64 posts and columns on Texas

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Apple to Build New Austin Campus

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.

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Amazon Softens Stance on Taxes

in Commerce on April 28 at 6:15 am PT

Amazon.com Inc. reached an agreement with Texas officials Friday to begin collecting sales taxes in the state starting in July and appears to be backing away from its long-held opposition to tax collection in states where it has warehouses and other facilities.

Viral Video: Let the Hipster Games Begin!

in Media on April 9 at 12:16 am PT

May the arugula be ever in your favor.
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Viral Video: The ParkMe Dudes Booting Austin

in News on March 20 at 12:31 am PT

Boots in Texas. Heh.
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SXSW News: Jerry Levin’s StartUp Health Academy for Entrepreneurs Announces First Class

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.
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Forget Cleantech — It’s Cleanweb at SXSW

in News on March 12 at 7:00 am PT

Can smartphones help save the planet?
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Tweeting in the Danger Zone

You’re watching this unbelievable hysterical optimism despite the terror.

– Mona Eltahawy on citizen journalists on Twitter in Syria and elsewhere, speaking at SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, Texas

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Apple Doubling Presence in Texas

in News on March 9 at 1:30 pm PT

Apple Inc. plans to build a $304 million campus in Austin, Texas, doubling its presence there over the next decade.

Tasty Geek: Nathan Myhrvold Takes His Modernist Cuisine to “Top Chef”

in Media on January 7 at 10:38 am PT

A side of patent troll pâté anyone?
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Siri, Why Don’t You Have A Texas Accent?

in News on December 16, 2011 at 11:57 am PT

Surprise! Apple’s A5 chip is made by Samsung in Texas. That’s not the only thing inside the iPhone that comes from the Lone Star State.
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Report: Apple’s A5 Chip Made in Texas

Here’s Gowalla CEO’s Non-Denial Denial Email to Investors About Facebook Acquisition

in Social, December 4, 2011 at 9:54 pm PT

Cisco to HP: Please Stop Suing Those Employees We Poach

in News, November 23, 2011 at 12:47 pm PT

U.K. Arrests Two More Suspected Members of LulzSec

in News, September 2, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

Amazon Seeks Greater Fulfillment by Adding Distribution Centers

in Commerce, July 7, 2011 at 2:53 pm PT

Pre-$200 Million Valuation: Flipboard's Mike McCue at SXSW (The Full Onstage Video)

in News, April 21, 2011 at 11:30 am PT

Exclusive: Flipboard Confirms $50 Million Funding at $200 Million Valuation

in News, April 14, 2011 at 1:23 pm PT

Yahoo Bored Meeting? Not This Time!

in News, April 13, 2011 at 9:35 am PT

Liveblog: Is Yahoo Still in Search? Indeed and It's Answers Not Links!

in News, March 23, 2011 at 10:20 am PT

Pretty Flipboard Fundraising at an Even Prettier $200 Million Valuation

in News, March 23, 2011 at 7:15 am PT

Video: GroupMe Dudes Talk Group Messaging Phenom (and Drink Beer at the Same Time)

in News, March 14, 2011 at 3:01 pm PT

Video: BoomTown Versus Texas Hipsters and Cheddar Cheese Cats at SXSW

in News, March 14, 2011 at 12:18 pm PT

Memo Time: Yahoo Reorgs Its Ad Staff, As "The Race" Begins

in News, March 9, 2011 at 6:15 am PT

Viral Video: "Attack the Block" and BoomTown Debut at SXSW

in News, March 7, 2011 at 12:15 am PT

Amazon's Exit Spurs Tax Fight in Texas

in News, February 17, 2011 at 5:00 am PT