Mike Tuttle

Imagine you have an idea you want to get off the ground. Maybe it’s a children’s book you want to write and need to pay for illustration, layout or cover design. Maybe it’s an animated short film that’s burning a …

The Electronic Frontier Foundation team will be at SXSW 2012, of course. They have announced the panels their members will be appearing on at the Austin festival this weekend. From the EFF blog: EFF Intellectual Property Director Corynne McSherry will …

The firestorm over Rush Limbaugh’s “slut” remarks aimed at Sandra Fluke has not died down. Daily tallies of fleeing advertisers are being kept. Yesterday, as Limbaugh’s program was just getting started, he took a few minutes to explain to his …

A Baylor University research study finds that gamers get more pleasure from motion-based video games, Baylor University researchers find. The newest motion-based video games — which are more interactive than standard video game systems with gamepads — are more realistic, …

Communication technologies including smartphones and laptops could now be 1,000 times faster. A University of Pittsburgh team has generated a frequency comb with more than a 100 terahertz bandwidth as a means to process communications data at a remarkably rapid …

SXSW 2012 released a new “Three-Minute Update” yesterday. There are great tips for getting into movies at the festival, even if you don’t have a Film badge, news on the live streaming of Bruce Springsteen’s keynote, and how where to …

A stock photo company is running a presentation of photos gathered from SXSW 2012. Shutterstock Images started a guerrilla marketing campaign to document the events, fashions, and energy of SXSW Interactive, the annual technology festival in Austin, Texas. The program …

Rush Limbaugh has been using bumper music from Canadian band Rush and British singer Peter Gabriel for years to ease the show in and out of his ever-decreasing commercials. No more. When Limbaugh told Sandra Fluke and “the rest of …

Bear Silber of Wailuku, Hawaii was sick. He had been to doctors, had lots of tests. But, he was not getting any better. He had no insurance. He was hiding away in his own home, in constant pain. One day, …

Rush Limbaugh’s most recent foot-in-mouth moment was calling Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a slut and a prostitute. Advertisers began to jump ship at an alarming rate. Limbaugh issued a Saturday blogged apology in which he said that his “choice …

On one of the StartUp Buses headed to SXSW 2012, this bumpy video was shot by Thomas Mulready from CoolCleveland.com. This video was uploaded 5 hours ago. The bus is probably still on the road. The bus is loaded with …

The gentlemen from the National Film Society took time out of their otherwise busy schedule to step in front of the video camera and explain the basics of SXSW. You could read the Wikipedia article on SXSW. You could visit …

The guys at Flow Nonfiction sat down to discuss the local Austin scene, recommend restaurants, debate local beers, and even tell you how to recover from all the restaurants and beer. Local watering holes, and literal local watering holes were …

Verizon Wireless today introduced HomeFusion Broadband: a new service that provides high-speed in-home Internet access using the power and speed of the nation’s largest 4G LTE network. The solution will offer households in areas with limited broadband options a reliable …

Daily deal giant, Groupon, announced their SXSW itinerary today. They also established a specific SXSW Twitter presence with the @GrouponSXSW handle. They will be there March 9-13. Groupon blogged to specifically announce these events: Tech Career Expo: Normally one would …

After Mike Fossum and others reported earlier that Netflix was still advertising with Rush Limbaugh, people started calling the company, Tweeting, and canceling services. @RonHoganRon HoganContinuing to advertise on Limbaugh’s show may prove an even stupider business move than Qwikster, …

Dear Pinterest, The 502 errors are getting old. For a website that has the claim to fame of being one of the fastest-growing on the Interwebs, and having garnered a fistful of VC dollars, the frequency of the dreaded 502 …

Eloqua is giving people that are attending South By Southwest (SXSW) the chance to experience Austin like a local. The company is holding a sweepstakes with prize packs that have something for every kind of SXSW fan — music lovers, …

Digital marketing agency iCrossing is present at SXSW 2012. Gabriela Lazzaro, senior audience manager of iCrossing’s Live Media Studio, will participate in a panel, Stand with Planned Parenthood: A Crisis Response on Sunday, March 11, at 9:30 a.m. The panel …

One of today’s hot topics at SXSW is “ambient social networking”. And the charge in that area is led by the new location-based social app Highlig.ht. Here is what Highlight tells us about their product: Highlight is a fun, simple …

SP Controls is readying the second generation of its popular Doceri iPad-based whiteboard and presentation software for release this spring and will unveil a sneak preview at this week’s South By Southwest (SXSW) LAUNCHedu event. The new Doceri software will …

SocialChorus is a company that matches brands with social influencers who can help them sell what they have to offer. “Social media has democratized the power of influence, and accelerated the growth of social influencers,” said Gregory Shove, SocialChorus Founder …

USA Today has released new app for iPhone and iPod touch. The new USA Today App includes a new user experience including simplified navigation with easier and faster access to readers’ favorite features. The USA Today App now features new …

As mobile devices and applications extend the boundaries of the workplace, information technology (IT) departments must create new policies and procedures to keep the mobile enterprise accessible, available and secure, according to research released today by IT industry association CompTIA. …