Austin

Boxer App Has Some More Ideas About Fixing Mobile Email

Liz Gannes in Product News on June 5 at 6:00 am PT

Boxer, a new iPhone app for managing email, launches today, with some tweaks that may appeal to some — and to others may seem like just more email.

Google Fiber Is Coming to Austin, Eventually

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 6 at 9:49 am PT

Keep Austin Wired.

Google Plans to Announce Something in Austin Next Week

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 5 at 2:02 pm PT

Maybe Google Fiber, maybe not.

Despite Controversy in Austin and Philly, Ride-Sharing Service SideCar Expands to Boston, Brooklyn and Chicago

Liz Gannes in News on March 15 at 5:00 am PT

SideCar’s last two launches included a sting, a lawsuit and 20,000 free rides requested, so this should be exciting.

Ride-Sharing Service Lyft Gets Literal at SXSW, With Piggyback Rides

Lauren Goode in News on March 10 at 2:16 pm PT

Who needs a cab when you can hop aboard a semipro rugby player?

Attention SXSW Hipsters: Watch This Video and Get Some Much-Needed Help

Kara Swisher in Media on March 10 at 11:49 am PT

If you feel like you are caught in an endless indie loop of HBO’s “Girls,” try this.

WordPress’s Matt Mullenweg Talks About Future of Blogging in a SXSW Pedicab

Kara Swisher in Media on March 10 at 9:59 am PT

Rolling through the analog streets of Austin on a digital day.

Some More Inconvenient Truths (Including Spider Goats): Al Gore Talks About “The Future” at SXSW

Kara Swisher in Media on March 9 at 2:06 pm PT

Live from Austin, Texas, it’s the man who brought you the Internet. (Really, he did, along with others.)

Moon Shot: Earthbound Investor Milner Talks About Origins of the Universe at SXSW

Kara Swisher in News on March 9 at 9:18 am PT

Well-known Russian digital dude thinks the big thoughts.

This Year at SXSW, the Next Killer App … Maybe Isn’t

Lauren Goode in News on March 8 at 4:34 am PT

This year’s digital festival in Texas doesn’t have a clear breakout theme as yet.