Stevie Turns Your Social Feeds Into TV Shows

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We spend more and more time on social networks, but sometimes it can feel like work.

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Backstage With The Disrupt NYC Hackathon Winners: Thingscription, PoachBase, & PractiKhan

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The speaker schedule for TechCrunch’s Disrupt NYC conference has been set for a while now, but three brand new presenters were just added to the lineup: The winners announced earlier today at the finale of this past weekend’s 24 hour Disrupt 2012 Hackathon, Thingscription , PoachBase , and PractiKhan . Since the winning apps were so seriously awesome — and we have a very, very small sadistic bent (most of these people had not slept for at least 24 hours at this point , so a video interview with bright lights was especially fun) — we pulled aside all three winning teams for interviews with TechCrunch TV backstage. Embedded above you can see our chat with the people who built the Hackathon’s first place winner, ThingScription, a platform to let people get subscriptions for deliveries of potentially any consumer good.

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You’ll Need To Appease This Porcupine Chair Before You Can Sit On It [Video]

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Tired of having to deal with people's asses being shoved in its face, the Wild Chair has developed a set of spiky quills , like a porcupine, allowing it to finally fight back against aggressive sitters.

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This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Internet Troll [Humor]

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As much as we all complain about trolls, have you ever really taken the time to get to know one? Or, better yet, to get to know Patton Oswalt's hilarious rendition of real-life, under-the-bridge type internet trolldom? You should! You can: More

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Samsung Unveils Water, Shock and Dust Proof Camcorder HMX-W350 and QF20 with Wi-Fi

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Samsung Electronics releases HMX-W350 camcorder with waterproof, shock absorber and dust proof design to enter the outdoor camcorder market at home and abroad before the summer vacation season hits the market. With the battery running up to an hour, the pocket sized camcorder allows the users to be confident in capturing the videos in 1080p even in rainy and dusty environment or simpler underwater up to 5m. The QF20 in the other hands is your average 1080p pocket camera that comes whoever with ...

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For Facebook-boosted video apps, reality checks in

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When Facebook made it easy to share what videos you were watching, companies like  Socialcam , Metacafe , DailyMotion and Viddy rocketed up the app-charts and saw a sharp increase in the usage and downloads of these apps. Of course, with this friction-less sharing actions came howls of complaints from Facebook’s users

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Crayon Dragon

Beautiful little animated short by film student Toniko Pantoja .

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This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Seven Minutes With Olivia Wilde [Comedy Videos]

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Olivia Wilde! If anyone can withstand seven minutes of awkward conversation in a closet it's her, right? At least let's hope she does! Because then she might be willing to do it again someday, with you, near a beach.

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Squrl: Find The Best Videos and Shows to Fuel Your TV Needs [App Of The Day]

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You finished the first season of Downton Abbey in just one night and you're hard up for a new show. What should you watch? With Squrl , a video discovery app, you're never going to forget another tip, and even if you do, you'll have good content on hand to check out

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Blinkx Adds Tens Of Thousands Of Movie Clips, Thanks To AnyClip

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Video search company Blinkx will be adding tens of thousands of clips from various feature films to its search engine, thanks to a deal with startup AnyClip . The agreement should bolster the amount of content Blinkx users will be able to access, as well as monetization for both companies and the studios who provide their videos to AnyClip. AnyClip has more than 50,000 video clips from 12,000 different feature films, which come from studios such as Warner Bros, Universal Studios, Vivendi, First Look and Virgil Films.

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