Social networking is expanding the audience for some of Austin’s biggest events this fall. During UT’s first football game of the season, thousands of fans who did not have access to the new Longhorn Network were able to watch an unsanctioned live stream of the game thanks to a series of tweets and blog posts, [...]

Austin-based Whole Foods Markets (WFMI) today became the first national grocery to offer a daily deal through a coupon aggregator. Whole Foods is offering $20 worth of groceries for $10 to visitors to the LivingSocial website. In addition, $5 of the proceeds from the promotion will go to the Whole Kids Foundation, which supports schools [...]

While unemployment may be a key political issue moving into the next U.S. presidential election campaign, tech workers in Silicon Valley have never been more in demand, with skilled engineers still being snapped up by the top tech talent in the area. Firms like Google, Facebook and Ebay continue to say they are having trouble [...]

In a nation already burdened by billions in debt, spending money we don’t have is getting even easier. Handset makers are scrambling to release phones that can be used as credit cards. Near field communication (NFC) is the technology that allows data exchange between two enabled devices that are close to one another. A mobile-payment-enabled phone can [...]

Deutsche Telekom | September 2, 2011 | Press Release “Smart Connect” is the management platform for the smart home. It integrates various home management technologies: windows, lighting, shutters/blinds, alarm systems, or home appliances can be easily controlled remotely with a smartphone or tablet. The platform provides a secure and flexible infrastructure for manufacturers and vendors [...]

Residents of five Central Texas counties received phone calls this weekend telling them to evacuate their homes ahead of uncontained wildfires. The calls came from the Emergency Notification System of the Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG). Most of the calls came on landlines, which are registered automatically with CAPCOG through the counties’ 911 databases. [...]

A survey commissioned by Unisys to IDC about the “IT Consumerization” phenomenon in Brazil indicated that companies may increase their IT support for tablets and smartphones next year because more employees are bringing their own equipment to work. IT support for iPads, for example, should jump from 18% (today) to 46% in the next 12 [...]

While carriers and banks discuss mobile payment business models in Brazil, without anyone taking an m-payment leadership role, companies around the globe may launch initiatives that could deeply impact the space. “The recent launch of Google Wallet, the Android operating system turns smartphones into electronic wallets, allowing you to make payments and get discounts by [...]

How do you shop? Do you prefer to go to the mall or are you one of those people who buy everything through the Internet? A global survey from IBM Corp. with 30,000 people around the globe showed that when it comes to shopping, Latin American’s consumers are more likely to adopt technologies such as [...]

Big Blue held its 5th IBM Forum in São Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25. During the event, company said that cloud computing and emergent markets are pillars of its growth. Check below Don Tapscott: The age of networked intelligence is rising Author of “Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World,” he explained that through [...]