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The people at Glad would like you to sleep in their garbage bags (for eco-consciousness!)
In a campaign to promote waste reduction, Glad has reimagined its trash bags into camp tents that can be reused to clean up after music festivals finish.
Welcome to the real world: Hardware takes over SXSW
The hardware evolution cannot be stopped, and even an app-loving festival like SXSW is getting a taste of this digital evolution.
Despite legal battles, SideCar fights the law in the name of carpooling
Don't get it twisted – SideCar may be giving out ride shares at SXSW, but it's not a taxi service. Passengers need not pay anything unless they want to.
VHS-collecting filmmakers urges you to ‘Rewind This’ movie for nostalgia’s sake
Rewind This!' - a documentary highlighting the life and times of VHS format - aims to remind people of the tapes' nostalgia effect.
Word on the street is Kid Cudi, Sleigh Bells, Diplo to head up Myspace’s secret SXSW concerts
Word on the street is Myspace plans to quietly invade SXSW this year with secret concerts - and we've got inside information on who and when.
Backstage at a Bravo TV live show taping: Making television more social on the Web
We were invited to attend a taping of Bravo TV's Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at SXSW. Naturally, we couldn't say no.
Enough! Here are a few ways to mute the SXSW madness
Are you overwhelmed with the amount of SXSW news? Try one of these tricks and get ahead of the overload.
PAR Works MARS app: Augmented reality guide for those who’ve given up on life
SXSW 2013 Interactive Award finalist MARS app adds augmented reality to anything you take a photo of to provide additional data, making life a step easier.
YouTube co-founder teases mystery video collaboration service at SXSW
At SXSW 2013, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley teased the crowd with a few vague details about his upcoming "video-based" collaboration service.
MoviePass CEO Stacy Spikes on how film can win the TV market back
With TV shows becoming more theatrical, the one way film can win back its viewers is to get social, local, and enhance the overall movie-going experience.
Just in time for SXSW, TheHub.fm lets you skip the lines and grab the merch
You can avoid the inevitably long lines to buy a band's merch with a new e-commerce mobile app for bands and fans called TheHub.fm.
Nasa wants to beat Bieber in the Twitter wars (#weapprove)
Social media might be making the world smaller, but NASA is helping us make it bigger - by connecting us to the rest of the universe.
GE brings facial recognition to your morning coffee … but it’s more etch-a-sketch than laser printing
GE is rolling out its Brilliant Brew truck equipped with Barista Bots that can draw your portrait on a cup of coffee. But don't expect realistic results.
Forget social influence, Prollie scores your skills and passions
Klout, Kred, Peerindex track influence and reach, but SXSW newcomer Prollie scores your skills and passions.
MakerBot launches the true 3D printing beginner’s tool at SXSW
3D printer creator MakerBot is spicing up SXSW by unveiling a new printer prototype for people without design experience.
Hands on: Memoto life logging camera prototype debuts at SXSW
Kickstarter success Memoto life logging camera has made its way to reality, and we got a hands on with the miniature device at SXSW 2013.
Break out your calculator, because to win at online dating, you’ve got to do your math
She wanted a husband, so she took to online dating. But to find the lover of her dreams, it would take more than just JDate to churn out random guys.
Since Facebook won’t add a dislike button, here comes the Hater app
Everything is always a bit fluffy on Facebook, where you could only Like statuses and photos. That's why Jake Banks launched the Hater app in time for SXSW.
Want to tweet from the grave? DeadSocial promises online immortality
DeadSocial has officially launched at SXSW - now you can sign up to manage what happens to your social networks after you've dearly departed.
Indie band Quiet Company and the terrifying, murky waters of streaming sites and social networks
Austin-based band Quiet Company has had something of an Internet upbringing, as the first and only group Grooveshark has partnered with.
Inside the #SXSWTechCab, where I traded my digital sins for a free ride
Kendo UI is giver SXSW attendees free taxi rides for a small fee: Confess a technological sin with host Irina Slutsky and she'll be your chauffeur.
Expanding the social barrier: Q&A with Suicide Girls co-founder Missy Suicide
We sat down with Suicide Girls co-founder Missy Suicide to talk about new extensions of her website in the era of mobile apps and microblog platforms.
Flying too close to the sun, or, how I met Grumpy Cat
What happens when the meme of your dreams is inches away? I had the chance to find out - Grumpy Cat is at SXSW.