Jordan Crook
Jordan Crook is a writer/reporter based out of Brooklyn, NY. She writes about things teens like. She snaps innocent selfies and vines nudes. She has written for publications such as Mobile Marketer and MobileBurn.
She is now a writer at TechCrunch.
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#Love: I’m Single, Therefore I Tinder
In the game of Tinder, you win or you get bored and give up. That is pretty much standard operating procedure for anyone with a smartphone and a libido. But what if you're bad at Tinder? Naturally, I can't solve all your problems. But experts from across the country, as well as Tinder's own Sean Rad, have hooked us up with some solid advice. Read More
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Canary Smart Home Security Shows Off Its Smartphone App For The First Time
Canary has had a big year. After smashing through its Indiegogo campaign goal and picking up an extra $10 million in VC funding, the company is nearly ready to ship its home security product. Due to a couple of hurdles, Canary units won't arrive until "this summer," but to tide us over, the team has given us our first real look at the complementary smartphone application. Read More
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This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Siri Hack, Amazon Smartphone, And Galaxy Gear
Siri was hacked! But don't panic — it's apparently a really fun hack that gives Siri access to your other apps. Meanwhile, rumors are swirling over Amazon's forthcoming smartphone with 3D-gesture features. Plus, we're taking a good hard look at the Galaxy Gear smartwatch equipment from Samsung. Or, more accurately, we diverge into talking about the Galaxy S5. Also, it's Good Friday. Read More
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About.com CEO Neil Vogel Discusses The Challenges Of Evolving An Established Brand
About.com has never been the coolest website on the internet. With a grayish background and an ugly logo, it was the place you landed when you searched for help with something, but you rarely went there on your own. This is the product that Neil Vogel took over one year ago, when he was made CEO of About.com. Not much has changed on the outside, save for a few subtle design tweaks and the… Read More
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I Hijacked The Startup Alley Application System To Extend The Deadline, So Apply Now!
Attention, startups! This is a code red situation. I have infiltrated the Disrupt Startup Alley application system and left registrations open. (Cue evil laugh.) Read More
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Get Poached
The tech/startup industry is about as incestuous as it gets, and that's without any clear tools to help people switch from one moonshot to the next. So imagine a world in which there are two! Allow me to proudly introduce PoachBox, the anonymous employee auction site, and Underdog, the NY-based site for finding your next employer. Read More
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Never Let The Internet Spoil Your Favorite TV Show Again
There are Game Of Thrones spoilers in this post. If you click through, you will see them. Do not click through if seeing them will upset you. This is your only warning. Read More
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Aereo Shows Off Their Rooftop Antenna Farm Ahead Of Supreme Court Ruling
A lot has been said about Aereo's technology — so much, in fact, that there are hundreds of pages worth of legal documents discussing the matter as it relates to the law. That said, we thought it would be helpful to take a closer look at how Aereo actually works when it lets customers rent out remote DVR antennas and watch what amounts to live television on any device. Read More
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Online Invitations Startup Paperless Post Raises $25M From August Capital
Online (and offline) invitations startup Paperless Post has become a modern-day greeting card company, enabling users to create custom cards to their events and send them to friends. Our sources tell us that it's raised another big round of funding to get more of its invitations out to more users. Read More
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Ellen Tries Out Google “Glasses”
Today is Google Glass day. For the first time, the company is letting anybody and everybody order a pair with no application process needed. Because before, if you wanted to give Google $1,500 for a face computer, you had to qualify. Now that Google Glass is fair game, we're probably going to see it a lot more. Take, for example, this episode of The Ellen Show, where Ellen Degeneres tries on… Read More
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Apply For Disrupt Startup Alley Now, For The Deadline Is Nigh
Though we do inevitably put a price tag on it, the value of a table in Startup Alley at Disrupt can not be measured. Or can it? Turns out, 2013 saw 393 startups coming through our Disrupt Startup Alley, and have since raised a total of $94 million. That comes out to around $239k per company, with the folks appearing in Hardware Alley doing even better than that — 82 companies… Read More
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Sosh Announces Partnership With OpenTable, Expands Into Washington D.C. And Chicago
Sosh, the app that helps you figure out what to do with your free time, has today announced a partnership with OpenTable that will let users book reservations from right within the app. Unlike other OpenTable partnerships, that force you to input information like party number and time, the OpenTable integration on Sosh surfaces all the relevant information with very little user input, so you can… Read More
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Netflix Is Down (Update: And We’re Back!)
Netflix, the lifeblood of the Millennial generation and stay-at-home parents, appears to be down for some people. It's working for me, personally, but reports on Twitter and other status service report sites seem to show service disruptions. AWS is up, currently, so there's no room to blame Amazon on this one. Read More
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If You Want Google Glass, Now’s Your Chance
It's been nearly a year since Google released the Google Glass face computer, and still only a select few have had access to the thing. But that's all about to change. On Tuesday April 15 (perhaps to take your mind off of taxes), Google is opening up a new batch of Google Glass units to explorers, according to an email sent out to those who had signed up for more information on the product. Read More
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Greats, The Brand For Men’s Footwear, Closes $1.5M Seed Round Led By Resolute
You know what's great? A well-built, stylish pair of shoes that won't break the bank. And that's exactly what Greats offers. GreatsBrand is a mens footwear brand launched out of Williamsburg, Brooklyn that aims to bring affordable shoes to their customers by cutting out the middle man. Read More
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Airlines Should Make Twitter A No-Fly Zone
Whoops! Airlines are awful at Twitter, and should leave the platform entirely. I'm not the first person to say this, but today's knock-it-out-off-the-park fail from USAirways' Twitter account served as an excellent reminder. Read More
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NextSuit Offers Suit Rentals By The Month
After graduating from college, your brain is stressed to the max. You need to find a place to live, find a job, and most terrifyingly, figure out how to be a self-sufficient adult. The last thing on your mind is all the new clothes you'll have to buy for your inevitable full dance card of job interviews, but NextSuit aims to change all that. The site, which is going to launch soon, lets you… Read More
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Fly Or Die: Omate TrueSmart
In a year, we've gone to having one or two startup smartwatch companies to a sea of offerings before us, from companies as big as Google all the way down to Omate, a startup looking to make your wrist as brilliant as possible. At its core, the TrueSmart is likely one of the most powerful smartwatches on the market. Powered by Android 4.2, the TrueSmart has its own SD card and SIM card, complete… Read More
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State Your Sexual Intentions With HeavenlySinful Dating App
Twin brothers, Henry and Harry, both have Tinder. Henry downloaded the app to find the future Mrs. Henry, while Harry is just looking for a one-night stand. But as a girl swiping through Tinder, you'd have no way of knowing the difference between the two guys' intentions. That's what HeavenlySinful is for. Read More
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