Cars,
When you think of call centers, you probably don’t imagine a high-tech state of the art facility that looks like it’s straight out of a spy film. Which is why we were so surprised when we were given a tour of GM OnStar’s Infotainment call center in Austin, Texas. The Infotainment call center is where […]
Ever wondered what it would be like to come face to face with yourself? Well, it might not be too much longer until you can find out. Digital artists/wizards James George and Alexander Porter got together with Microsoft and Oculus VR, the people behind the upcoming Oculus Rift, to make it happen – a virtual […]
SXSW is literally a feast for your eyes – and liver, but one of the many highlights of this adrenaline rushing festival this year was Game of Thrones: The Exhibition. The exhibition has already premiered in New York City and Mexico City, and its most recent stop was the Austin Music Hall. For fans and […]
Apps,
There’s been a lot of talk in startup circles about reining in the use of widespread search and recommendation services like Yelp, in favor of more localized, tightly knit networks. One of those is WannaGo, an app that keeps track of your favorite places while letting you know about discoveries that your closest friends have […]
Mindy Kaling rocked SXSW with some revolutionary fitness ideas that, somehow, seem to fit right with the startup crowd hunkered down in Austin. She’s talking about mouth puzzles, and if this interview went off within earshot of a venture capitalist, well, you never know what the future will hold. Our own Jennifer Jolly sat down […]
Technology is finally ready to help dogs be just as big of antisocial homebodies as their human masters! Your furry friend can now move on up into T-Pai, a two-story modern marvel built for doggie luxury.
Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, masters of the modern-day art of revealing state secrets, appeared by way of video chat during SXSW. Assange spoke on Saturday from the Ecuadorian embassy in the United Kingdom, while Edward Snowden, still holed up in Russia, joined a panel today using Google Hangouts (the irony of which was not […]
Apps,
The gamification of life continues apace. Maybe someday, we’ll find a way to win the game of life that doesn’t involve blue and pink pegs in a little plastic car. Until then, we can always work out how to compete – we saw fitness made into a game with a lot of fitness trackers, and […]
The boldest innovator at the tech nouveau paradise that is SXSW might not be in the technology game at all. Dominique Ansel, creator of the now legendary cronut, has bested himself with the chocolate chip cookie milk shot. The new creation – a chocolate chip cookie molded into the form of a shot glass, with […]
South by South West is in its 27th year, and it has come a long way from its grass roots origins. A show that used to be about discovering all things indie and new in the world of music, film and tech, has now become not only a celebrity destination, but a hot mess of […]
$5.7 million dollars later; the Veronica Mars movie has premiered almost a month to the date that the record breaking Kickstarter project began. Marshmallows who were lucky enough to be attending SXSW in Austin this week – were amongst the first to watch the premiere of the Veronica Mars movie. It has been a long […]
Beats Music, the new streaming music service from Beats, isn’t even a few months old and it’s already migrating to the newest of app platforms – the car. At SXSW, Chevrolet announced that Beats Music will be available on the Chevrolet AppShop. The Chevrolet AppShop, which will be accessible via the MyLink display in Chevrolet […]
