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We’re launching a very big update to our website in a few short days so I wanted to simply say that the blog may look and act a bit weird for a days as we transition to a new website.

We have some very big changes coming shortly and changing the wordpress theme to a simplified look & feel will help us in this transition time. Thanks for your patience.

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South by Southwest is this week. It’s already started in Austin, TX but my favorite part which is the Interactive leg of the conference kicks off this Friday (The 13th). A tech and web conference means that there will be HUNDREDS of parties / events around the event. Every year, more and more parties happen and each year all of them are completely packed with people. I’m excited to announce a simple but useful calendar that can help you keep all of this under control.

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You all know SocialCalendario has been around for nearly 5 months and has helped bay area tech fans find all of the parties without digging through dozens of party lists. Well, I decided to spend an hour a day for the last 4 weeks collecting SXSW parties and I’ve added over 300 parties to the calendar between the 12th-18th of this month and all of them take place in Austin Texas. I noticed that there weren’t any tech parties taking place in San Francisco this week so I spent the last 12 hours today compiling these SXSW parties onto my calendar. I hope you enjoy!

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Check out SocialCalendario SXSW 2009 Events List!

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Download the List to Outlook, Entourage, Google Calendar and Apple iCal

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Subscribe to The SXSW Party List via RSS

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We’re super excited to announce the launch of our completely redesigned Discoveries widget in Yoono version 5.4. We’ve taken your feedback (much appreciated, as always) and the team has been working really hard on this update - we think you’re going to really like it! The new Discoveries widget really makes exploring the web so much more fun. Maybe too much fun - you may find yourself doing so much exploring that your productivity at work suffers…so use with extreme caution, especially in today’s economic climate.

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So what’s new? Yoono Discoveries now recommends related websites, news, videos, products, images and more - all in one sidebar panel!

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♦ Content You Love - Great recommendations for related content from Yoono and trusted partners like Google, Amazon, eBay and more.

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♦ Easy to Use - Simply browse the web and watch discoveries automatically update or enter your own search directly in the sidebar.

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♦ Everything You Need - Get related websites, news, blog posts, videos, images, products, wikipedia entries, Google searches, product reviews, and social network posts, all based on the site your are viewing or a search term you’ve entered in the Discoveries search box.

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The update is available now and can be downloaded at the Mozilla Add-Ons Page. We’re always listening and always improving our product so leave us feedback on Twitter or in the comments below. And stay tuned for more great stuff in the very near future.

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The Yoono Team

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