Yesterday, the online coupon website Groupon announced yesterday that it had fired founder and CEO Andrew Mason. His letter to employees included an arcane reference to the notoriously difficult 1991 Nintendo game Battletoads.
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Fired Groupon CEO compares career to Battletoads game
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Yesterday, the online coupon website Groupon announced yesterday that it had fired founder and CEO Andrew Mason. 
A U.K. chocolate commercial starring a hyper-realistic Audrey Hepburn has sparked debate online, as fans and critics debate the appropriateness of posthumous celebrity endorsements.
Should icons be resurrected for promotional purposes?
Should icons be resurrected for promotional purposes?
Gamers share PlayStation memories ahead of Sony launch event
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Sony is expected to launch its next generation of the PlayStation gaming console at a glitzy media event tonight in New York City. To mark the day, gamers have been sharing their memories of PlayStations past.
Will you buy BlackBerry's Z10 smartphone?
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BlackBerry's latest entry into the smartphone market, the touchscreen Z10, went on sale in Canada Tuesday, after debuting in the U.K. last week. Will you be buying the BlackBerry Z10?
Though we've known since March last year that we'd see the penny fall off the Canadian landscape, the reality is being felt today at the tills.
How has the loss of the penny affected you at the registers today?
How has the loss of the penny affected you at the registers today?
Fired HMV employees take over Twitter account
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Employees laid off from British music retailer HMV commandeered the company's Twitter feed Thursday morning to inform the world about the "mass execution" affecting 190 head office employees. World reacts to new Blackberry phones, Alicia Keys hire
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BlackBerry unveiled its newest phones today: the touchscreen Z10, and the Q10 with a familiar physical keyboard. Tech bloggers from all over the globe were watching today's announcement carefully. And new company executive Alicia Keys may have to give up her iPhone habit.
Will BlackBerry 10 turn things around for the company?
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Wednesday is the big day for Research In Motion: BlackBerry 10 day. The new line of smartphones has the potential to get the Canadian company back into competition in the market it created in the early 2000s. Could the BB10 phones bring BlackBerry back from the brink?
The deadline for making RRSP contributions to claim on your 2012 taxes is March 1, and while more Canadians say they have an RRSP this year, the truth is most won't likely be making a contribution.
An American entrepreneur who auctioned off his last name online will officially be known as "Jason HeadsetsDotCom" for all of 2013. His reward? $45,000.Meet the Community Team
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