Disrupt SF 2014
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A Run Through The Chinese Pavilion At TechCrunch Disrupt SF
At the Chinese pavilion we ran through those on show:
Ogora helps developers add VOIP voice calls to their apps with one line of code.
Sensoro is an iBeacon startup which senses the surrounding environment.
An image recognition startup that can also recognise objects exhibited, allowing you to search on keywords on the web and in app.
ClearClouds is a cloud service company providing data… Read More
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RezGuru By TableGrabber Helps Restaurants Take A Smarter Approach To Pricing And Reservations
TableGrabber aims to help restaurants fill their empty seats, and to that end, it’s launching a new platform today called RezGuru at the Disrupt SF startup battlefield. The goal, as laid out by co-founders (and siblings) Sonia and Pawan Marwaha, is to adjust things like pricing and reservation availability in a way that maximizes revenue. For example, a restaurant might be so crowded… Read More
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FOVE Uses Eye Tracking To Make Virtual Reality More Immersive
FOVE wants to ramp up by the virtual reality experience by creating the world’s first consumer-oriented headmount display to use eye tracking. The Tokyo-based startup was founded by CEO Yuka Kojima and CTO Lochlainn Wilson and is launching today on the Disrupt SF stage. Read More
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Stack’s Smart Sensor-Packed Light Bulbs Run Autonomously, No App Interactions Required
Over the past few years a swathe of self-styled ‘smart lights’ have pushed into the market. The likes of Philips Hue and Kickstarter fueled LIFX. Aka connected lightbulbs that can be controlled via an app. But this is just the first wave of smart lighting — and it’s really not-so-smart, argues new lighting focused startup Stack, launching today on stage here at… Read More
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Palate Is A Smart Grill That Takes The Work Out Of Cooking
While the standard George Foreman has long been the go-to grill for busy executives on the go, it’s time for Big George to hang up his gloves. Palate Smart Grill is on the scene and launching at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2014.
This smart grill will cook almost any food perfectly based on weight, composition, and desired done-ness and can be controlled via your mobile device. Read More
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TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon Developers Learn To Simplify Under Pressure
Under the pressure that is the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon, one team found itself stuck. The product was too complex to complete on time. The team members were tired and depressed and ready to give up until one member of the team, software engineer Alessandro Diogo Bruckheimer came up with an idea to simplify their goal and the app Should I Ride My Bike? was born. Read More
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Git Bounty Wants To Help Open-Source Programmers Get Paid For Bug Fixes
If you’re using open-source software, you’ve probably come across a bug that you want to fix but don’t have the expertise to do it yourself — and the original author isn’t all that interested in fixing it. With Git Bounty, which was dreamed up by a team of French Canadians (and one Frenchman) from Montreal at our Disrupt SF hackathon this weekend, you can… Read More
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StudySpots Helps Students Escape The Campus Bubble
I wish StudySpots had been around when I was a college student. I’d spend hours hunched over books and my laptop in my dorm room or the same cubicle at the library, accumulating a layer of grime and tears as I crammed for an exam or struggled through a term paper. StudySpots, presented by a team of five young women from Girls Who Code, wants to prevent students from turning into… Read More
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