What Happens When a Local Business Opts Out of SXSW
Thousands of bands have come to town for SXSW, and many of them are here thanks to one thing: brands. Doritos is reportedly paying Lady Gaga millions to do a show. Chevy is giving people free rides...
View ArticleAt SXSW Trade Show, Other Cities Say They Come to Pitch, Not Poach
Update: KUT's Kate McGee appeared on WBUR's Here and Now to discuss governments pitching themselves at SXSW.Read and listen: Cities And Countries Pitch Themselves At SXSW Original story (March 12): At...
View ArticleComputers That Know What You Need, Before You Ask
We're already giving voice instructions to virtual personal assistants, like Apple's Siri. But artificial intelligence is getting even smarter. The next wave of behavior-changing computing is a...
View ArticleYou Can Buy Your Way Into Texas' Oil Boom. But Is It Worth It?
In the history of Texas, few figures are as colorful as the wildcatters: oil prospectors who gambled big on the lure of black gold and striking it rich, or went broke trying. But what if you could be a...
View ArticleWhy Some Stores Fail and Others Thrive in Austin's Second Street District
Update: Toy Joy was bought Monday by Fred Schmidt, owner of Wild About Music on E. Sixth Street. Schmidt told Time Warner Cable News he plans to keep the store downtown. "We're going to continue with...
View ArticleTo Increase Productivity, UPS Monitors Drivers' Every Move
The American workforce might want to pay attention to all those brown trucks full of cardboard boxes. UPS is using technology in ways that may soon be common throughout the economy.On the surface, UPS...
View ArticleFast-Food CEOs Earn Supersize Salaries; Workers Earn Small Potatoes
At a time when fast-food workers make an average of about $9 an hour, what are the chief executives bringing home?According to a new report, YUM! (owner of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut) compensated its...
View ArticleIn Wake Of Massive Data Breach, Target CEO Steps Down
In the wake of a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of about 70 million customers last year, Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel is stepping down, the retailer's board announced in a...
View ArticleOil and Gas Companies Are Now Poaching Employees From Each Other
The global boom in energy production driven by new technologies like fracking is leading to a shortage of skilled workers. A new report by the human resources firm Mercer says two-thirds of oil and gas...
View ArticleSriracha Maker Says Factory Will Remain In California
Sriracha hot sauce maker Huy Fong Foods has been tussling with the city council of Irwindale, Calif., near Los Angeles for months now over whether the factory's spicy smells harm its neighbors. There's...
View ArticleHow to Manage Your Team Like the San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs may not have rock star players like LeBron James – they don't have the resources. They might not have the youngest lineup, either (to say the least). And no, they're not...
View ArticleAT&T To Acquire Broadcast Provider DirecTV
Telecommunications giant AT&T and DirecTV announced Sunday that the two companies had reached a definitive agreement which would see AT&T acquiring the broadcast service provider.AT&T is...
View ArticleSaying It Was Hacked, EBay Urges Users To Change Passwords
Online marketplace eBay says it was the target of a cyberattack in which hackers accessed a database of its encrypted passwords.
View ArticleReport: Stratfor Hack Orchestrated by FBI Informant
The computer hack of Austin-based Stratfor in 2011 resulted in credit card numbers and damaging emails being leaked online. A new investigative report from the Daily Dot examining still-sealed court...
View ArticleBenefit Corporations Look Beyond The Profit Motive
A corporation has one core obligation: to make money. But some companies are signing a deal, promising to create not only profit but also a tangible benefit to society and the environment. They're...
View ArticleMeet Two African Women at UT With Ideas for Improving Access to Some Basic Needs
Some young people in Africa are struggling with problems that many Americans take for granted – including serious unemployment and access to basic needs.A group of 25 young Africans from 18 different...
View ArticleCould Maker Culture Spark the Next Industrial Revolution?
Everyone has ideas. Machines, inventions, and improvements to everyday products: things that bounce around in everyone's mind. But unless that someone is an engineer, inventor, or tinkerer, those ideas...
View ArticleIn Black America Podcast: Austin Business Leader Natalie Madeira Cofield
On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Natalie Madeira Cofield, President & CEO of the Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce, located in Austin, TX;...
View ArticleWhy Ireland's Opening a New Consulate in Austin, Texas
Ireland is getting ready to do something it hasn’t done that often in the past century: open some new consulate offices. Hong Kong, Bangkok and São Paulo are among the cities selected. Oh, and one more...
View ArticlePaying With Your Phone? You've Got Options – But Are They Any Good?
Next month marks the one-year anniversary of the notorious Target credit card breach, one of the biggest credit card hacks in history.And with consumers wary about credit security, companies are...
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