SXSW Recap

5 ways to be successful and human from Buzzfeed's Jonah Peretti

By Caitlin M. Ryan

03.13.13 | 2:00 pm

Buzzfeed is a site mostly known for its comical content and clever listicles, but its success is no laughing matter. Under the leadership of Jonah Peretti, Buzzfeed has transcended purely social co ...

Zoom Zoom

Google brings its self-piloting car to Austin for a test drive

By Aleksander Chan

02.19.13 | 12:29 pm

Google will be testing its self-piloting car in Austin on Tuesday as a part of the three-day Texas Transportation Forum at the Hilton Hotel downtown. As the Austin American-Statesman first rep ...

Festival Look-Ahead

SXSW Interactive announces 2013 programming, featuring Craig Newmark and Chuck Lorre

By Arden Ward

10.16.12 | 2:36 pm

On Monday, SXSW announced the bulk of the programming for the 2013 Interactive Festival. SXSW Interactive will include approximately 450 sessions — most of which came from the PanelPicker pro ...

Zagat Presents: Surf and Turf at Finn + Porter

09.19.12

Tantalize your taste buds with an exclusive four-course menu featuring fresh seafood, prime steaks, and ultra-creative sushi, Austin-style. From a chive aioli-smothered hamachi roll to quail eggs a

www dot what

Web domain giant ICANN makes finding .pizza and .porn easier than ever

By Samantha Pitchel

06.14.12 | 8:30 am

You might be able to find almost anything on the Internet, but ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is worried we might be running out of places to find it. The priva ...

City that never sleeps

Austin lands near the top of the rankings for Most Stressed Cities

By Ben Griffin

06.13.12 | 2:50 pm

Austin is often referred to by tourists and residents alike by its popular moniker “The Live Music Capital of the World.”   More recently, it has become one of the fastest gro ...

digital globe trotting

We cruise Airtime, avoid any crotch-shots and come back confused

By Caitlin M. Ryan

06.06.12 | 10:20 pm

Airtime is kind of like speed dating. Though I’ve never actually speed dated, I imagine I'd feel similarly exhausted after having as many quick "intro" conversations as I did th ...

food frontiers

Where food meets technology: Uchi chef Tyson Cole takes viewers behind the scenes with Google+

By Tavaner Sullivan

06.06.12 | 1:00 pm

It’s not often that an incredibly talented top chef and his team open up their inner sanctum for all to see. But last week Uchi’s Chef Tyson Cole and his all-star team of chefs did prec ...

Tuneful social network

Storytelling on crack: Could Spotify's new Facebook Timeline change music education?

By Joel Luks

04.09.12 | 10:45 am

Facebook changed how we communicate with friends and family. Google challenged how we search for information. The Kindle altered the course of the book industry, and iTunes redefined music consumpt ...

Terminator Eyes

Project Glass: Google’s next step towards total world domination

By Minh Vu

04.07.12 | 10:20 am

Augmented reality glasses — that’s what many news outlets are calling Google’s next invention. Google is simply calling it, Project Glass. What exactly is it? Rumblings o ...