Today I found myself attending a lot of Brands and Marketing Track sessions, which most likely stems from my marketing background. As an undergrad, I studied marketing and hope to work within the marketing industry after graduating. I was able to hear amazing panels about what’s new in marketing and some of the big trends […]
Sam Parker a Social Media and Influencer Project Manager at Universal Studio assisted in the “Fountain of Youth: How Brands Can Drink From It” panel on Saturday, March 10 in the Fairmont. Sam, along with her colleague Donna Bates, instagram influencer Ariel Martin, and Amy Cotteleer advocate the advantages and opportunities of using social media […]
Sean Carroll, a physicist and professor at CalTech, will be joining SXSW this year as a panelist discussing artificial intelligence and our place within the universe. The below is an edited transcription of our conversation on that topic and what he hopes to inspire as a panelist at SXSW Interactive. As a physicist, could you […]
In 2016, fame is diffuse. People can chase their dreams of celebrity without having to make the pilgrimage to Hollywood that was once compulsory. Social media has created a culture where someone can rise to prominence on the strength of content they create in their own room. That is, of course, if they’re good enough. SXSW […]
We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet. — CIA (@CIA) June 6, 2014 Admist fears for running out of content and concern for security of classified material, getting the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States on Twitter was almost a clandestine operation all it’s own. Carolyn Reams and Preston Golson […]
Twitter has earned its reputation as both a journalistic haven and a potential ender of careers. Its value in a breaking news scenario cannot be overstated, and yet the viral “fails” the platform has seen continue to define it in the public eye. While Twitter is the favored social media outlet for many in the […]
Apple Making it Even Harder to Hack iPhones After last week’s recent events with Apple and the FBI, Apple engineers have started developing new security measures that will make it impossible for the government to break into a locked iPhone. “What’s at stake here is, can the government compel Apple to write software that we believe […]