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Super Bowl Tech Ads: Survivors and Casualties over the Years

Every season, 32 teams hope to make it to the Super Bowl. In that spirit, here are 32 tech companies from Super Bowl ads over the years. Just like NFL teams, some of these companies have flourished; others haven't fared nearly as well.

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Pets.com (2000)

By Feb. 07, 2011

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For a company that lasted less than two years, Pets.com sure made one hell of a marketing push. Aside from a Super Bowl spot in 2000, the company also seemed to have TV ads running non-stop. To top it all off, the talking sock puppet even got his own float in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Fate: Pets.com burned through $300 million and all that’s left is that PetSmart now owns the Pets.com domain name.

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