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TechCrunch50: Start-up City
Fifty young Web 2.0 companies are pitching their hearts out at the annual conference in San Francisco. Many more are vying for attention on a paid show floor called the "Demo Pit." Who will make an impression?
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Best of show: Our top five from TechCrunch50
This year's TechCrunch50 show is over, and 50 new start-ups later, we narrow it down to five of our favorites.
TechCrunch50: Show me the money
Forget plain old advertising--one batch of start-ups at the event was dedicated entirely to coming up with new ways online for people and companies to make money.
10 TechCrunch50 grads: Where are they now?
One of the newest entrants to the tech conference scene, the TechCrunch50 is now an annual occurrence. What's happened to some of the products and services that have made their debut there?
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TC50 vs. DemoFall 2009: What can you use?
This is the third year in a row in which the two tech conferences have gone nearly head-to-head, helping to launch more than 100 new companies each September. We tell you which of the latest bumper crop you're able to get your hands on.
At TechCrunch50, sexy yields to sensible
There weren't a lot of companies launching at the annual conference that promised something never-before-seen new. But this should be taken as a sign of industry maturation, not a dearth of ideas.
Best of show: Our top five from TechCrunch50
This year's TechCrunch50 show is over, and 50 new start-ups later, we narrow it down to five of our favorites.
TechCrunch50: Real-time stream is more like a flash flood
The last panel at the two-day conference elicited some of the most skeptical responses from judges. Funny, since the "social media stream" has been what Silicon Valley has been drooling over obsessively for the past few months.
TC50: Two new ways to get the news
News sites are getting faster, and moving closer to real time. Here are two up-and-comers that bring in chatter from a variety of sources to shape what's on the front page.
Perpetually archives the Web for you
New tool Perpetually lets you make a personal collection of archived Web pages that can be accessed, even when they're offline.
For biz microblogs, hosted services or installed software?
Yammer's hosted model is built for the future, but Presently's software can be downloaded today.
Facebook at TechCrunch50: Engineers are our lifeblood
Company takes the stage at the start-up pitch event to formally launch its Prototypes feature, as well as to persuade entrepreneurs in the audience to use its Facebook Connect product.
Facebook: We've got 300 million users...and we're making money
The company achieved a cash flow-positive status for the first time last quarter, a post by CEO Mark Zuckerberg read.
Oops! Facebook jumps the gun on 'Prototypes'
Company pulls a post from its Twitter account announcing a feature akin to Google Labs, right before the company was slated to present at TechCrunch50.
TechCrunch50: How to pitch to women in a room full of dudes
Cocodot and Learnvest, two presentations Tuesday at the TechCrunch50 event, have a target audience of women. That's tough when just about everyone listening is male.
Apps for business at TechCrunch50
A look at some new tools that help business owners in a variety of fields get thing done, be it public works projects, or figuring out which of your employees is a better worker.
Citizen complaint app finally fires up TechCrunch50
One of the most impressive debuts thus far at the conference has been Citysourced, an iPhone app for civic engagement, which announced an investment from Palm and a deal with San Jose.
AOL embraces Twitter, Facebook with AIM Lifestream
Multiple-platform suite will let people read and write updates for several social-networking services via AOL's instant messenger.
Google Fast Flip: The platypus of news readers
Does the world need a news reader the behaves not like a Web browser or a printed magazine, but rather more like a microfilm reader?
TechCrunch50: Businesses that match you up
Services that match you up usually have to do with dating. Here are three new services that do it with jobs, gigs, and cars.
Google testing Fast Flip for Google News
Executive Marissa Mayer plans to demonstrate a Google Labs project that displays screen grabs of Web stories in a Google News-like format, rather than just headlines.
TechCrunch50: Show me the money
Forget plain old advertising--one batch of start-ups at the event was dedicated entirely to coming up with new ways online for people and companies to make money.
FluidHTML seeks to bridge Web programming divide
A start-up called FHTML hopes its software will let traditional Web programmers tap into the power of Flash more easily. It's not a free lunch, though.
New hardware at TechCrunch50
While most of the start-ups at the TechCrunch50 conference are focused on what's happening in your browser, a select few have a hardware angle.
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