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The Linkdown for Thursday, Dec. 8
“Ultimate Collector: Garage Sale,” a new game announced from Richard Garriott’s Portalarium game studio.
The Linkdown is trying to get some sort of holiday card thing going, but it seems like an awful lot of work. Can’t we just drink eggnog and throw out a few celebratory Tweets? No? All right, then. Here’s what you should be checking out (or attending):
Events:
- Looking to get hired? Rackspace is hosting a “Rackerpalooza Network Security Edition” at its Austin offices Saturday.
- Trey Ratcliff hosts another Austin PhotoWalk, also on Saturday.
- The Refresh Austin Web Bash is on Tuesday.
- Austin Social Media Club holiday party is on Dec. 15.
- December BASHH has been cancelled. It will return in January, the organizers say.
- Girlstart’s Winter Wonderland Extravaganza happens on Dec. 17 at the Bob Bullock museum.
- Springbox’s holiday interactive display is still up at 708 Congress Ave. You can create a custom snowflake!
Internet goodness:
- New social game from Richard Garriott’s Portalarium studio announced: “Ultimate Collector: Garage Sale.” It should be out early next year.
- “Reality is Broken” author Jane McGonigal has been added as a featured speaker to the SXSW 2012 lineup.
- Xbox Live companion app hits Windows Phones, and, surprisingly, iOS devices, too!
- KFC is giving away college money to high school students who Tweet a photo illustrating that they’re deserving of the scholarship.
- How’s that new Ultraviolet Blu-ray/streaming technology coming along? Roughly, say people who’ve tried it.
- “Everquest II” is now free-to-play.
- “Blogazine” about what happens to your digital data when you die.
- Did you hear about the whole PayPal / Regretsy kerfuffle? Here are five timely alternatives to PayPal if you find yourself looking for another way to send/receive money online.
- Twitter’s rolling out a new site design.
- “Tweet seats” taking off.
- Efren Salinas, a graduate student in the UT Journalism Department, offers up this video he did about Austin’s Arcade UFO (also embedded at the end of this blog entry).
- CNET slams Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign for its handling of a YouTube video.
- The Telecommunications Industry Association’s (TIA) annual Conference and Exhibition will happen in early June in Dallas.
- Profanity-free streaming music service launches, targets parents who have kids with sensitive ears.
- So how did Gowalla’s investors make out in that whole Facebook deal? It might not matter.
- Speaking of Gowalla, an ode to their logo and sense of design.
- Major League Gaming is still going, gaining audience.
- Consumer Reports says AT&T is its lowest-rated wireless carrier in customer satisfaction.
- Sexting among teens may not be as widespread as feared.
- The caveats on why you might think twice about buying a PlayStation Vita keep growing.
- Dell appears to be getting off the Android tablet train (at least for the U.S.) and boarding the Microsoft Windows Tablet Express.
- Lytro photos, which allow you to focus on different parts of an image and zoom in after the photo is shot, are pretty amazing.
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