What do you get when you mix Groupon’s business model, a country with 200 million souls, and an ex-Facebook exec? A company that Benchmark Capital will invest in, that’s what. Brazil’s Peixe Urbano, a Groupon-type startup founded by the former Brazilian country manager for Facebook Julio Vasconcellos , launched in mid 2010 (we first wrote about them in March 2010).

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Benchmark Capital Takes Stake In Brazil’s Peixe Urbano

Well you have to give T-Mobile one thing: they sure are quick. It was only yesterday that Verizon announced that the iPhone 4 was coming to their network in a few weeks. That means that both AT&T and Verizon, the two largest carriers in the U.S., will now have the device

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T-Mobile Wastes No Time Taking A Shot At iPhone On Verizon (And AT&T)

If there’s one thing that came out of CES this year, it’s that everyone, and I do mean everyone , wants a piece of the action that Apple absolutely dominates with the iPad right now.

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What iOS 4.3, And Specifically The New Multi-Touch Gestures, May Say About iPad 2

Given how popular YouTube is on the web, it shouldn’t come as a big surprise that a lot of people also enjoy watching video clips from their phones. And, given the surge in Android, iPhone, and iPad sales, that adds up to a lot of videos

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YouTube Mobile Traffic Tripled In 2010, Android App Gets Music Videos (And Ads)

When it came to translations, you used to either need an interpreter or a book to navigate another language. That was either costly or cumbersome, respectively

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¡Increíble! Google Turns Your Android Phone Into An On-The-Fly Conversation Interpreter

Google Places is now on your iPhone . If you download the app ( iTunes link ) you get a mobile version of Google Places, Google’s local directory. It shows you nearby restaurants, coffee shops, bars, ATMs, gas stations, hotels, and other attractions.

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Google Serves Places On The iPhone With A Side Of Hotpot

In the land of customizable merchandise, the bar is set pretty low. You can get a hankie customized or one of those squeeze balls but what about a $3,000 watch?

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OwnEdition: Customizable Watches For You And Yours

TechCrunch Disrupt finalist GameCrush is launching its own take on the Chatroulette-like experience today with Crush-O-Matic. The new service is a random game generator where users simply click “Go!” and automatically get matched up with another user in a two-way cam-enabled game session.

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GameCrush’s Crush-O-Matic Blends Chatroulette With Online Gaming

In late November of last year, we noted a changing of the guard: Chrome had become the most-used browser amongst TechCrunch readers, ending the four year reign of Firefox in the pole position.

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Last Week, IE Was The Top Browser On TechCrunch. Wait, What?