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- LeWeb '10 Nears. Want To Go? Tell Us Why, We're Giving Away Two Tickets
- iPad "Pad" Joke Finally Taken Too Far [Video]
- Twitter Users Make Snowstorm Map #UKSnow
| LeWeb '10 Nears. Want To Go? Tell Us Why, We're Giving Away Two Tickets | Top |
| On December 8 and 9, the LeWeb conference will descend upon the city of Paris for two days of non-stop tech. This year, the event will have a bit more TechCrunch flavor , as several of us are going , and the startup competition has been tweaked a bit to be more like our own TechCrunch Disrupt competition. It should be a great time. But we realize it’s also expensive. So organizer Loic Le Meur has given us two tickets to give away to readers. Now, to be clear, these are tickets to the two-day event, they don’t include airfare or lodging. But if you’re at or around Paris and/or you don’t mind paying for travel, this is a killer deal, as each ticket normally goes for about 2,000 euros. We’ve done this sort of giveaway in the past , and the rules will remain the same. Just leave a comment below, giving us a reason why you absolutely need to go to this conference. We’ll pick the two best with Le Meur, and each will receive a ticket. Just be sure that they account you’re commenting from has some way to actually get ahold of you (website, email, etc), if you win. We’ll pick the winners on Monday, so you have the entire weekend to come up with something good. This looks to be the biggest LeWeb yet, as there will be over 2,500 participants from over 60 countries. That’s basically double where they were just three years ago. They also just secured famous French DJ Bob Sinclar to play at the afterparty. The overall theme of the event is “Platforms”. And here are the 16 startups going head-to-head in the competition. Hopefully we’ll see you in Paris in a couple weeks. And even if you don’t win one of the tickets, TechCrunch readers can still use this link to get a 200 euro discount. | |
| iPad "Pad" Joke Finally Taken Too Far [Video] | Top |
| Just like Steve Jobs said we eventually stopped making fun of and just plain got used to the word “pad” in the name of his magical device, no longer thinking of that other thing also called a pad whenever we pass by an Apple store. In fact, we’re already debating the hypothetical merits of the iPad 2 and nary an iTampon 2 or similar reference in sight. Until now… Iselle Slome and the ladies of ArthurORMartha have created just about the most ridiculous parody of a computing product I’ve seen since MadTV’s extremely prescient Apple spoof . The best thing about this video? It highlights how uncannily similar those cheesy “Windows 7 Was My Idea” ads are to commercials for feminine products. Warning: Not for the overly squeamish. CrunchBase Information iPad Apple Microsoft Information provided by CrunchBase | |
| Twitter Users Make Snowstorm Map #UKSnow | Top |
| Industrious Briton Ben Marsh has taken advantage of the epic ten inches of snow forecast in the UK this weekend to bring his fellow citizens together. On his site UKSnow , users who tweet about the weather in realtime can now have their location coordinates and snow descriptions plotted on a map, as well as streaming in a sidebar. Many are including photos (like the one above) for an even richer experience. @Emmzaa_X Emily Norwood Yes people, it's snowing. It does that in winter. Now stop making such a fuss #uksnow about 3 hours ago via web Retweet Users can get their tweets on the UKSnow map by tweeting out the hashtag #UKSnow in addition to first half of their British postal code. There’s even a “Rate the Snow” feature with a 1-10 ranking (7/10 or more -Blizzard!) as well as an option to add snowbank depth. Marsh has also built a mobile version in case you are actually outside in the snow and felt the need to share. Thus far it looks like a lot of people are feeling the need as #UKSnow is now the #1 trending topic in the UK. No word on whether Marsh plans on expanding to other countries (like the US), but I’m hoping he does. Because there really is something special about snow. Above image: AngelOYS | |
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