Have you ever had a presentation, whether it be at a business meeting or in a classroom that you could tell your audience was bored and was craving more interaction and communication? I experienced this and finally determined that it was not the students that needed to change, it was me. I have taught high [...]
We are a little more than a week away from E3 the largest video games industry conference in the US. While we are expecting a slew of great news in the software department across multiple platforms, the hardware news expected is minimal. One of those big software news bits is expected to be the announcement [...]
It's hard to believe that the Big Android BBQ is going into it's 5th event. I was one of the original co-founders alongside Aaron Kasten the founder of Android Swag and several other mobile and technology related entities. The Big Android BBQ is the Android developer's version of MacWorld a fan/developer founded event for Mac [...]
During the same session that yielded a heated debate about Whisper, Sequoia Capital partner Roelof Botha shed some light on Square - a company for which Botha is a board member - and shared some insights into the current state of mobile apps. Botha's part of the discussion was really insightful, but seemed to be overshadowed by [...]
This year while the kids are enjoying a summer off, EdTech advisors, educational IT specialists, teachers, administrators and EdTech buyers across the country are going to be busy with a handful of good EdTech conferences. Atlanta will play host to the largest EdTech conference in the US, ISTE. Texas will play host to the TCEA [...]
On the last day of TechCrunch Disrupt New York, Michael Arrington sat down with Whisper CEO Michael Heyward and Sequoia Capital partner Roelof Botha. What was supposed to a normal "Tell us about Whisper" interview turned into a heated debate. There has already be a ton written about the exchange between Arringon and Heyward, but I think a [...]
It seems that everyone with a smartphone has been waiting patiently for years for Nintendo to make some kind of mobile move. Nintendo knows that there loyal fans, customers and gamers have been waiting for some form of Mario Brother or Mario Kart mobile game, they aren't there just yet. Many analysts suggest that Nintendo [...]
Byttow, Bader, and Lawler Day two of TechCrunch Disrupt New York was full of interesting panels and discussions. However, TechCunch Reporter Ryan Lawler's discussion with the two founders of Secret was far and away the most interesting. David Byttow (Co-Founder and CEO) and Chrys Bader (Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer) gave some incredible insight [...]
Update 5/8/2014: The original article suggested that Amplify's vocabulary usage features were specific to the company's tablet. This has been updated to note that these features are a part of Amplify's ELA Digital Curriculum. There were some really good sessions during day three of TechCrunch Disrupt New York. However, the session entitled "Hacking the Classroom," really stood [...]
One of the most anticipated session at this years TechCrunch Disrupt New York was Michael Arrington's Fireside Chat with Marissa Mayer. Mayer, as you undoubtedly know, is the CEO and President of Yahoo!, and it did not disappoint. The chat covered a large amount of topics, ranging from Yahoo's mobile offerings, to development, to Tumblr. Overall, [...]
