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What if Homeless Hotspots is just an Absurdist Art Project?
By now you've probably heard about Homeless Hotspots, a “charitable” initiative spearheaded by marketing firm BBH Labs that turns homeless people into wifi hotspots at SXSWi. The project wants to bring...
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Strange Memories on This Nervous Night at SXSW
Mr. Webb. Rick Webb co-founded The Barbarian Group, a digital ad agency, and is now a writer and angel investor in the tech industry. Like a merchant marine making his annual port of call, SXSW...
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Booting Up: The Turntable.fm Turns Legit Edition
DJ Woo on the ones and twos Licensing deals with Sony, EMI, Warner, and Universal make Turntable.fm makes "less dangerous," but is it still rock 'n roll? [VentureBeat] Homeless men and women defend the...
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How to Avoid Being Pushed Out of the Company You Founded
Mr. Crowley and Mr. Selvadurai at a photo shoot for Italian Vogue. (Based on a photo by flickr.com/dpstyles) Until recently, Foursquare cofounders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai—let’s call them...
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Gary Sharma’s SXSW 2012 Highlights: Jay-Z, Leo DiCaprio, Pool Parties,...
Storyful's Erica Berger, ABC News' Maya Baratz, The Today Show's Rina Raphael and Fashism's Ashley Granata & Brooke Moreland hanging out at TheDaily's now epic Pool Party @ SXSW 2012. (Photo: Nick...
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Why Maturing Sites Should Go All Gladwell in Their Marketing
Mr. Webb. I was sitting at Crif Dogs. The one in Williamsburg. It was sometime around midnight. I was coming home from the Björk show at Roseland, and picking up some burgers and dogs for me and my...
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Techstars Alum Shelby.TV Shutting Down This Weekend, Team to Focus on...
The Shelby team hard at work on... something? (Photo: Reece Pacheco, Artwork c/o http://sirmikeofmitchell.com/ ) Apparently something's up over at Techstars alum Shelby.TV. Cofounder Reece Pacheco just...
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Best Tech Events This Week (The “Sponsor Gary’s Red Tie @ SXSW” Edition!)
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The 16 SXSW Parties You Really, Really Don’t Want to Miss!
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16 MORE SXSW Parties You Really, Really Don’t Want to Miss!
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Best Tech Events This Week (BRITE Conference, Games Hackathon, BUZZtheBar...
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Booting Up: It’s Hardware’s Turn to Shine
(Photo: Blogspot) Looks like hardware may finally be getting its chance in the sun at SXSW. [New York Times] TechCrunch spoke to sources who were in the same fraternity with Reggie Brown and Evan...
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Grumpy Cat Is Already Having a Better SXSW Than You
Grumpy Cat won't stand for anything less than the best. It's virtually impossible to stand out at SXSW, hence elaborate/obnoxious marketing stunts. You could mail out a bunch of sweet potatoes, but...
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Booting Up: All Innovation Everything
(Photo: Mike MIka) Weird guys spying on women through their webcams sounds like something your dad made up in high school to keep you from getting a MacBook. Actually, it's very real--and very creepy....
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Uber Limo Driver Allegedly Raped a 20-Year-Old Customer In D.C., But Won’t Be...
The Washington Post reports that a 35-year-old limousine driver named Anouar Habib Trabelsi allegedly raped a 20-year-old passenger. The woman used Uber's smartphone app to e-hail a black car from...
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Gary Sharma’s Highlights from SXSW 2013 (Grumpy Cat, Elon Musk, Shaq, BBQ...
Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun, singer/songwriter Tori Kelly, IRL Productions' Emily Gannett and billionaire / Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban at Conduit Corner @ SXSW 2013 (photo by Erica...
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Still Hungover from SXSW? Try Drunkspotting, an App That Lets You Draw On...
Mr. Scoble and his advisees (Photo: Twitter/jonmarkgo) "Now, it sounds like kind of a joke," Jonathan Gottfried warned us before launching into an explanation of Drunkspotting, an app that lets users...
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Best Tech Events This Week (Personal Democracy Forum, GoRuCo, SXSW V2V,...
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Best Tech Events This Week (Global Innovator II, Pre-SXSW Mixer, Startup...
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Best Tech Events This Week: Epic Pre-SXSW Party, NYU Entrepreneurs Festival,...
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