’re bringing the festivities to Berlin on October 29 when 30 lucky hardware companies can show off…
Wait, When Did Software Become So Boring?
Maybe I’m just jaded and cranky. But as I wandered through Startup Alley at Disrupt this week, and even as I watched many of the Battlefield contestants, I found myself…
TechCrunch Disrupt NYC LIVE: Day Two! #TCDisrupt
Welcome to Day Two, folks. If Day One wasn’t enough for you, then you’re in for a real treat. We have a special product announcement at 11:20, Design Office Hours…
TechCrunch Disrupt NYC LIVE: Day One! #TCDisrupt
After months of prepping, countless run-throughs and all nighters, it’s time to get this party started. Welcome to TechCrunch Disrupt New York City 2012. I have a feeling this is…
Meet The Startups That Made It To The TC Disrupt Battlefield (SF 2011)
Below are the 29 startups that were chosen, out of roughly 650 applicants, to pitch their business ideas over the next few days at the Startup Battlefield competition during the…
Watch The Demos That Pwned The Disrupt Hackathon
So you think you have what it takes to build a ground breaking app that will change the world? Do you have what it takes to accomplish that in just…
Gilt-ii Turns Flash Sales Site Gilt Into An Auction Marketplace
At the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon today, local hackers Bill Magnuson and Jon Hyman presented an e-commerce plugin for flash sales site Gilt.com that is worth a look. Called Gilt-ii, the…
This Is What Winning Feels Like, Smiling Cigar Guy Edition
Meet “Where’s Smiling Cigar Guy?,” the breakout meme star of such photos as “Tiger Woods Hits Ball At Photographer” (see below) and such Tumblrs as Smiling Cigar Man | Awesome Face Fan.…
TechCrunch Disrupt LIVE Webcast, Day One (TCTV)
Standby in 3 – 2 – 1: We are now live from San Francisco with TechCrunch Disrupt. If you can’t make the conference in person, you can still watch all…
Entrepreneur Boy Band Cover Flow To Play Disrupt After Party
Many of you may know Blippy’s Philip Kaplan, but many of you may not know that Blippy’s Philip Kaplan (Drums) is in a boy band with Mayfield Fund VC Raj Kapoor (Vocals/Gold…
The Best Of The Best #TCDisrupt Hackers Show Off Their Creations
The TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon saw over 300 hackers battling through the night, fueled by pizza and caffeine. Three projects were selected and the people that hacked those together got a…
Venture Capitalists Get Grilled (And Pitched At Urinals) At #TCDisrupt
It doesn’t always have to be the venture capitalists grilling the entrepreneurs – at TechCrunch Disrupt, we’ve disrupted that notion (see what I did there?) and hosted an open-mic session…
Clickable Introduces The Master Campaign At #TCDisrupt
It’s the last day of the first edition of the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, and our awesome program continues to be, well, awesome. Earlier this morning, we had Twitter inventor Jack…
Survival Of The Fittest: The Startups That Made The Second Round At #TCDisrupt
We were fortunate enough to witness a lot of fascinating startups strut their stuff here at TechCrunch Disrupt, not just on the main stage but also in the Startup Alley…
LiveIntent Turns Static Social Media Sharing Buttons Into Dynamic Ones
Launching today at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference (the audience voted them up on stage), LiveIntent aims to help publishers create meaningful connections on social networks. What that means?
Publish2 Wants To Disrupt The Associated Press With An Online News Exchange
Online news aggregation and curation startup Publish2 is today at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference launching a new product dubbed Publish2 News Exchange, with the ambitious goal of disrupting the entire…
VideoGenie Aims To Help Brands And Consumers Connect Through Video
Launching at TechCrunch Disrupt this afternoon, VideoGenie aims to transform the way consumers and brands connect with each other using video. Text-based interaction between brands and consumers is inadequate, the…
Textingly Lets Companies Manage Their Text Messaging Efforts
Launching this afternoon at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, Textingly aims to enable businesses to interact with their customers via text messages as easily and cost-effectively as possible. Textingly provides businesses…
Appbistro Is Building An Application Marketplace For Facebook Pages
Appbistro launched at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference what can best be referred to as an application marketplace for Facebook Pages. Using the Web-based service, Facebook Page administrators, be it global…
A "Blippy For Voicemail," Audioo Is A Fun Privacy Disaster Waiting To Happen
Audioo bills itself as the “Blippy for Voicemail”. As you’re probably aware, Blippy lets users share information that’s considered to be really private by most people (credit card transactions) with…
Evolve Or Die: The Future Of Music, TV, Games And Publishing
TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off this morning, with interviews with Kleiner Perkins’ John Doerr and DST’s Yuri Milner. Next up, we’re discussing the future of music, TV, games and publishing. Michael…
TweetUp Launches “AdSense For Twitter” Product At #TCDisrupt
TweetUp, the Twitter-focused search and advertising startup that was incubated by idealab – the original Overture founders – is launching today at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York City.…
Future Mario, Twitter Demographics And Worst Phone Ever Win The #TCDisrupt Hackathon
The TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon is drawing to a close, with over 300 hackers battling through the night, fueled by pizza and caffeine. The 90-second demos of the final products took…