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Mass. tech start-ups excel in Texas competition

Trio from Cambridge capture top prizes at SXSW Interactive

By D.C. Denison

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 19, 2012

It was a good week in Texas for the Massachusetts tech community. Cambridge companies took three of the top six prizes in the Accelerator competition for start-ups at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Tex., the sprawling multi-day conference known as SXSW. The three, all with roots in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, were among 670 contestants in the fourth annual SXSW Interactive Accelerator, which awards “advancements in social media, mobile applications, web entertainment, and more.’’

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