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"Twenty bicycles fitted with GPS devices will transmit their location and have tweets sent from their own account."

This is really cool! I totally want to ride one of these.

Could be influenced by the recent launch of Reward Alerts, a geo-fencing type service. Or SXSW.

Leap Motion, an $80 device that turns any computer into the one from Minority Report. The iPod Mini-sized controller sits in front of the keyboard and reads three dimensional hand motions, allowing the user to interact with the screen without touching it. (The user's hands have to remain with an 8-cubic-foot area.) Unlike some previous attempts at no-touch interaction, Leap Motion doesn't require the user to learn artificial movements.

The Doritos #BoldStage will be dependent on social media activity, and the more activity there is, the better the show will be. Three up-and-coming musical artists (Devin Miles, Seth Sentry, and Snow Tha Product) will compete to determine who will open for the headliners: LL COOL J, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, and Doug E. Fresh.

Called Smileage, the app syncs with Google+ so others can monitor particular trips, and draw in data, comments on photos from all the phones which are synced with the car during any given journey. Users are awarded Smileage points for completing certain tasks, such as uploading photos. Even passing other VW's count, as the app creates a little 'punch' every one is passed on the road.

Here's a video about Smileage: http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/volkswagen-smileage-social-road-trips-powered-by-google/

This brings us to the building pictured to the right, in downtown Austin, Texas. The more energetic the crowd, the greener the building became, so that people outside the event could witness the level to which the crowd was going off. It helped that Nike picked two very high energy bands for this show: Diplo and Sleigh Bells. Nike measured the crowd's energy level by placing Nike FuelBands on the wrists of a large number of attendees, then tracking the activity using customized wireless technology that functions similarly to the way the iOS app works.

FB app that lets users create a new beer. Not sure I see the incentive to use unless you are going to SXSW of the Sam Adams Boston Brewery this spring. 

interesting use of pinterest for event

Finally.. after SXSW

Ogilvy has hired a team of artists to take visual notes during SXSW