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Folks behind the mobile creation platform ShoutEm are teaming-up with GarysGuide for SXSW 2012, launching the “Austin Party Guide” app to offer the event attendees a “definitive guide to SXSW 2012 parties.” Available as a free download for iOS and Android devices, the application features a categorized events schedule that further relies on location information…
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…
Clik, the app that wants to easily connect your TV and smartphone, is using SXSW 2012 to demonstrate the power of its platform. They’ve launched three new apps exclusive to attendees of the conference — CrowdTube, Tracks and Ethershock — to demonstrate the possibilities of social video, music streaming and gaming. Here’s what you should…
Mobile World Congress was quite the trip this year and while Motorola didn’t announce much at all this go around, its booth was pretty interesting. Showcasing its durable devices, tablets, MotoACTV, and more, the Motorola booth may not have been the most exciting but it was decent to say the least. Our biggest hope from…
Not only did Huawei bring the world its own quad-core processor that will ship in the upcoming Ascend Quad HD, but its booth was probably one of the most ridiculous we’ve seen this year at Mobile World Congress 2012. Ridiculous in a very good way, though. Basically one side of the entire booth was a…
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…
Aside from all the new phones, LG also unveiled a new wireless charger at Mobile World Congress – WCD-800. Designed in the shape of a cradle, it allows users to position their phone vertically to make video calls and send text messages, or horizontally to watch movies while charging. As with other wireless chargers, you…
We may have covered Sony’s new phones earlier in the year at CES 2012 but we decided to snap a few shots of it’s Mobile World Congress booth so you can get a tour of it for yourself. We were hoping to see a bit more from Sony Mobile this year but it looks like…
To say that HTC killed it at Mobile World Congress this year would be an understatement. Not only did it release the best handset at the whole show in general but it also made known that it’s heard some of the complaints it received over the last year and it shows within the new One…
Aside from new phones, HTC also used Mobile World Congress to unveil new APIs, part of its HTC OpenSense SDK. The new set of developer tools includes Beats Audio API, Lockscreen API, Mobile Device Management API and soon a HTC MediaLink HD API — using which developers are able to enhance the audio experience of…