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Whip up Dave McClure’s lasagna and Dennis Crowley’s mac and cheese with the official SXSW cookbook

Mar14

by Sindy Cator on March 14, 2014 at 5:34 pm

We don’t usually cover cookbooks here at TNW, but the official SXSW 2014 Interactive cookbook has a unique tech angle that makes it worth a mention. Compiled by the festival organizers and Cookbook Create, a new startup for making your own cookbook, the book features a diverse mix of recipes from popular tech leaders like 500 Startups’ Dave McClure, Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley, and Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. The recipes in the book are sorted by several buzzword-y categories of people: amplifiers, builders, storytellers, illuminators, and decoders. Each contributor has a mini-bio alongside his or her recipe. Dishes range from a…

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Microsoft tries to woo users off Windows XP: $50 Store gift card, free support and data transfer with a new PC

Mar14

by Sindy Cator on March 14, 2014 at 5:24 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

With the Windows XP end of support date now less than a month away, Microsoft is trying to woo users off the ancient 12-year-old operating system. The latest comes in the form of a Microsoft Store deal that offers a $50 gift card, 90-days of free support, and free data transfer with the purchase of a new PC. As always with such offers, however, there are some details worth noting. The $50 digital gift card can only be used towards future purchases at the online Microsoft Store in the US. Free support is hardly anything new for Microsoft Store purchases,…

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The problem with catered lunches

Mar14

by Sindy Cator on March 14, 2014 at 5:18 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Shareables, Videos

This week the staff at Vooza have had caterers in, but if you’ve ever booked a catered lunch for your office, you can probably guess how it played out. People are so picky these days. Every week, Vooza – a video comic strip about the tech world – shares a new video with you lovely TNW readers. Sign up for Vooza’s email list to get exclusive access to more funny videos like this one.

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St. Patrick’s Day 2014 app toolkit: A drinker’s guide to getting your green on

Mar14

by Sindy Cator on March 14, 2014 at 5:06 pm

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

Hold on to your livers, this weekend brings yet another year of St. Patrick’s Day festivities (the actual day falls on Monday, March 17 this year). Whether you’re planning to indulge with newfound bar peers or in the comfort of your own apartment, here are all the apps you’ll need for a successful and safe night(s) ahead. If you’re hitting the bars Yelp & Foursquare Chances are, if you’re not at an Irish bar by 3 in the afternoon, that place will already be jam-packed by happy hour. If your favorite watering hole is at capacity, your first options are to…

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Apple understands the difference between a pocket watch and a wrist watch

Mar14

by Sindy Cator on March 14, 2014 at 4:35 pm

Posted In: Around the Web

Once upon a time (around the 17th century), gentlemen wore pocket watches. Stylish, rounded, and no sharp corners. It showed the time, sometimes even the date, and that was all there was to it. It wasn’t until much later that men started wearing “arm watches.” The switch came at the end of the 19th century when men in the military started strapping their pocket watches to leather straps around their arms. Military strategists started synchronizing troop movements so it became convenient for officers to be able to tell the time. Early wrist watch by Waltham, worn by soldiers in World…