Groupon understands the American mentality. We are not charitable. We are not drippy, caring, altruistic, do-gooders. We want a deal. We love a deal.... read more »
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It's obvious that Facebook sees serious potential in mobile check-in service Foursquare: it tried to buy it for $125 million. That didn't work. So... read more »
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commentary Is it OK for AOL's TechCrunch editors to invest in companies they write about It's a question we once had figured out but a new generati... read more »
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If only. If only Google had been run by at least one touchy-feely human being, as opposed to a goosey gaggle of engineers. If only Microsoft had made... read more »
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As it struggles to find a recipe that will let it compete more strongly with Netflix, Hulu is planning to streamline decision-making at the company ... read more »
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When Craigslist withdrew from the adult services business last year, some wondered whether the prostitution business would be driven to less obvious ... read more »
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Facebook&39's new Like presentation, along with the older Recommend presentation. (Credit: Screenshot by Steven Musil/CNET) Is Facebook getting r... read more »
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Developers looking to create apps for the newest Honeycomb version of Android can now grab the final SDK from Google. Honeycomb&39's logo (Credit:... read more »
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13-year-old Rebecca Black must be wondering about the deeper machinations of the human mind this weekend. Especially the human mind as it reveals its... read more »
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Tens of thousands of reportedly hacked iTunes accounts have been found on Chinese auction site Taobao, but the company claims it is unable to take... read more »
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The note that greeted visitors to Netflix.com tonight. (Credit: Screen shot by Steven Musil/CNET) Netflix suffered an outage for at least two ... read more »
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Even when the group in question is slightly whiny and humorless, if enough people band together, they can pull off a revolution. In this case, I happ... read more »
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I was watching "American Idol" the other night (yes, alright, alright), when something resembling an ad for Groupon appeared. It was a simple little ... read more »
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What is apparently the next version of Android Music 3.0 is being passed around the Web today, after the software was obtained by a tech-reviews sit... read more »
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Americans, little by little, are cutting the proverbial cord on cable television. But that doesn't mean they're breaking up with their cable companie... read more »
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Soccer players tend not to be of the highest intellectual caliber. They are, after all, too busy playing soccer. However, I wonder if one particular ... read more »
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Three major film studios have been unwilling so far to ink deals that would let YouTube rent out their movies, a new report claims. Rumors surroundin... read more »
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If you're a Netflix subscriber, you should be happy with the sounds coming out of Hollywood. One entertainment executive told me last week that ... read more »
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I had barely woken this morning when I discovered that someone had spilled last night's dessert all over my MacBook. Looking a little more closely (i... read more »
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Alibaba.com, the largest e-commerce site in China, announced today that two senior executives had resigned after an internal investigation found... read more »
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