What's the darling of the Internet doing advertising on conventional television? Pitching its browser to the masses.

Google, the company whose name has literally become a verb in the world of online search (as in "to Google") wants the public to know it is more than search — it also offers an Internet browser, branded Chrome.

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Last night's debut of the second season of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution on ABC revealed more than just intransigence on the part of the Los Angeles school board to exposing their frozen food lockers to the crusading British chef.

It also revealed a new recruit to Oliver's army, in his battle to wake up parents, schools and community leaders to the true extent of the obesity crisis in southern California — the data-mining qualities of Microsoft's Bing.Continue reading...

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Microsoft's Bing is adding local deals and the New York Times is launching its own Groupon-like site. Now Groupon is staging a comeback, putting its Super Bowl fumble (and an unrelated potential class action suit) with a new TV campaign this week.

According to Chicago Business, a new spot that ran last night on ABC "featured doodles on a calendar highlighting the types of deals you can find on Groupon and the tag line: 'If your week doesn't sound quite that exciting, maybe you ought to sign up for ours.'"

We'll post the video when it's available. For now, enjoy this clip of Groupon's irreverent CEO Andrew Mason enjoying his week.