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Apple to Build New Austin Campus

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 1 at 2:33 pm PT

Apple will soon be staffing up and building in Texas. The company just completed a deal with commissioners in Travis County, Texas, under which it will build a $16.5 million, 200,000-square foot building in North Austin by 2015, plus a second, $226 million, 800,000-square-foot office by 2025. The deal, which gives Apple a series of tax breaks and incentives from the county and state worth a combined maximum of $35 million over 15 years also requires Apple to hire a minimum of 3,655 workers by 2025. It employs 3,100 at its current campus in Austin now.

Viral Video: Let the Hipster Games Begin!

Kara Swisher in Media on April 9 at 12:16 am PT

May the arugula be ever in your favor.

Viral Video: The ParkMe Dudes Booting Austin

Kara Swisher in News on March 20 at 12:31 am PT

Boots in Texas. Heh.

Party On … And On … And On, Geek (But Not Much Else): A Newbie Reflects on SXSW

Ina Fried in News on March 14 at 8:00 am PT

Guess what? It was a party down there.

AllThingsD Takes SXSW by Storm (in Pictures)

Lauren Goode in News on March 13 at 2:46 pm PT

The week in photos.

Voices

The Homeless Defend Becoming Hotspots

Geoffrey A. Fowler, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 13 at 1:11 pm PT

An experiment with letting homeless people make money by serving as wireless Internet hotspots raised plenty of eyebrows at this year’s South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.

SXSW News: Jerry Levin’s StartUp Health Academy for Entrepreneurs Announces First Class

Kara Swisher in News on March 12 at 11:20 am PT

It’s a nice break from similar groups that back companies designing apps to help people stalk each other at SXSW bars.

The Best (And Worst) Marketing Gimmick in Austin

Ina Fried in News on March 12 at 8:00 am PT

A start-up placed fake parking tickets on all the cars parked adjacent to the Austin Convention Center. Smart move or PR fail?

Forget Cleantech — It’s Cleanweb at SXSW

Kara Swisher in News on March 12 at 7:00 am PT

Can smartphones help save the planet?

Houston Comes to Austin as Kara Swisher Talks Lessons Learned With Dropbox CEO

Ina Fried in News on March 11 at 3:14 pm PT

Speaking in Austin, the founder of the online storage company talks about how it is he came to be 29 and on his sixth start-up, and why he turned down a buyout overture from Apple.