SXSW

Music blasting into your ear-holes not immersive enough for you? Rhapsody's new VR app brings you as close to the music as you can get without getting sprayed with spit, sweat and god knows what else

We’ve all done it. Cornered at a party by some bore talking about his unimaginative app that will "change the world." All seemingly convincing excuses to leave have already been used by the rest of

More than ever before, SXSW featured discussions about improving civic engagement and how to use technology to help better the world -- from helping assist the 60 million refugees around the globe to

For those with South by FOMO or who want to relive past week glories, we present to you images of this year’s SXSW festivities in Austin, Texas. Flip through the fun. You might even find yoursel

“[Technology can] empower individuals to do things they could have never dreamed of before, but also empower folks who are very dangerous to spread dangerous messages” President Barack Oba

While most people think about hashtags, marketing stunts and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/24/die-solomo-die/">SoLoMo</a> when they hear about the Interactive part of SXSW in Austin, this ye

Don't just drunkenly wander around SXSW. Meet amazing people and catch an unforgettable concert at TechCrunch’s SXSW party. Between 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday March 12, join us at Deloitte

SXSW is a zoo in and of itself, but the Interactive portion of the festival actually had a robot petting zoo within the event this year. While some may think of robots as scary things that could dest

Product design firm Chaotic Moon creates prototypes for some of the biggest brands in the world. It has designed tech products for corporations like Samsung, Whole Foods and Intel. But the Austin-base

Want to get something out of SXSW rather than *just* drunk? Come to TechCrunch’s SXSW party and tell us about your startup, investments or crazy scheme to take over the world. From 6 p.m. to 9 p.

Friday! Along with the weekend, and hopes for good weather, Friday also brings along with it the TechCrunch Gadgets Podcast. It's been a long week, what with SXSW, but we're still alive and wel

Today at SXSW, two of Oculus' cofounders took the stage for a Q&A on the future of their burgeoning virtual reality headset. While they dodged the question that most watching wanted answered,

With its ever-expanding programming, clusterfuckery of housing options and the commercialization of what was once considered a must-attend conference for anyone in the know, SXSW hasn't just jumped th

Apple is putting on a show on SXSW this year, the company just announced via press release. It’ll take place over five days between March 11 and March 15, at the Moody Theater where PBS’ A

I'd wager that most of you reading this didn't make it out to Austin for SXSW, and even fewer of you still have ever gotten some hands-on time with Google's ambitious Glass project. On the off chance

Beyond the edge of SXSW last week, the <a target="_blank" href="http://esri.com">ESRI</a> team camped out in an old brick firehouse with the interior of an Italian palace. It felt like the home of an

When it comes to high-flying superpowers of the tech industry, it doesn't get much bigger than <a target="_blank" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/sun-microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a> back in

We all know that <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton">LeVar Burton</a> has famously played a space traveler in the hugely successful <a target="_blank" href="http://en.w

  Newark’s social media-happy mayor, Cory Booker, regularly grabs headlines for his impressively innovative uses of social media. In response to critics’ tweets, he housed residents i