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2 Legit 2 Gangnam Style: How The Amazing Hammer/PSY Duo Was Born At Google Zeitgeist
The question isn't really whether you'll watch the amazing<a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOyo7JD7hjo"> Gangnam Style video with MC Hammer</a> from the American Music Awards l
Livestar 2.0: Reviews Done Right (Also, Get A $30 Amazon Gift Card)
Livestar first <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/10/livestars-personalized-recommendation-service-wants-to-disrupt-yelp-rotten-tomatoes-co/">launched</a> at TechCrunch Disrupt a few months ago.
Mark Cuban Bought Facebook Stock, Right Before He Didn’t
Dan Lyons has a <a target="_blank" href="http://readwrite.com/2012/11/13/mark-cuban-facebooks-sponsored-posts-are-driving-away-brands">post over on ReadWrite</a> facilitating a classic <a target="_bla
Apple Stomps On Tapjoy’s App Download Circle Jerk (Again)
Memories of <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/10/31/scamville-the-social-gaming-ecosystem-of-hell/">Scamville</a> have faded, and we don't see the brazen customer ripoff schemes from the big gaming
Is There Much Of A Market For A Universal Translator?
<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/universaltranslator.jpeg" alt="" title="universaltranslator" width="315" height="264" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-694651" />Microsof
Hey Google, Your Nexus 7 Marketing Images Look Like Crap
No one understands why President Obama didn't hammer Governor Romney on his 47% secret video comments during the first presidential debate. In hindsight, a mistake. Like President Obama, Google is thr
If You Love Startups And Live In San Francisco, Vote Yes On Prop E
San Francisco residents will be voting on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.smartvoter.org/2012/11/06/ca/sf/prop/E/">Proposition E</a> next week, an important measure aimed at eliminating the ridicu
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My name is Michael Arrington. For newer readers who don’t know, I founded TechCrunch back in 2005.
Last year I was <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/09/12/deciding-to-move-on/">fired<
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer On Stage At TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco
<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mayer.jpg" alt="" title="mayer" width="350" height="245" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-611792" />It was May 2010 and all I wanted was
I’m Back
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Editorial Independence
There's confusion - <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/09/06/the-end/">way too much confusion</a> - about my status at TechCrunch and TechCrunch's status at Aol after last week's announcement that I
Speaking Of Dropbox, Here’s My No. 1 Phone Prank
Everything's candy and roses for Dropbox today as the company simultaneously breaks out the expensive champagne and whispers "no comment" to anyone <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/30/index-lea
HP Discovers The Wonderful Power Of Scarcity, And The TouchPad Lives On
Hot damn, I want one of those <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/product/hp-touchpad">HP TouchPad tablets</a>. Why? Because they're sold out!
Perception of scarcity is a fascinating human condition
Index Leads $4 billion Valuation Round In Dropbox
<a href="http://www.dropbox.com">Dropbox</a> is finally moving to close that massive valuation venture round we've been <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/12/dropbox-raising-massive-round-at-a-5b
Prediction: Facebook Will Enter the Search Market Next Year
Next year, search advertising will be a <a href="http://www.emarketer.com/PressRelease.aspx?R=1008258">$15 billion market</a> in the U.S. alone, growing by 14 percent, according to eMarketer. And, if
Unbridled Entrepreneurism
<a href="http://ycombinator.com/">Y Combinator</a> had its semiannual demo day earlier this week, where many of the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/23/y-combinator-demo-day-the-ultimate-roundu
What Skype Really Paid For GroupMe
On Sunday we <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/21/skype-to-acquire-year-old-group-messaging-service-groupme/">broke the news</a> that Skype was acquiring group messaging service GroupMe. What we
Greplin Releases Must Have iPhone App To Organize Your Life And Avoid Rabid Googlers
It was only a year ago that I first wrote about <a href="http://www.greplin.com">Greplin</a>, the "<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010/08/31/greplin-ycombinator-personal-search/">other half of search
Dear HP: Please Keep Making Those CrunchPads! Er…TouchPads
Back in the Summer of 2008, when there was still a glimmer of innocence and belief in the fundamental goodness of people in this young blogger's mind, I decided that I wanted a touchscreen tablet. Som
Thrive Capital Raises New $40 Million “Scalable” Fund
<a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/thrive-capital">Thrive Capital's</a> first venture fund was just $10 million, but the fund made 27 investments and more than a couple look lik