Houstonist Tech Buzz - 101407

Local tech news in a compact, digital format.

Socially Speaking
The Chron picks up this article about Houston web based startups and their Houston connections. If you've been reading Houstonist and Tech Buzz, you've already heard about most of them!

Phone + Podcast = Phonecast
Found over at abc13.com is this story about listening to podcasts on your phone. It's Houston based phonecasting.com and by visiting their site you can get phone numbers to many podcasts that you can then listen to at your leisure, on your phone.

UH Open House
Remember when we told you about a new 3D Face Scanning device that the good people at UH had created? Well, now you can see it in action on October 20th at the University of Houston's Open House featuring the computer science department. Open to the public from 10am to 5:30pm, this open house will have faculty members and graduate students on hand to demonstrate and answer questions. To see a .pdf flyer of this event, from UH, click here.

PowerPoint Challenged?
Here's your opportunity to become the presentation master as HAL-PC is offering a HOW TO MAKE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION seminar on October 17th from 6:30-8:30pm. Consult HAL-PC for fees and other information.

HAAUG Brings You New Apple Products
HAAUG's next monthly meeting is Saturday, October 27 and the meeting will feature Dreux Ste. Marie who will discuss new Apple products. The meeting will be held at the Rice Media Center and more info can be found on HAAUG's website.

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