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Digitech Venture Capital Invests in Connected Car Company CarForce
Oct 11, 2016Digitech Venture Capital Fund, along with technology incubator Seed Sumo and Jason Calacanis, have invested in CarForce, a company that develops connected cars. CarForce was founded by a former eBay Motors executive and has a stellar ...
Tags: Digitech Venture Capital, CarForce
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Marketing Lessons From SXSW 2016
Aug 12, 2016The 2016 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference is a wrap, but the marketing world is still buzzing about it. One of the most talked-about marketing masterpieces at this year’s SXSW was the astonishing installation of a 100-foot Ferris ...
Tags: SXSW, Coney Island, Ferris wheel
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Best Damn Brewing Debuts Best Damn Beer Gear
Mar 16, 2016With SXSW Interactive Festival as the backdrop, Best Damn Brewing is launching Best Damn Beer Gear. In the following months, the brand will release a series of one-of-a-kind items designed to help people enjoy cold Best Damn brews in ...
Tags: Best Damn Brewing, Best Damn Gear, SXSW
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Pauline Van Dongen Manufactures Phone Chargeable Solar Shirt
Apr 7, 2015After her last year’s breakthrough innovation, Wearable Solar, Dutch fashion designer Pauline van Dongen has come up with a revamped version titled Solar Shirt that combines not only the high-tech advantage of charging a smartphone ...
Tags: Wearable Solar, T-shirt features, Apparel
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Feetz Closed on a $1.25 Million Seed Round
Mar 24, 2015Feetz, which specializes in customizable footwear using 3D printing, closed on a $1.25 million seed round. The capital infusion will be used to launch the Feetz platform directly to customers later this year via the first ...
Tags: 3D printing, Feetz, Sporting Goods
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The Futuristic Vehicles Will Be Legal to Drive and Fly, by 2017
Mar 16, 2015Unveiled its flying machine at SXSW, the Slovakian manufacturer has promised that the futuristic vehicles will not only be available for purchase, but be legal to drive and fly, by 2017 - pending approval obviously. Demoing the innovative ...
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Will Your Clothes and Accessories Change How You Live Your Daily Life?
Mar 14, 2014Will your clothes and accessories change how you live your daily life? Wearable devices like smart watches, glasses and activity monitors were a big topic of conversation at South By Southwest Interactive this week - specifically their ...
Tags: Wearable Tech, Consumer Electronics, fashion
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Geek Set Is Slowly Filing out to Make Room for Hordes of Musicians Descending on The City
Mar 13, 2014Bitcoin, 3-D printed candy and George Takei, the Star Trek-actor-turned-Facebook-phenomenon, are among the attractions this week at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, where the geek set is slowly filing out to make room for ...
Tags: Microsoft, digital currency, technology
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Dick's Sporting Goods Commitment to Support Youth Athletic Programs
Mar 7, 2014Dick's Sporting Goods and The Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation announced a $25 million multi-year commitment to support youth athletic programs including donations to local sports teams and the launch of the Dick's Foundation's "Sports ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
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SXcycles Bike Share Program at SXSW Eco 2013 Is Presented by Tern and The City of Austin
Oct 8, 2013Tern is offering share bikes for the?second annual South by Southwest Eco conference, held in Austin this week. For several years, Tern has offered bike shares at Austin's larger SXSW music and technology gatherings held in March. The ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
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Audio Specialist Sennheiser Will Support The American Pavilion
May 9, 2013Audio specialist Sennheiser will support The American Pavilion at the Cannes International Film Festival during its Conference Series this year in Cannes, which will feature panels and one-on-one interviews with the film industry's leading ...
Tags: Sennheiser, Headphones
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Enterprise-Class 3D Printers Will Be Available for Less Than $2,000 by 2016
Mar 29, 2013Widespread adoption of 3D printing technology may not be that far away, according to a Gartner report predicting that enterprise-class 3D printers will be available for less than $2,000 by 2016. With the technology set to become less ...
Tags: 3D printers, PCs, printers
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Google Is Also Reportedly Working on an Android-Based 'smartwatch'
Mar 22, 2013Move over Glass. Google is also reportedly working on an Android-based 'smartwatch' as well as the computerized glasses. While the Glass product, Google's computerized eyeglasses, is still in development, reports are continuing to surface ...
Tags: Google, Smartwatch, Wearable Computer Family
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When Your Computerized Glasses Will Turn on Your Coffee Maker Even Before You Get up
Mar 21, 2013Google envisions a future when your computerized glasses will turn on your coffee maker even before you roll out of bed. Google on Thursday filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for technology that enables ...
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TouchTunes Interactive Network Is The Leader for Interactive Music and Entertainment
Mar 18, 2013TouchTunes Interactive Networks, the industry leader for interactive music and entertainment in 57,000 venues nationwide, enabled crowdsourced music at the 2013 frog SXSW Interactive Opening Party. Held at the Palmer Events Center in ...
Tags: TouchTunes, Interactive Networks, mobile app