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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This Isn’t The Next iPhone, But It Easily Could Be
In the space between one iPhone launch and the next, a number of things happen: rumors abound, analysts throw out predictions on sales figures, specs trickle out slowly, and most entertainingly, designers build out concepts for us to drool over. This is one such concept design, from Sam Beckett, which is actually quite realistic. Meet the promising, yet entirely imagined, iPhone Air. Read More
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Fly Or Die: Jelly
A couple of months ago, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone launched an app called Jelly, meant to make asking and answering random questions more fun. So, in a world where we wear out Google with inquiry after inquiry, is there really a place in the world for a Q&A app? This is the question we pose on this week's episode of Fly Or Die. Welcome. Read More
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This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Omate, CarPlay, And Hoverboards… Oh My!
It's Friday, which means your Pavlovian response to the nearing weekend has left you drooling to hear us chat about gadgets. Hooray! Read More
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TxTo Unrolls Your Story By Printing Out SMS Conversations Onto Scrolls
What kind of stories are locked up in your Messages app? Love stories? Tales of friendships made, and lost, and patched up once again? What about the story of your first funding, or acquisition? Txto.io is ready to remind you of those stories, from start to finish, with a clever little service that lets you print out your text history on a miniature scroll. "Unroll your story," they promise. Read More
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Who Runs The (Social Media) World? Girls.
Behind every great social media platform stands millions of great women. And boy do they love their smartphones! According to research compiled by FinanceOnline, which was taken from PEW, Nielsen, and Burst Media, women use social media more often and in more ways then men do. Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter all have more women on the platform than men. Pinterest, not… Read More
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Blend Lands $2.7M In Seed Funding Led By NEA
Blend, a social networking app for college students that looks to include brands right from the get-go, has today announced that it secured a $2.7 million seed round led by New Enterprise Associates, with participation from Trinity Ventures, Foundation Capital, Lerer Ventures, Maveron, BoxGroup, XG Ventures, and SparkLabs Global Ventures. For now, the company is still in beta, but the funding… Read More
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Canary Smart Home Security System Nabs $10 Million Series A From Khosla Ventures
Canary, the folks responsible for a cute little $200 in-home security system, have today announced that they’ve secured a $10m Series A led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Bobby Yazdani as well as a number of initial seed investors, and Two Sigma Ventures. Previously, Canary had raised a $1.2 million seed round from Two Sigma and Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, as well as $2 million… Read More
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Verizon Hopes A $100 Discount Will Drive Some Buzz For The Ho-Hum LG G Pad
LG and Verizon have today announced that the 8.3-inch LG G Pad will be available in stores starting tomorrow, March 6. Until March 10, the tablet will be available for an ultra low price of $99.99 (with a two-year contract, of course) and will then be bumped to $199.99 (still with a two-year contract). The G Pad is also available on the Play store for $349 unlocked. Read More
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How To Orchestrate A National Media Push Without A PR Team
This week, Finish went freemium. The anti-procrastination to-do list app, built by teenagers Ryan Orbuch and Michael Hansen, saw more than 50,000 downloads in the first 48 hours of launching the free app. Originally, Finish was priced at $.99. Read More
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HBO Go Lands On PlayStation 3, With PS4 On Deck
Sony has today announced that HBO Go will land on the PS3 later today, with PS4 integration in the pipeline. This will allow PlayStation 3 owners to access all of HBO's content, including TV series, movies, etc. as long as they already have an HBO subscription with their cable providers. Or a friend with an HBO subscription. Read More
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In The Legal Battle Between Aereo And Broadcasters, The DOJ Sides With The Incumbents
In the never-ending legal battle between internet TV startup Aereo and major network broadcasters, the DOJ has stepped in to voice its opposition toward Aereo’s streaming/DVR service. The Department of Justice filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court on Monday arguing that Aereo’s service infringes on the copyrights of broadcasters. The brief asked the Supreme Court to reverse the… Read More
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And The Oscar Goes To… Samsung, Jennifer Lawrence, And Selfies
Though none of them actually walked away with a tiny golden statue, Samsung, Jennifer Lawrence, and a particularly star-studded selfie definitely won the Oscars last night, according to social media. PopTip data, which analyzes natural conversation across Instagram, Facebook and Twitter in real-time, revealed that Samsung stole the show. Some of the top ten phrases about Oscars advertisers… Read More
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Throwback, The App That Sends Memories To Future You, Launches On Android
Last year, a new type of photo-sharing popped up in the world. The app was called ThrowBack, and the idea was to take photos that would be sent to you and your friends sometime in the future, as a way to remember good times past. Today, that app makes its way to the Android platform. ThrowBack launched a year ago after founder Calli Higgins used the idea for her master thesis. Read More
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Finish, The Anti-Procrastination App, Goes Freemium
Finish, the anti-procrastination app built by teenagers Ryan Orbuch and Michael Hansen, is today trying out a new revenue model. Instead of offering the app for $.99, Finish will now be available for free with extra paid features such as time limits and extra tasks. Finish launched in January of 2013 to help high school students stop procrastinating. The app won an Apple Design award with a UI… Read More
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This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: All MWC Everything
Reporters are drunkenly finding their way home from a long week in Barcelona, where the Mobile World Congress conference yielded a number of exciting new phones and tablets. Most notably, Samsung launched the Galaxy s5, Nokia launched a new Nokia X line of Android/Windows Phone hybrid devices, and we finally got up close and personal with the BlackPhone. We discuss all this and more on this… Read More
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Moov Fitness Tracker Passes Its $40K Crowdfunding Goal In 90 Minutes
Yesterday, ex-Apple engineer Nikola Hu and friends launched a crowdfunding campaign around Moov, the next generation in wearable fitness tracking. The device, which lets you accurately measure your form during different sporting activities like running, swimming, and cardio boxing, has already picked up some steam with backers. According to the team, Moov reached its $40k crowdfunding goal in… Read More
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Ex-Apple Engineer Launches Moov, The Next Generation Of Wearable Fitness Tracking
Welcome to the next generation of wearable fitness tracking! The first round of fitness trackers focused on introducing the idea of data to your daily activity and workout, but a new company called Moov wants to go beyond basic "step" data to tell you how to improve your form and get the most out of your workout. The band uses a combination of hardware (9-axis sensors) and software algorithms… Read More
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Dash Restaurant Payments App Nabs $1.2 Million In Funding, Launches iOS 7 Update
Dash, the mobile payments service for bars and restaurants, has today secured a $1.2 million seed-2 round from Mike Germano, CEO of Carrot Creative, as well as existing investors like New York Angels, Caerus Ventures, and founder and CEO of the One Group, Jonathan Segal. Along with the funding, Dash is also announcing a revamped iOS 7 app which will offer a few extra features for forward-thinking… Read More
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Blippar Introduces Image Recognition And AR Advertising On Google Glass
Blippar has come a long way in a short time, bringing lightning-fast image recognition and augmented reality to mobile advertising. But today, the company steps away from smartphones and puts on the wearables hat. The company has implemented image recognition technology into Google Glass, in what Blippar claims is the first-ever image recognition tech on the platform. Read More
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Incident Inks Deal With Sony/ATV, EMI To Bring 2 Million Songs To The gTar
Learning to play the gTar, by Disrupt darling Incident, is about as easy as learning to ride a bike. A series of light-up LEDs, paired with an app on your smartphone, show the gTar player exactly when and where to strum to create beautiful music. The only downside? There aren't very many songs to choose from that are compatible with the gTar. Until today. Read More
