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| Target's 'Tarcade' Evokes Nostalgia With Pac-Man, Donkey Kong | | Friday, March 08, 2013 10:05 PM | Lauren Drell |
| AUSTIN — Geeks at SXSWi are having a blast at the "Tarcade" in Target's 8-Bit Bar. The activation hosts a handful of old-school arcade games, like Joust, Donkey Kong and Pac Man, which are activated by NFC-enabled cards that are replenished with Foursquare check-ins. Feeling competitive? There's a leaderboard, too.
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| SXSW 2013 by the Numbers | | Friday, March 08, 2013 6:55 PM | Stephanie Buck |
| South by Southwest 2013 kicks into overdrive this week, as the annual festival welcomes hundred of thousands of visitors to Austin, Texas.
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| 6 Questions With Fashion-Forward Designer Kimberly Ovitz | | Friday, March 08, 2013 6:37 PM | Lauren Drell |
| AUSTIN — During New York Fashion Week, womenswear designer Kimberly Ovitz made headlines with her 3D-printed jewelry line, created in collaboration with Shapeways. The edgy and futuristic feel of Ovitz's collection was inspired by her research into insects and animals' natural defense mechanisms and exoskeletons.
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| Facebook Acquires Storytelling Site Storylane in Talent Grab | | Friday, March 08, 2013 4:41 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Facebook has acquired Storylane, a relatively young social network focused around telling stories, for an undisclosed sum. Storylane announced the acquisition in a blog post Friday, noting that the service will wind down and the team will join Facebook.
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| Apple and Amazon Lay Foundations for "Used" Digital Goods Stores | | Friday, March 08, 2013 1:31 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Apple has filed a patent application for transferring "used" digital goods like MP3s, e-books and apps from one user to another, similar to a patent for a "secondary market for digital objects" awarded to Amazon just last month.
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| Plotter Turns the Map on Your iPhone Into a Social Discovery Tool | | Friday, March 08, 2013 1:17 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| For all the talk about how much better Google Maps is than Apple's default maps app on the iPhone, the experience for both essentially boils down to the same thing: search for a place on a map and look up directions. Plotter aims to take mapping on the iPhone to the next level by adding a social layer and some features that will appeal to your inner cartographer.
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| Yappem's Social Network Rewards Users For Talking About Brands | | Friday, March 08, 2013 10:48 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Facebook and Twitter users often share updates about shopping, eating out or using products. Now, a new social network wants to reward consumers for sharing that kind of information online. Yappem, which launched out of private beta this week, gives users a chance to earn gift cards in exchange for posting about day-to-day interactions with brands and businesses.
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| SXSW Begins And Other News You Need to Know | | Friday, March 08, 2013 9:57 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. South by Southwest begins today in Austin, Texas. Friday kicks off five days of music, film, comedy, and the Interactive convention, where startups and tech-industry leaders come together to talk shop and the future.
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