Category Archives: TechCrunch
In Mexico, Tech Is Used To Help Combat Narco Violence, Insecurity
From TechCrunch on December 25, 2012: Google has been used for many ends, but in the hands ofresearcher Viridiana Rios, the search engine has become a tool to fight Mexican drug cartels and help the government organize to prevent violence. Rios … Continue reading
Ret.io, A Crowdsourced Answer To Corruption In Mexico
From TechCrunch on December 25, 2012: Three years ago Mario Romero Zavala and José Antonio Bolio decided to create a Twitter account in Mexico City to alert people to cumbersome police checkpoints that too often resulted in various forms of … Continue reading
Flash Sales Site Bêmbele Debuts In Colombia, Offers Designer Fashion And Luxury Accessories To Eager Market
From TechCrunch November 28, 2012: Combine online flash sales with an emerging consumer market hungry for luxury clothing brands and you get what Bêmbele CEO Dean Schaffer hopes will be a recipe for success in Latin America. The site, which went live for … Continue reading
Out Of East LA, KokoChé Is A New Deals App For The Cash Economy
From TechCrunch November 23, 2012: KoKoChé is a mobile deals startup born in East Los Angeles aiming to bridge the gap for communities ignored by big social deal sites, specifically cash-centric small businesses. The app launched this summer in East LA, … Continue reading
Why The Internet Hates My Name (It’s The Accent Marks)
From TechCrunch on August 24, 2012: The Internet doesn’t like me — or, at least, it doesn’t care much for my name. My first name consists of two words and I have accent marks in both my first and last … Continue reading
As Facebook Political Campaigning Heats Up, NGP VAN Launches New Social Organizing Tool
From TechCrunch on July 24, 2012: Democrat-oriented software developer NGP VAN(Voter Activation Network) is launching an updated tool today for the US 2012 election season, that uses Facebook to help stir up voter participation. Called Social Organizing, it lives on a campaign’s website, has … Continue reading
Obama Campaign Releases Mobile Voter Engagement App
From TechCrunch on July 31, 2012: Obama For America released the iPhone version of a voter engagement app today with the Android version set to be released soon. The app is meant to bolster the campaign’s grassroots efforts, 100 days out from … Continue reading