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It’s a time-honored tradition at SXSW for companies to give away breakfast tacos in order to capture your attention and it worked on me with Loku Pocketbook. After scarfing down a tasty taco, I was pretty impressed with what the team is trying to do with its location-based, content discovery service. Loku Pocketbook is an…
One of the great things about SXSW is that you get a chance to take a first look at games like Angry Birds Space but you also get only-in-Austin moments like a dance off in the middle of the streets to celebrate the game. In the video below, you’ll see how some of the “birds”…
We’ve been hearing about Isis for a while now but at SXSW 2012, the NFC-based payment system had its first real coming out party and we had to check it out. With the backing of nearly every major U.S. carrier and pledged support from most of the largest credit card companies, Isis has the potential…
I’m on the ground here in rainy Austin for the SXSW festival and I made a beeline for the Samsung blogger lounge because Rovio was showing off Angry Birds Space for the first time. You know we had to see how these angry birds would fare in zero gravity. Rovio has pumped out a lot…
It’s been a huge day for mobile news, as Apple unveiled the new iPad (yeah, that’s what it’s called) and everyone’s waiting to see what happens next. In the meanwhile, Apple has released the full introduction video and you can watch the whole thing from Apple’s site. To catch you up, here are a few…
We’re just a few hours away from the unveiling of the next iPad and it’s clear that Apple will reassert its dominance in the tablet market with this new device. While we expect the iPad HD/iPad 3 to have some incredible new features, this may be the year that Apple finally finds some real competition…
We’ve covered SoundCloud before and believe it’s an interesting company that is trying to be the YouTube of sound. I happened to be in Berlin after our coverage of Mobile World Congress 2012 and decided to stop by SoundCloud’s headquarters and give you a peak at it. Located in the Mitte neighborhood, SoundCloud actually has…
While the huge news of the week will be the introduction of the iPad 3/iPad HD, many in the tech industry will be heading to Austin for the big party known as South by Southwest Interactive. Every year we see some technology or app break out – the big craze last year was group messaging…
Apple is set to unveil its next iPad on Wednesday and this device will likely set the bar for the tablet market in 2012. Let’s take a look at what we expect the company to unveil, as well as what we’d like to see from the next version of the Apple tablet. iPad HD, Retina…
We’re just about wrapped up with Mobile World Congress 2012 and the largest mobile-focused conference was filled with major announcements from nearly every company. Not everything was a home run though, so let’s take a look at who really stood out from the crowd. Winners Android Google’s Android was the star of Mobile World Congress,…