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The Linkdown for Tuesday, May 4
The Linkdown is not really celebrating Star Wars Day. Maybe 15 years ago, but these days it just brings up painful prequel memories.
Here are some links for you to peruse:
- St. Edward’s University is trying out a socially connected graduation. Neat!
- Google is getting into the e-books game. It will begin selling e-books this summer, competing with Apple, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony and tons of indie sellers.
- The Boy Scouts have a video game belt loop and pin (at right), but it’s not as fun as it sounds.
- National Lab Day is coming up, May 11. Read about it on Girlstart’s Web site.
- The Supreme Court will take a look at a case involving the sale of violent video games in California.
- Austin’s Pangea Software is having a sale on its iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch apps, from 99 cents to $4.99.
- Local company uShip is accepting applications for job by asking people to submit YouTube videos.
- LivingSocial, which has operations in Austin, raises some money, keeps expanding its “Hyperlocal” wares.
- My Tech Monday jobs about green tech jobs.
- Yesterday’s NPR All Tech Considered segment was all about Apple. Here’s the blog and the audio.
- Cirrus Logic is moving downtown.
- Twitter releasing a tool to embed Tweets on Web pages.
- Summer DJ Camp and a do-it-yourself 3D workshop for kids are coming up this month for your precocious kids.
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