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The Linkdown for Wednesday, Dec. 21
The Linkdown is on vacation starting Friday and won’t be back until the scary apocalyptic year 2012. Have a safe and wonderful holiday. The following links are best viewed while soused on eggnog:
Events:
- Green Bank’s used computer drive starts today and runs through Jan. 6. You can donate in Austin, Houston or Dallas. In Austin, Green Bank is working with Goodwill Computer Works.
- StoryCorps will begin recording stories of Austin communities on Jan. 6 through February, but you can reserve a slot here.
- Springbox’s holiday interactive display is still up at 708 Congress Ave. You can create a custom snowflake!
Internet goodness:
- Did you like that movie “Face/Off?” Microsoft did, too.
- Yes, that was a national Verizon 4G wireless outage that happened last night. (They say it’s now up and running.)
- More analysts weigh in on what Austin-developed “Star Wars: The Old Republic” might have cost and what it’ll need to be profitable.
- Austin’s Calendars.com is using QR codes to try to spur sales at the Austin airport.
- On the same tip, 44doors is working with the Hallmark Channel on a QR Code campaign.
- Speaking of QR codes…
- Is digital photography taking another step backward in terms of image quality?
- “Indie Game: The Movie” will be playing at SXSW Interactive 2012.
- YouTube announces the most popular online videos of 2011.
- Five predictions from IBM for the next five years.
- Skype is offering free airport Wi-Fi in some cities (none of them in Texas, unfortunately).
- Study says people like viewing HDTV on the side (or rather from the side).
- Nintendo 3DS helps you learn about art at the Louvre.
- In addition to some Kindle Fire updates that make it more usable, Amazon has also added some interesting new features to its iOS Kindle app.
- Time Warner Cable releases some apps for Android.
- The STEM council at Austin’s Skillpoint Alliance is a Stage One Winner for the Lifelong Learning — HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media & Learning Competition.
- What happens when you Google “Let is snow.”
- Google gets called on the floor for disabling the email accounts of kids under 13.
- Advice for what to do if your smart phone gives out before your wireless contract does.
- Super Bowl to be streamed online and to some mobile devices for the first time.
- GSD&M employees want to pick a snowball fight with you.
- Announced: “LEGO Lord of the Rings.”
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