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| 8 Essential Apps For SXSWi Attendees | | SXSW kicks off Friday in Austin. A great place to learn about new companies, make new friends, and network with interesting people –- the experience can get a bit overwhelming if you’re not prepared. To help along with the process we gathered together a collection of apps that are bound to make your SXSW experience run a little more smoothly.
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| Dyson’s New Fan Heater Works For All Seasons | | 2:17:15 AM | Camille Bautista |
| Dyson, the company that re-invented the vacuum and made fans cool again, introduced a new product for all four seasons. The Dyson Hot + Cool bladeless heater fan can keep you warm in the winter and provide cool air in the summer. The AM05 model is an upgrade from the previous Dyson Hot and increases the velocity of the cool air by 33%.
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| What's the Secret Behind Amazon's Super Smooth Drop-Down Menu? | | Thursday, March 07, 2013 9:34 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Some say good web design is supposed to go unnoticed. But when it's as clever as Amazon's smooth drop-down menu, people take a closer look. You may not have spent too much time thinking about Amazon.com's mega drop-down menu the last time your reordered socks, but Ben Kamens, who is lead developer at Khan Academy, broke down the principles behind the design in a post on his site.
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| Thirst Anaylzes RSS Feeds to Determine What's Hot | | Thursday, March 07, 2013 7:59 PM | Emily Price |
| AUSTIN — Mobile app Thirst won the SXSW Accelerator in 2012 as a Twitter magazine, of sorts. It analyzed Twitter in real-time, organized tweets by topic, and presented that content in an easy-to-read way. A year later, the app is back at SXSW, now with a slightly revamped version that (instead of focusing on Twitter) now focuses on what you read online. Launched three weeks ago, the new version is closing in on 100,000 downloads.
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| Smart Computer Mouse Carries Your Digital Identities Between Devices | | Thursday, March 07, 2013 6:01 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| It's a gadget we likely overlook everyday that has only seen incremental innovation in the last decade: the computer mouse. Now, a European company wants to not only make the mouse "smart," but more mobile by moving with you across devices. Designed by the team at Italy- and UK-based firm Laura Sapiens, the Ego! Smartmouse stores your digital identity and files, allowing you to move across various computers and systems.
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| 'Iron Man 3' Inventor Fair Looks for a Real-Life Tony Stark | | Thursday, March 07, 2013 5:06 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Marvel Studios announced the Iron Man 3: Inventor and Innovator Fair, a competition for students that looks to find young tech groundbreakers and — perhaps — a real-life Tony Stark in the making. Sixth- through ninth-grade students throughout the United States have been asked to create projects based on themes from the movie, including securing cyberspace and engineering tools of scientific discovery.
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| 3D-Printed Skull Implant Ready for Operation | | Thursday, March 07, 2013 1:37 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| 3D printing technology has helped replace 75% of a patient's skull with the approval of U.S. regulators. The 3D-printed implant can replace the bone in people's skulls damaged by disease or trauma, according to Oxford Performance Materials. The company announced it had received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its skull implant on Feb.
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| Free App Magically Turns Your iPhone Pics Into Videos | | Thursday, March 07, 2013 12:01 PM | Emily Price |
| Takes, a new app making its debut at SXSW is attempting to reinvent how you take photos. The iPhone camera app takes photos as you traditionally might with your smartphone camera, but then goes a step further to turn those pictures into unique, shareable videos clips, complete with a soundtrack. “It’s as easy as taking photo, and you get a cool video,” Amit Man, founder of Takes, told Mashable.
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| Weatherman's Wrong? Don't Blame Doppler Radar | | Thursday, March 07, 2013 10:49 AM | Christine Erickson |
| Doppler radars help us get ready in the morning. They tell us whether to pack an umbrella or leave the coat at home. And they help us navigate conversations with anyone — because we all have a strange fascination with weather. But Doppler radars also used for more than just weather tracking — doppler radars can be found in aviation, police speed guns, radiology, health care and missile systems.
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| 10 Top Cases for Your Nook HD+ | | Thursday, March 07, 2013 10:30 AM | Amy-Mae Elliott |
| If you're rocking a Nook HD+, you're going to want to protect that glossy 9-inch display as best you can. We have found the 10 great cases available for the Barnes & Noble tablet. SEE ALSO: Ebooks or Printed Books: Which Are Better for You? Take a look through our superb selection of cases and covers in the gallery above. Let us know in the comments below which designs you like.
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| Facebook's New News Feed And Other News You Need to Know | | Thursday, March 07, 2013 9:36 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Facebook is expected to unveil an overhauled news feed today, with more emphasis on rich media, like photos and videos — and ads.
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| MessageMe Brings Rich Media and Context to Mobile Messaging | | Thursday, March 07, 2013 7:52 AM | Christina Warren |
| Just in time for SXSW 2013 comes MessageMe, a new iOS and Android app that offers group and individual messaging, but with twist. On the surface, MessageMe looks like any group or individual messaging app — such as GroupMe or WhatsApp. You can send messages, of course, just as one would via SMS.
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