Live Coverage: Techcrunch50 – Research and Recommendations

Below is our live coverage of the Wednesday afternoon startup presentations at the Techcrunch50 conference in San Francisco. Keep refreshing this page to view the newest coverage – we will note once the coverage has concluded. And check our main DEMO and TechCrunch50 conference section for our video event coverage as well.

GoodGuide

– his daughter inspired him as he worked on checking her shampoo
– world’s largest research library for products
– a team of scientists
– helps you find safe, healthy and green products
– basically a product database with ratings and ability to purchase online
– offers a printable guide to take to the supermarket
– you can look at a product and the ingredients and find other products in the category that are safer
– they want you to learn, share and act and make better decisions
– shows news, scandals, etc
– there’s a community
– they allow data syndication to allow others to share and use the data 

GoPlanit

– "plan your trip and go"
– simplify your travel plans
– has a travel scheduler
– creates an automatic trip plan based on an algorithm and what your friends like
– allows you to edit the automatic trip plan to adjust your likes and dislikes
– allows you to book tickets and table reservations directly
– export the itin to other calendar apps
– the iphone version lets you find nearby locations using the gps in the device
– travel blogging lets you blog when you get back from your trip

Goodrec

– a short to the point recommendation that you can trust
– shows the iphone app and using the gps it knows what locations are nearby
– you select your friends and the type of business or eatery and it finds a place based on your friends recommendations
– no reviews – only recommendations
– you can take photos and put them up on a service recommendation
– presenter says you can use this tool to create a real-time travel guide
– goodrec has auto suggest technology
– you can leave recommendations using any mobile phone with a mobile browser

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