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Yahoo Reportedly Gearing Up For Hundreds of Layoffs
Approximately 650 Yahoo employees may be losing their jobs. The reports of impending layoffs come amid rumors that the search engine giant and content provider may merge with AOL. Techcrunch first...
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New York’s Tech Bubble Hurts More Than Just Rich Angels
MG Siegler has a post up at TechCrunch giving the big “so what” to doomsayers who have been fretting about a tech bubble: In other words, if this “bubble” were to pop, it wouldn’t be the mothers and...
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Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley Talks Numbers in Paris
(flickr.com/pahudson) TechCrunch reported today that Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley admitted the company once had an offer for “in the ballpark” of $140 million. Crowley later walked it back–but if...
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BrightKite, Defeated By Foursquare, Takes on Another NY Startup: GroupMe
TechCrunch is reporting that the California-based startup BrightKite, previously considered a Foursquare competitor, is now pivoting away from the check-in and going all in on group messaging: Going...
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Goldman Sachs Investing in Bed Intruders!
Next New Networks is a New York-based network of online video producers that has had a hand in YouTube hits including Obama Girl, Autotune the News and the Bed Intruder Song, which was the most-viewed...
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Smaller Ad Networks Join Forces Against Google, Microsoft
Four ad startups are banding together to challenge the dominance of Google and Microsoft in search and online advertising, Erick Schonfield at TechCrunch reports. The two megacompanies operate massive...
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Upstart Search Engine Blekko Blocks Demand Media and Other “Content Farms”
The up-and-coming search engine Blekko is pushing for a smarter kind of search. The site, which is making Google at least a little nervous, is attempting to train users to use “slash tags” to refine...
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It’s an iPad News Showdown
An interesting juxtaposition played out this morning between Rupert Murdoch’s well-attended iPad newspaper announcement and the early reviews of one of the New York Times’s chosen news startups. The...
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Traffic Dropping at Mashable; Aol-Led TechCrunch Could Catch Up
Pete Cashmore’s Mashable–“Social Media News and Web Tips”–dominates the tech blogosphere. The site has 2.2 million followers on Twitter (where the brand still leverages Mr. Cashmore’s sculpted face as...
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Silicon Alley Dreaming: Ex-Blog Mogul Jason Calacanis Wants to Make You an Offer
Mr. Calacanis. (Photo: flickr.com/photos/joi) Three months ago, the Transom broke some news to Jason Calacanis, former publisher of the New York-based dot-com bust chronicle Silicon Alley Reporter. Mr....
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TechCrunch Writer, Blogging on TechCrunch: ‘I’m Beginning to Feel Stupid for...
Ms. Tsotsis, Freedom Fighter (or something like it).Alexia Tsotsis was a well-liked and popular tech blogger before she was at TechCrunch, back when she was at SF Weekly. She became even more...
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Sarah Lacy Goes After TechCrunch: ‘Not to Be a Dick, But Are You Still a News...
A former TechCrunch employee—in the great tradition of many a former TechCrunch employee—is going after the site, asking them on Twitter: “not trying to be a dick but are you still a news site?” The...
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TechCrunch Blogger Continues Trying to Get Fired, Openly Laughing at Arianna...
Ms. Tsotsis, Freedom Fighter (or something like it).We’ve previously documented the wonderfully instigation-happy writing style of Alexia Tsotsis, the TechCrunch blogger who clearly knows something...
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Rumor Roundup: Media Snapchat Sexting Ring Gets TechCrunch Hot and Bothered
Oh you fancy, huh? Turns out doing PR for Tumblr, despite the site’s numerous recent outages, has its advantages. Katherine Barna, who works in communications for the blogging platform, got the chance...
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Michael Arrington’s Ex-Girlfriend Alleges That He Physically Abused Her via...
Jenn Allen, a startup founder and ex-girlfriend of Michael Arrington, revealed on Facebook that her relationship with the TechCrunch founder
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Former Friends of Michael Arrington Begin to Break the Silence on Alleged...
Update, 4/8/13: Michael Arrington has responded with a denial of all allegations, and his ex, Meghan Asha, has issued her
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New Allegations Emerge Against Michael Arrington, Including a Reported...
Update, 4/8/13: Michael Arrington has responded with a denial of all allegations, and his ex, Meghan Asha, has issued her
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Michael Arrington Posts Legal Letter Demanding Jenn Allen Retract Her...
Techcrunch founder and venture capitalist Michael Arrington posted a letter to his Uncrunched blog this evening regarding statements made by
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Dennis Crowley Is Pretty Sure You Haters Don’t Even Use Foursquare
This week is the New York edition of TechCrunch Disrupt, which means it’s time for the annual friendly grilling of
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