solar evangelists

GeoStellar: Increasing solar power, reducing emissions

By Austin Sanders

03.17.13 | 10:31 am

Now that SXSWi is over, and we've had time digest the innovative businesses present at the conference, there’s at least one that deserves additional recognition: GeoStellar, a group ...

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My very first SXSW: What I've learned, plus some complementary gadgets and apps

By Aleksander Chan

03.14.13 | 1:45 pm

This is my first SXSW ever. Ever. I went to high school in San Antonio and went to college at the University of Texas, and for eight long years, I avoided the annual music, technology and film conf ...

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Futurist Byron Reese speaks at SXSW on how technology will solve the world's problems

By Jetté Momant

03.11.13 | 12:47 pm

An unimaginably bright future awaits humanity — one without disease, hunger, poverty, ignorance or war. Sound like a dream? Not so. According to Byron Reese, futurist and chief innovation ...

SXSW 2013

Moving images: Tracing the GIF's animated history

By Aleksander Chan

03.08.13 | 6:40 pm

Many a link-baiting slideshow and BuzzFeed post have been using animated GIFS, the moving images assembled from videos, sequences of photos or original animations. But how did the initially ch ...

Weekend Roundup

Our top weekend event picks: Go to the rodeo, hang out with NASA and more

By Aleksander Chan

03.08.13 | 10:44 am

It’s here. It’s happening right now. SXSW is on in earnest through next week, and if you want to do anything anywhere remotely close to downtown, be prepared for people, people and more ...

Exhibit: Interact with NASA at the James Webb Telescope

The Long Center for the Performing Arts

03.08.13 - 03.10.13

Free to the public, this exhibit features Microsoft’s interactive World Wide Telescope and activities with NASA that demonstrate how the Webb Telescope will inspire the next generation of sci

Gdgt Live

03.09.13

Because the world needs more places where consumers can try out new gear and meet face-to-face with the companies making it. Come on out, have a drink, and check out some of the hottest gear and se

SXSW Startup Crawl 2013

Capital Factory

03.07.13

Rackspace is hosting an Austin Startup Crawl for the best tech companies Austin has to offer. Shuttles will run from 5-9:30 p.m., which will take guests to more than 40 companies, each of whic

There's an app for that

Local startup UMeTime wants to capture the youth market with university-focused daily deals app

By Aleksander Chan

02.14.13 | 11:29 am

Maybe the best way to capture the youth market, in a city saturated with college graduates who don’t want to leave the city, is to be youthful yourself. In a converted apartment in downt ...

Tech sector

Dell goes private in sweeping $24 billion buyout

By Aleksander Chan

02.05.13 | 10:36 am

In a sweeping $24.4 billion buyout, Dell announced Tuesday that the computer company, struggling to compete in the personal computer market against stiff competition from mobile phones and tablet c ...