RCR Wireless News Desk @SXSW to feature live game of Angry Birds : RCR Wireless News will be broadcasting live from Alcatel-Lucent's ElevenAPI Developer Lounge During @SXSW

RCR Wireless News is bringing its 2011 Mobile Broadband Innovation & Opportunity Tour to Austin, Texas, March 10 to March 17. While in Austin, RCR Unplugged Editor Sylvie Barak, RCR Wireless News Austin Editor Marc Speir and special guests will be broadcasting live during SXSW Interactive from the Alcatel-Lucent ELEVEN API Developer Lounge in the Hilton Austin, Room 406.
From its news desk, the RCR Wireless News team will showcase Austin’s own breed of innovation, supercharged by SXSW Interactive, while conducting interviews, producing video news segments and delivering news and analysis straight from the show floor.
Featured guests include Austin’s hottest start-ups including Rick Orr, CEO of Tabbed Out, along with industry giants as they swoop into Austin for one of the world’s leading innovation events – SXSW Interactive. Broadcasts will feature live-action games of Angry Birds, as well as interviews with eBay, Blogher, Yobongo, and more. RCR Wireless News will also be live-streaming hackathons, speed hacking contests, Alcatel-Lucent’s “App Factor” contest, and an interactive workshop from OpenPlug. To see the complete news desk schedule, visit sxsw.www.rcrwireless.com/events/, and to schedule an interview, please visit events.www.rcrwireless.com.
“SWSW is a hotbed of innovation, invention, geek chic and cool, all rolled up in an entrepreneurial spirit with a dash of mad scientist for good measure. That’s what makes it my favorite show of the year; it allows me to interview the most passionate and purpose-filled people out there today” said Barak. “I just know we’re going to be hosting some fantastic panels and hearing some outlandish and amazing pitches on our news desk, so I’m very excited and eager for it all to kick off.”
Broadcasts from SWXW Interactive will take place from 10:30 a.m. o 7 p.m. Saturday through Tuesday. When our editors are not broadcasting live from the Alcatel-Lucent ELEVEN API Lounge, they will be scouring the show floor to bring our audience top news, analysis and demonstrations taking place at the show.
“As mobile operators, device companies, equipment manufacturers and software companies jump on the mobile broadband revolution bandwagon, they are increasingly looking out of the box for innovative solutions” said Jeff Mucci, CEO and editorial director of RCR Wireless News, “SXSW Interactive is becoming a must stop location to see early indicators of the next big thing.”
Back for its second year, the Alcatel-Lucent ELEVEN API Lounge cranks up the volume in an “ultra-lounge” where SXSWi’s rockstar developers can relax, eat, drink, get online and collaborate with Alcatel-Lucent’s Open API Platform team. In addition to music, drinks and astounding prizes, the Alcatel-Lucent ELEVEN API Lounge will feature live-action games of Angry Birds. Also, back by popular demand, come sing, dance, or rap your fav app idea during the App Factor happy hour. Finally, new this year to the lounge, developers can join us for the eBay hangover party and speed hack starting 11 a.m. Sunday.
To read or watch RCR Wireless News video coverage of #SXSW, please visit sxsw.www.rcrwireless.com.