Good news for Android users who love faux-vintage photos: Instagram’s Android app is nearing completion.
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom briefly flashed the app on stage at South by Southwest. The Android app is in private …
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SXSW: Why Geo-Fencing Might Change Your Life (and Make You Believe in Location Sharing)
Meet Amber Case: She’s a cyborg anthropologist, questioning the ways we interact with computers, and the founder of Geoloqi.com — a second-generation location based service that uses geo-fences to redefine the concept of “checking in”
SXSW: The Man Who Live-Tweeted the Bin Laden Raid
South by Southwest Interactive may be bursting at the seams with serious Twitter users, but as far as I know, there’s only one guy here who made history on Twitter — and he came to Austin all the way from Abbottabad, Pakistan. …
SXSW: Dropping In on Dropbox’s Drew Houston
For a service that’s beloved by so many people, cloud-storage and syncing service Dropbox is surprisingly controversial. On one hand, venture capitalist (and Dropbox investor) Bill Gurley talks about the company someday being …
EA Says It Sold 890,000 Copies of Mass Effect 3 on First Day
BioWare released Mass Effect 3 on Tuesday to some pretty stellar reviews, including some from critics who weren’t huge fans of the first two games. Apparently people were buying the hype because the game sold 890,000 units in a …
The Twidiot Box: How Do You Use Twitter with TV?
I’m en route to Austin, Tex., where on Sunday I’ll be speaking on a South by Southwest panel, Arts Criticism 140 Characters at a Time, about how Twitter and other social media have affected critics. My answer, in a word: immensely.
via The Twidiot Box: How Do You Use Twitter With TV? | Entertainment | TIME.com.
Can a New Breed of Geolocation Apps Beat Privacy Fears to Make It Big?
Every year, a new crop of geolocation apps springs up at South by Southwest. A city swarming with techies and parties is fertile ground for developers looking to test and promote their products.
But when the crowds leave …
WATCH: Kid in Japan Controls Working ‘Real Steel’ Robot
I’ve always believed that our number one goal when it comes to robotics should be to create real-life Rock em’ Sock ’em Robots, as dramatized in the think piece Real Steel, starring Mr. Hugh Jackman.
It appears that the …
Report Claims Next Xbox Due in 2013, Will Ditch Optical Disc Drive
Microsoft may be looking to abandon optical discs for its next Xbox gaming console, but will still put games on physical media in the form of flash storage, according to a new rumor.
The next Xbox will launch in 2013, but it’s …
Apple’s New iPad Should Be Google’s Wake-Up Call
A strange thing happened during the announcement of Apple’s new iPad on Wednesday: for a moment, CEO Tim Cook stopped talking about his company’s products and started dissing Google’s Android operating system. Cook displayed a …
The YouTube Cinnamon Challenge: Hilarious or Hazardous?
YouTube is littered with videos of people attempting to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon. The results are comical, but the health effects are no joke.
Are High Gas Prices Boosting Online Shopping?
By some account, there has been an especially sharp rise in online shopping during the first couple of months in 2012—a time period that just so happens to coincide with an unusual spike in gas prices.
via Gas Prices: Are They Boosting Online Shopping? | Moneyland | TIME.com.