CrunchWeek: Will We Use Facebook’s Graph Search, Netflix Vs. Time Warner And The CBS/CNET Debacle

Leena Rao

Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was... → Learn More

Sunday, January 20th, 2013


This past week post-CES proved to be a busy one in the tech news world, so we had a number of interesting topics to chat about on CrunchWeek, the TechCrunch TV show wherein a few of us writers discuss the most interesting stories from the past seven days in tech.

In this edition, my esteemed colleagues Ryan Lawler, Colleen Taylor and I discuss Facebook’s launch of Graph Search and its potential use cases; Netflix’s scuffle with Time Warner over Open Connect, and the CBS-CNET debacle over not awarding the Dish Hopper DVR the ‘best of CES’ prize.