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AT&T uses COWs to boost SXSW coverage

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Mar 18th, 2011)

Three years ago AT&T took a hit at SXSW with terrible coverage due to unanticipated demand on its service from the then-new iPhone. I was there, and while I didn't have an iPhone at the time (I was still rocking a BlackBerry on Sprint) I did see the slow-to-nonexistent coverage iPhone users ...

Companies to watch, from the SXSW trade show floor

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Mar 15th, 2011)

After a tour of the SXSW trade show floor, here are some of the companies we'll be profiling in the coming weeks. Of course, there's always a mix of companies at SXSW: some film, some music, many web services -- but far fewer social media companies than last year. We've covered RedLaser and ...

Liveblog from SXSW: Can indie iPhone game development survive?

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Mar 12th, 2011)

SXSW Interactive has just begun and I'm sitting in a panel with a group of rock star game devs (well, some are more designers, and Alan Knitwoski is not a dev, but a business guy): Stephen Broumley, Peter Franco, David Kalina, Heather Kelley, Alan Knitowski. They will attempt to answer the ...

Dispatches from the iPad 2 front lines

by Steven Sande (Mar 11th, 2011)

11:45 AM (Steve Sande): I'm here at the Aspen Grove Apple Store in Littleton, Colorado, and fortunately it's warm and clear. I'm at about the 20th person in line, and my cohort in crime Erica Sadun just showed up. It's a congenial group in line this morning. Apparently, the first person in ...

Apple has set up a temporary Apple Store in Austin, TX for SXSW

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 10th, 2011)

Apple is leasing retail space in downtown Austin for the upcoming South by Southwest conference. The temporary retail store will be located at Sixth and Congress Street and preparations are under way for a Friday opening. This debut coincides with the launch of the iPad 2 and the SXSW conference ...

EightBit goes HTML5 for SXSW

by Chris Ward (Mar 9th, 2011)

Sure, Foursquare is fun if you like that sort of thing (me, I'm too embarrassed to show my friends that I barely leave the house, let alone reveal to them where I go when I do drag myself out of my pit). But really, what you want to have is not just more fun than Foursquare offers -- you want ...

Seen at SXSW: rejected app Holopic

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Mar 22nd, 2010)

There's nothing offensive about Holopic. It's a rather ingenious app that (according to the developer) uses just a couple of pictures to create a sort of lenticular lens pseudo-3D effect. That is, when you tilt the image you can see other angles in the image, like 3D, but it isn't true 3D. ...

TUAW @SXSW: Christina talks to Guy Kawasaki

by Christina Warren (Mar 17th, 2009)

Former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki was at SXSW Interactive this week and I had the chance to catch-up with him and talk about the announcement of My.Alltop, a customizable version of Alltop.com. Alltop is a really good way to quickly catch up on a lot of news about a specific topic. NetNewsWire ...

Foursquare tries the Dodgeball concept again on the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Mar 17th, 2009)

We're right in the middle of convention season and as I noted last night on the Talkcast, I'm here in Chicago (at least the weather's nice) instead of down in Austin with the rest of the gang. But there is a little consolation: I've had a chance to try out SXSW's newest software darling, Foursquare. ...

Found Footage: Kevin Rose on iPhone 3.0 features

by Steven Sande (Mar 16th, 2009)

Here's a short video from SXSW with DiggNation hosts Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose, where Rose goes through a laundry list of iPhone 3.0 features that will allegedly be announced tomorrow during the Apple Press Event. This video sounds rather alcohol-fueled -- at least it appears that the ...

TUAW @SXSW: The iPhone Gaming Panel

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Mar 14th, 2009)

Panels at SXSW range from touchy-feely to nuts-and-bolts. This panel was the latter. The panelists came armed with data and didn't pull punches when it came to criticism of the store or other apps.The panelists: Stephanie Morgan from ngmoco, Danielle Cassley from Aurora Feint, Raven Zachary ...

How a MacBook Air baffled airport security

by Dave Caolo (Mar 7th, 2008)

Alternate title: The MacBook Air is a device, but it's not a "Device." Programmer Michael Nygard is used to travel. He's got the process down, from airport to hotel. Unfortunately, the TSA isn't as prepared. While passing through airport security recently, he was pulled aside and made to sit in the ...

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