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Career-enhancing connections make the SXSW Interactive Festival so special to so many digital creatives. Come to Austin in March to connect yourself (or your company) to the new ideas, new technologies and new business opportunities that will shape the future, as well as game-changing insights from the world's most innovative thought-leaders. Registration for the 2014 SXSW Interactive Festival opens the first week of August 2013 -- buy your badge early to take advantage of the lowest prices and the best selection of lodging.

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Registration for SXSW 2014 Begins Thursday, August 1

Created by Hugh on May 28, 2013
Music Film Interactive

Grumpy CatGet ready, you guys

Planning to attend SXSW 2014? Then set a calendar reminder for Thursday, August 1, the day when registration for next year's event officially opens.

Next year's events are sure to be a mix of innovative speakers, groundbreaking films, and all the bands you'll be talking about all summer and beyond.

Registering for SXSW in early August offers two very important advantages -- the biggest discount on registration fees and the best choice of Austin hotel rooms.

Watch Sir Tim Berners-Lee at SXSW 2013: The Man Who Invented the Web

Created by Hugh on May 27, 2013
Interactive

A visionary whose innovations paved the way for the Internet as we know it today, Sir Tim Berners-Lee now serves as Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). At the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, he anchored a standout featured speaker lineup that showcased some of the most creative minds in the new media industry.

Recipe for a Viral Video

Created by Andrea on May 24, 2013
Music Film Interactive


What’s the recipe for a viral video? The rock-pop band Atomic Tom seems to have found at least one answer: a talented set of musicians, AT&T smartphones and an unsuspecting subway car full of New York straphangers.

Share your Startup Tips with V2V #V2Vstartuptips

Created by Christine on May 23, 2013
Music Film Interactive V2V

Lounge Photo by JW WalthallPhoto by JW WalthallToday we launch our #V2Vstartuptips Twitter conversation to share ideas and take a glimpse into the type of advice you could receive at SXSW V2V. Whether you’re a seasoned entrepreneur or just beginning your first startup venture, you’ve all received opinions from your friends, family, and mentors--and that’s what we want to hear.

What makes your business tick? What helped you get through the early days? What took you to the next level

The After-SXSW Acquisition: Tumblr Is This Year's Instagram

Created by Hugh on May 23, 2013
Interactive

David Karp at SXSW Interactive 2013David Karp at this year's SXSW. Photo by Rebecca Hedges Lyon

Last spring (shortly after its founder Kevin Systrom spoke at the 2012 SXSW Interactive Festival), Instagram was purchased by Facebook in an amazing $2 billion deal. This spring (shortly after its founder David Karp spoke at the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival), Tumblr has been bought by Yahoo for a cool $1.1. billion. If you missed his session "Building Tools for Creativity" at this year's event, you can check out Karp's talk here.

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