Yes, that’s right. Hide yo wife, hold your Tweets, stop your emails, and don’t even think about opening a Skype chat, because we are proud to announce that the third batch of tickets for the 2010 Crunchies Awards are on sale now. Right now

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More Crunchies Tix, Get ‘Em While They’re Hot! Plus, a Special Musical Guest Announcement!

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)

Khush, a startup that develops music applications, has raised a new round of funding from Dave McClure’s 500 Startups , angel investor Yee Lee , and Georgia Tech ATDC VentureLab. The startup declined to reveal how much money was raised in the round.

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Khush Lands Funding To Help Wannabe Singers Create Music On The Go

We’re all back at home this morning and I’ve been mulling over best of show all weekend.

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Best of Show CES 2011: The Motorola Atrix

Nothing speaks to the hearts, minds (and stomachs) of young, urban men than endless rib dinners. Last week, Bro-zine Thrillist launched Thrillist Rewards , a weekly deals site aimed at its audience of city-dwelling males

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At Launch, Thrillist Rewards Sells More Than $25,000 Of Endless Rib Dinners

It’s official: the automotive press loves General Motor’s Chevy Volt as it walks away from the NAIAS as the North American International Car of the Year. The don’t-call-it-an-extended-range EV essentially sweep 2010′s consumer automotive awards, earning the top spot as Motor Trend’s 2011 Car of the Year, Green Car Journal’s 2011 Green Car of the Year, Automobile’s 2011 Automobile of the Year, and placing among the top ten in both Car and Driver’s and Ward’s AutoWorld’s 10 best of the year . So yeah, GM built a winner with the Volt

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Chevy Volt Adds North American Car Of The Year Award To Long List Of Achievements

Saul Klein is a partner at European VC firm Index Ventures, previously worked for Skype, co-founded Video Island and is founder of Seedcamp. In this guest post he responds to recent posts by TechCrunch US writer Paul Carr regarding the position of London as a startup hub.

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Hold Everything – You Want London Startups Exceeding $10m In Revenues? OK

Back in July 2009 we wrote about a Y Combinator-funded startup called FlightCaster that looks to help you predict flight delays — before the airline even tells you about them. The service looks at air traffic, weather, and a variety of other factors to predict these delays, and the early warning can be very helpful if you need to book a different flight

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Next Jump Acquires FlightCaster, The Flight Delay Prediction Engine

It took a bit longer than we thought, but the inevitable has happened: blueTunes is calling it quits . A message posted on the website reads: We have decided to pursue other opportunities and will be shutting down our service on January 31, 2011. Thanks for supporting us and for all you’ve done.

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Your Music In The Cloud No More – blueTunes Keels Over, Dies

Good news for Europeans and those U.S. users (perhaps as many as 30,000 ) of music streaming service Spotify . In a similar deal to the one signed last year with Sonos , users will soon be able to listen to streaming Spotify music through their Logitech devices

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Spotify Ties Up With Logitech