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Video: “Parisian Oops” Mocks Google’s Super Bowl Commercial

TechCrunch  Feb 08 10

It actually took longer than I would have expected for someone to come up with a good mocking of Google's "Parisian Love" commercial that played during the Super Bowl yesterday. But today brings us just that. The video comes compliments of the Upright Citizens Brigade Beta Team "The Brig." They've named their video "Parisian Oops" and have given it the tagline, "Romance, Consequences, Awkwardness. Search on." Watch it below. Full story...

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Gist Acquires Startup Weekend App ‘Learn That Name’

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Every few weeks (and sometimes even more often than that), dozens of techies gather together for regional Startup Weekends — fast-paced code writing frenzies where entrepreneurs and developers conceive of and build a new application in less than 60 hours (and lose quite a bit of sleep in the process).

Choosing Sides? John Doerr Leaves Amazon’s Board Of Directors

TechCrunch  4 hours ago

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner John Doerr, perhaps the most celebrated venture capitalist and certainly one of the most successful, will leave the Amazon board of directors this year.

Google Asks Mobile Companies For Help With FTC Over Admob Deal

TechCrunch  5 hours ago

Google is reaching out to mobile companies for help in getting their proposed Admob acquisition cleared by the FTC.

Zillow Launches Android App To Browse Home Sales And Rental Listings On The Go

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Real estate listings and search site Zillow,</a is launching an Android app to allows users to search its 95 million listings on the go.

You Asked For It: TechCrunch, The Mobile Version

TechCrunch  5 hours ago

We're happy to announce the rollout of a mobile version of TechCrunch. We know how spotty wireless coverage can be, and how frustrating it can get to wait for a ton of extras to load while you're staring at 2.

The New York Times Partners With Fwix To License Realtime Hyperlocal News Stream

TechCrunch  6 hours ago

Fwix, a startup that offers a stream of local news that’s updated in real-time, has landed a deal with The New York Times Company to use Fwix's hyper-local news wire across The New York Times Company’s Regional Media Group's 15 newspapers, as well as other business units such as Boston.

Yahoo EVP Ash Patel, One Of the First Yahoos, Announces His Departure

TechCrunch  8 hours ago

Ash Patel, a senior Yahoo exec and one of the company's longest serving employees, will shortly be stepping down.

IGN Entertainment Slashes 20 Percent Of Staff

TechCrunch  8 hours ago

Nobody is safe in the House of Murdoch, especially on the Internet side of the house. Yesterday, News Corp's online games business, IGN Entertainment, announced layoffs to its staff.

The Top 15 Brands on the App Store Might Surprise You

TechCrunch  9 hours ago

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Generation I: Middle Children Of The Information Age

TechCrunch  9 hours ago

Every generation thinks that they are the first. The first to feel this way or that, the first to make this or that revelation, the first to do and make things that we find later have been done and made since before we could record their doing and making.



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