Google Voice creator’s startup UberConference wins Disrupt

May 23, 2012 4:39 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

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Six companies battled it out for dominance at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield today, but only one came out in top. That company was UberConference, a promising conference call startup from the creator of Google Voice.

Craig Walker, the inventor of …

U.S. tech team tries to attract developers to government, pledges to use open data

May 23, 2012 11:40 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

The CTO and CIO of the U.S. government have announced a new digital roadmap for the U.S. that encourages the further use of open data, and tries to inspire developers to work for the government.

“We have an opportunity to …

Google VP: Two-thirds of our acquisitions have been successful

May 23, 2012 10:02 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Google Vice President David Lawee said today that two-thirds of Google’s acquisitions over the years have been successful, an important statement following the close of its $12.5 billion Motorola buy this week.

Lawee was being interviewed on stage by CrunchFund …

Adrian Grenier and his beer startup Churchkey crack open morning brews

May 23, 2012 8:37 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

It’s fairly common for drinks to be had at tech conferences, but this morning beer startup Churchkey got things started a little earlier than usual by cracking open brews on-stage at 10:30 a.m.

Churchkey Can was started by actor Adrian …

CAD in the cloud: Sunglass launches a collaborative editor for 3D design

May 22, 2012 1:03 PM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Like a Google Docs for computer-automated design (CAD), Sunglass is launching a cloud-based way to create, edit, and share 3D designs today — offering consumers an easier and cheaper alternative to traditional software like AutoCAD.

Sunglass co-founder Nitin Rao presented …

David Karp: CrunchFund now an investor in Tumblr

May 21, 2012 9:04 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Tumblr CEO David Karp announced today at that the Michael Arrington-led CrunchFund has joined as an investor in his popular blogging company.

Karp was speaking with CrunchFund partner MG Siegler on stage at the TechCrunch Disrupt event in New York. …

Fred Wilson: We invested in DuckDuckGo for the Reddit, Hacker News anarchists

May 21, 2012 8:08 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Fred Wilson, managing partner at Union Square Ventures, shed some light today on why his VC firm invested in search engine startup DuckDuckGo, even as it pales next to Google and Bing.

DuckDuckGo has seen incredible growth in the past …