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The Linkdown for Thursday, Sept. 22
The Linkdown is busy and overwhelmed today, but never too busy to feed you the nurturing IV drip of Internet reading material.
Here’s what you should be checking out online:
Events:
- Fantastic Arcade begins today. It’s free to the public.
- Door64 happy hour tonight (Thursday).
- “Street Fighter III” tournament happening in Round Rock Friday night.
- BlackBerry Developers Group has its first meeting Saturday.
- Geekaustin has a Beginning PHP class coming up.
- Door 64 Tech Fair happens Monday.
- LinkedIn Austin group meets Tuesday.
- Blogathon ATX happens Oct. 1.
- CoCreate marketing series for creative professionals starts Oct. 5.
- Friday Night Hacks happens on Oct. 15. Tickets are already available.
Internet goodness:
- Check out the finalists of the AMD Game Zone Whyville Game Design Contest. The video above shows one of the winners.
- Mixed, mostly negative, reaction to Facebook’s recent design changes. The company unveiled “Timeline,” a new way to display profile information and “the story of your life.”
- Uh oh. Anonymous is planning a Day of Vengeance on Saturday. Good thing I’ll be offline that day!
- Ken Burns documentary “Prohibition” will debut on iPhone/iPad before it hits TV.
- Amazon is opening up its Kindle device to library ebook loans.
- Feeling burned by Netflix’s recent changes? Here are some alternative services.
- The next version of the iPhone could be announced by Apple CEO Tim Cook on Oct. 4.
- The new version of Gowalla for iOS and Android has gone live.
- New Pandora design has gone live for everyone, too.
- “Reading Rainbow” comes out with a new app. I imagine LeVar Burton will be talking about that at SXSW.edu.
- PBS Kids has a new “Sid’s Science Fair” app.
- Extra Life, a 24-hour gaming marathon to benefit children’s hospitals. Happens Oct. 15.
- Petty small-town gossip thrives online. Yay!
- Justice Dept. and “Full Tilt Poker” tangle over Ponzi scheme accusations.
- Microsoft is discounting hardware and software for low-income students.
- Speaking of which, a study says 17 million U.S. children don’t have broadband in their homes.
- Instagram 2.0 with live filters and high-res photos (finally!) has been released.
- “What Was There” app reveals what used to be at your favorite spots.
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