techcrunch50

    By Alex Salkever

    | 3:20PM 9/15/2009
    After spending most of Monday amid all the start-ups and hoopla at the technology pitch-fest known as TechCrunch50, it can take a bit to digest all that Web 2.0 wonderfulness. Everyone is waiting for the award ceremony to be held late West Coast time on Tuesday. A panel of tech celebrity judges,...

    By Josh Smith

    | 10:00AM 9/15/2009
    For the past three years, startup companies have fought to present at TechCrunch 50, a conference held by popular tech website TechCrunch.com, in order to win a $50,000 grand prize. Companies demoing wares were as varied as a Penn & Teller iPhone app to the next big social media website. Mixed...

    By Alex Salkever

    | 8:30PM 9/14/2009
    Someone stole all the tea at the TechCrunch50 Conference. All the tea bags, that is. I wanted a pick-me-up and coffee can send me over the top. Alas, no tea. "I'm so sorry. This is the first time in all my years of catering that this has ever happened," said one of the catering company reps. (She's...