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The rumors are true: Timberlake will be performing at SXSW, taking the stage at the last of the Myspace Secret Shows on Saturday night in Austin. Which makes all too much sense, since Timberlake himself is an investor in the (outdated) social media company.
Google stole the stage at SXSW on Tuesday when it spent an entire session getting developers excited about Glass, its very 21st-century venture into wearable computing. Honestly, the presentation sounds pretty exciting.
While it can be tough to keep track of the actually exciting news amidst all the panels and tweets from both the interactive and film parts of the festival, well, there might be a Trainspotting sequel! And people have seen the new Arrested Development episodes now!
Harmony Korine's new movie, about kids played by former Disney stars doing very bad things with a cornrowed James Franco, has its U.S. premiere this weekend at SXSW, and it's sure to be the topic of too many discussions. And look here: it already is!
The era of the Social-Mobile-Local app has finally closed at SXSW Interactive, thank goodness.
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It took only a matter of hours for Austin to transform from a city of tech nerds to a festival of music junkies as the CNN Grill, like so many tech moguls, stole away from Austin in the dead of night.
We're into the Monday doldrums at SXSW. Three straight days of walking and talking and drinking, yet somehow people still feel compelled to go outside and keep talking and walking and drinking.
Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Did you guys now that the uber-amazing South by Southwest festival (aka SXSW, aka "South by" [if you're a monster]) is happening, like, right now in Austin? For those confused by their Twitter feeds right now, we'll try to translate.
Day Three at South By Southwest came in like a wet lion and is going out like a very well-tanned and much happier lamb.
The first full day of SXSW Interactive offers a dramatic choice: Dive in head first and let the madness swallow you whole or stand back wait for good to stuff to come to you.
Today is the first day of SXSW Interactive and despite no insider access or privileged information any kind, we're determined to guide you though this annual gathering of the Geekiest Generation.
For the third year in a row, a bunch of buses filled with tech nerds are en route to Austin, Texas, for the annual South by Southwest interactive/film/music festival.
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