Non-Profit Stupid Cancer’s Support App Instapeer Is Seeking Funds On Indiegogo

When Matthew Zachary was diagnosed with brain cancer at age 21 and told he had just six months to live, one of the hardest things to cope with was loneliness. It was 1995 and there was very little in

I Hath Seen The Future Of Video Games!

When considering the latest E3 I'm minded by how the games seem very cool, but the industry as represented by E3 has never been more divided. I'm pondering whether the promise of an ultimate platform

The Mission’s Digital Divide And Why Fixing It Matters

Between Mark Zuckerberg’s recent purchase of a home in the neighborhood and the regular anti-eviction and Google Bus protests that roll through Guerrero and 18th Street, the Mission District i

‘51%’ Fears Rattle The Bitcoin Community

In January, there was worry in the bitcoin community regarding GHash, a mining pool. It controlled a rising share of the total bitcoin computational power used to mine the cryptocurrency — it&#

#Love: My ‘Friends’ Don’t ‘Like’ Me

When I was writing <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kimstolz.com/buy-the-book-retailers"><em>Unfriending My Ex: And Other Things I’ll Never Do</em></a>, I read an article by <a target="_blank" hr

Apple CEO Tim Cook Described As Less Hands-On, More Interested In Broad Implications With iWatch

Apple CEO Tim Cook is the subject of a new profile in the New York Times today, and the profile includes plenty of background information about the executive and his commitment to human rights and env

Former BuzzFeed COO Jon Steinberg Joins Daily Mail

Jon Steinberg, former COO and current advisor at BuzzFeed, has landed at the Daily Mail heading up American operations for the UK-based mega news site, according to Re/Code. Steinberg had previously w

Meet The Pitch-Off Winners Of The Austin And Seattle Meetups

After a long, exhilarating week hunting down the coolest new startups in Austin and Seattle, I'm proud to announce the winners of our recent TechCrunch Pitch-offs. They triumphed through a sixty-s

That Time McDonald’s Launched A Digital Incubator in Silicon Valley

The fast food joint with over 300 billion served just opened shop in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. The twist is they’re making digital products, not hamburgers. The company&#821

Gillmor Gang: Apple Jack

The Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Benedict Evans, and Steve Gillmor — bask in the continued reverberations of Apple's stunning reveal last week at WWDC. Many of us in the Apple Pol

After Moving East, AngelPad Tries To Bridge The SF And NYC Tech Worlds

Back in April, accelerator <a target="_blank" href="http://angelpad.org">AngelPad</a> held a demo day <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/17/meet-the-11-new-startups-launching-at-angelpads-spring-