And The Winner Of TechCrunch Disrupt NYC Is…Getaround! Three days and 32 startup pitches later, the winner of TechCrunch Disrupt has been determined. Out of the 30 startups and two audience choice winners, we whittled the list down to six finalists, which include Billguard, ccLoop, Do@, Getaround, InvoiceASAP, and Sonar. Without further ado, the two runners-up are Billguard and Sonar (that’s the first time we’ve had two runners-up). Watch Getaround win the cup at the award presentation: Here’s what Getaround told us backstage after they won the cup. Getaround is a car rental market place where you can rent a car by the day, hour or week through a smartphone app. Getaround was a hit with the judges when the startup pitched the idea on Tuesday; with most of the judges wishing they could have invested in the company. In addition to a $50,000 grand prize, the company has just been handed the Disrupt Cup, taking over possession from Disrupt San Francisco winner Qwiki. You can check out the coverage of Getaround, Sonar and Billguard below:
Online Gaming in The Arab World and Middle East (ArabCrunch is opening guest posting again for entrepreneurs and Industry executives and insiders. Today’s guest post is by Sohaib Thiab , he is a serial internet enterpreneur, internet marketer, SEO specialist and social media enthusiast, started online in 2003, launched over 50 websites and hi newest compnay is Wizards Productions , the 1st Arabic MMORPG gaming company he is also a blogger in his personal blog. Follow him on ArabCrunch.NET here . If you would like to be a guest writer to ArabCrunch you can email us your bio and the topic you want to write about. Posts from guest writer do not necessarily represent ArabCrunch point of view.) It is estimated that there are 1.6 billion internet users world wide that play games, 38% of which are from the Arab world . Due to the nature and background of Arab users, not everything that works for the rest of the world work here, religious and cultural aspects need to be taken into consideration. Share and Enjoy
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time - World Time / Time in every Time Zone Issuu - You Publish Startup Weekend Lyon | 54h pour créer une startup ! Des jeux vidéo halal Anti-matiere – Lexpansion | Anti-matiere - Lexpansion Si l’industrie des jeux vidéo pèse 60 milliards de dollars dans le monde, les Pays du Golfe ne représentent encore que 1,6% du marché selon la presse locale. La raison de ce chiffre très faible ? Les jeux vidéo, et notamment les MMOs, sont par bien des aspects incompatibles avec la religion ou la culture des pays arabes, explique Arabcrunch, un site dédié à la high tech. Qu’à cela ne tienne. Toujours en phase beta, Muxlim Pal semble avoir du mal à se développer.
Global Zoonoses* Disease Causative Organism Principal Animals Involved Known Distribution Probable Means of Spread to Humans Clinical Manifestations in Humans Anthrax Cattle, sheep, goats, horses, wild herbivorous animals Worldwide; common in Africa, Asia, South America, eastern Europe Occupational exposure; foodborne in Africa, Russia, and Asia; occasionally wounds or insect bites; rarely airborne Ulcerative skin lesions, pneumonia, sepsis Borreliosis spp Rodents Worldwide spp Fever to sepsis Lyme disease Deer, wild rodents spp Target lesions, arthritis, sepsis Southern tick-associated rash illness Uncertain Southern USA Similar to Lyme disease Relapsing fever ( Louseborne or epidemic) No animal reservoir for the transmitting lice Epidemic Crushing infected lice Relapsing fever (every 3-5 days; up to 10 episodes), sepsis (Tickborne or endemic) Wild rodents Tick bites Bordetella Dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs Exposure to saliva or sputum Pertussis-like pneumonia, usually in immunocompromised Brucellosis Cattle, bison, elk, caribou Dogs, coyotes
Should Facebook Pay You? Or: How To Monetize Friends And Charge People Johan Staël von Holstein doesn't seem to like Mark Zuckerberg. "I have 5,000 friends on Facebook," says the Swedish-born entrepreneur, who lives in Singapore, but was about to board a flight from Barcelona to Germany, and then to Dubai, when we spoke by phone. "I could have had 10,000, but Mark Zuckerberg only lets me have five. I could have sent out an article to all of them, but I can't, because Mark Zuckerberg only lets me send to 20 people. Staël von Holstein is launching a Facebook competitor out of Singapore called MyCube; it's currently in private beta. I just signed up on the site, and as a result was given 5,000 free "Cubes," a virtual currency on the site worth a total of 50 Singapore dollars, or about $40 American. The difficulty of finding the right word for the way people stand in relation to one another underscores the difficulty MyCube faces. Staël von Holstein points out that you can choose to give away any content for free, if you wish. [Top image: Wikimedia commons]
Staff Lists: The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s: 20-01 10. Weezer"Say It Ain't So"[DGC; 1994] It's been obscured by misheard lyrics, Rock Band histrionics, and Rivers Cuomo's guileless run as a pop mercenary, but "Say It Ain't So"-- lunging riffs and all-- is an intimate piece of songwriting. It's important to remember what made Weezer such a steady, original American band, and subsequently an almost bizarrely influential touchstone for so many young bands. See also: Weezer, "Buddy Holly"; Weezer, "Undone (The Sweater Song)"; Weezer, "El Scorcho" 9. Most of the big alt-rock stars, and alt-rock songs, of the 90s feel hopelessly tied to their decade, relics of a certain period, place, time. "Loser" misguidedly swept into pop culture on the same wave of slacker and outsider chic that earned Radiohead's "Creep" some spins. See also: Beck, "Where It's At"; Beck, "Mixed Bizness"; Beck, "Nobody's Fault But My Own" 8. See also: Aaliyah, "One in a Million"; Aaliyah, "Hot Like Fire"; Mariah Carey [ft. 7. It's both lament and anthem. 6. 5. 4. 3. Dr. 2.