Accomplished entrepreneur and author Alistair Croll describes on video how to leverage data to reduce risk and increase your chances of success during startups processes. Sometimes the best way to solve a problem is through trial and error. As it [...]
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A second generation of wearable computing is emerging that focuses on design and a so-called glanceable UI. Valley startup Misfit Wearables is leading the charge, and trying to create a new type of user experience.
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Yes…that’s me floating above Shaq’s head. One of the highlights of SXSW Interactive this year was Dr. Shaquille O’Neal (did you know he had a doctorate degree?). He joined me on stage at the Long Center for Performing Arts to a theater packed with adoring fans. Before we took the stage, we spent some time [...]
Last week, Tumblr hit a major milestone: The platform now hosts more than 100 million blogs and sees more than 150 million unique visitors a month.
Yet, Tumblr is still something of an enigma. The company hasn’t clearly defined how it will make m…
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?
My friends: Alistair Croll (BitCurrent, Year One Labs, GigaOM, Human 2.0, Solve For Interesting, the author of Complete Web Monitori…
SocialTimes reported that wearable computers were the fad at SxSW. Some of their wearers agreed to share their data — when they slept and for how long, if they worked out, and so forth. We now know, for example, that Dennis Crowley, while appeari…
When he’s not starring in movies and television, Adrian Genier is a serial entrepreneur. Most recognized for his role as Vincent Chase in HBO’s Entourage, and also the upcoming movie, Grenier has co-founded or invested in several companies including SHFT, Fansnaps, and Churchkey Can Co. Now he’s at it again but this time, he’s changing [...]
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?
My friends: Alistair Croll (BitCurrent, Year One Labs, GigaOM, Human 2.0, Solve For Interesting, the author of Complete Web Monitori…
As the 2013 official SXSW t-shirt sponsor, Gap took to its social media channels to activate a series of free-spirited fashion and music themed content and events in Austin, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. From launching the brand’s official Tumblr site, to curating personalized content across Pinterest, Instagram and Vine, companies and brands [...]
How Gap Activated Its SXSW Presence is a post from: Convince and Convert: Social Media Strategy and Content Marketing Strategy
Headliners may draw the most attention going into the SXSW music festival with a bigger following (and usually a bigger font), but lesser-known groups can still walk away with the most buzz once the festival ends. This year, three bands stood out abov…
We reported that Memoto, a camera that attaches to the user’s clothing and automatically takes two pictures a minute, was one of the hottest products at SxSW. But the obvious question is, how good could pictures taken this way be? There are a lot…
Editor’s Note: We thought it would be nice to hear from a panelist at this year’s SXSWi conference, so we asked Social Media Is Bullshit (St. Martin’s Press) author B.J. Mendelson, who spoke on the ”marketing is bullshitR…
Neurotrack, a startup built on years of neuroscience research, says it can identify patients at risk for developing Alzheimer’s years before the onset of the condition.
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Google X is a lab where the company hatches big ideas like driverless cars or Google Glasses. The head of the lab told an audience about what the the place does to foster and protect a Peter Pan level of creativity. 
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The Internet’s future? Mashable speculates that it could be mind-bending (literally) or “maybe we’ll just print 3-D emoticons and cat holograms,” concluding “The Future Looks Terrible.”
The South by Southwest tech festival may not be a great place for apps to break out anymore, but a couple of consumer hardware products have generated a lot of buzz and pre-orders at this year’s event.
Perhaps the single-most talked about product…
NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal announced his retirement via his start-up Tout. At SXSW Shaq is looking for a next big start-up. First we will take a look at the trend called micro-video marketing. Next we will explore Shaq’s first start-up [...]
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Foursquare CEO and co-founder Dennis Crowley indicated that the company does not need users to check in to businesses and other points of interest to retain relevance as a local search engine, suggesting that the company can rely instead on data sent f…
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SxSW Has ‘Gone Hollywood,’ Gossip Press and All (SocialTimes)
With the absence of breakout startups emerging from South by Southwest since Foursquare in 2009, many are wonder…
Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp described Tumblr as a return to the early Web, in which every user could express his or her own style, crticizing the uniformity of current social networks in a talk Sunday at South by Southwest.
“The Web started…
With the absence of breakout startups emerging from South by Southwest since Foursquare in 2009, many are wondering whether SxSW has become simply a spring break for the tech set.
For instance, SocialTimes received this pitch:
“Is South by Southw…
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