Showing posts with label SXSW. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SXSW. Show all posts

Monday, March 11, 2013

The Startups Everyone Is Talking About At SXSW 2013

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South by Southwest is an annual technology, film, and music conference in Austin, Texas. It's in full swing right now; tens of thousands of investors, entrepreneurs, writers, and early adopters have flown south to catch a glimpse of the Next Big Thing.

In previous years, Foursquare, Twitter, and Skype-owned GroupMe broke out during the conference. Each gave conference goers a better way to communicate and find friends during their time in Austin.

This year, the break out app seems to be Tinder, and it was already up-and-coming before the conference.

No one is using it in Austin, but everyone is talking about the Hot-or-Not dating app, from Ashton Kutcher to Path's Dave Morin.

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

17 Extravagant Ways Big Brands Promoted Themselves At SXSW

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South by Southwest isn't only a great platform for startups. Brands that want to interact with tech influencers made themselves present in big ways around Austin.

From pop-up skate parks to hosting a live Jay-Z concert, here's how brands went big at SXSW.

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Why is SXSW such a big deal?

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Checked Twitter lately? If not, brace yourself for reams of breathless chatter about the sprawling southern "carnaval" known as South by Southwest (SXSW). Lasting until March 18, SXSW is a 10-day music, film, and interactive-technology festival that each year draws over 200,000 people — fans and journalists alike — to Austin, Texas. But what exactly is it, and what makes it so popular? Here, a brief guide:

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