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The Linkdown for Monday, July 12
The Linkdown is in a state of panic caused by Consumer Reports reversing itself on its recommendation of the iPhone 4. Who knows what to believe now!?
Anyway, here are some links you should check out, whether you’re in a panic or not:
- Engadget confirms what Consumer Reports discovered and even helped develop an in-house app for reception testing.
- Coming to Austin this weekend: a big convention for Web hosting professionals.
- Best Buy is getting into the mobile wireless broadband game.
- Borders now has its own e-books store.
- The Peace Corps is asking for submissions for a YouTube video contest. Entries are due by Sept. 30. Yes, there are prizes.
- Austin’s Obsidian Software is offering a scholarship to attend the Microprocessor Test and Verification Conference later this year. Details here. Applications are due Oct. 1.
- What has Conjunctured Coworking been up to?
Find out in this blog post. - “Ride the City” iPhone app, with bike directions for Austin, is now available.
- Deadline is Friday to register for the one-day STEM Education Workshop for high school educators. It’s being put on by National Instruments.
- Release dates for the rebooted “NBA Jam” (for Nintendo Wii) and “NBA Elite 11” (for other consoles), both from Electronic Arts, have been announced. They’ll be out on Oct. 5.
- RJMetrics says it’s keeping a close eye on Foursquare and Gowalla by measuring locations and the number of users for each one on an hourly basis.
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