For the 4th consecutive year, we’re super excited to announce that the gdgt live Tour kicks off in Austin, Texas. This year, the event is Saturday, March 9th at The Hype Hotel at 301 Brazos St.
When: Saturday, March 9th (7:00pm – 10:00pm)
Where: The Hype Hotel, 301 Brazos Street Austin, TX
Why: Because the world needs more places where consumers can try out new gear and meet face-to-face with the companies making it.
Come on out, have a drink, and check out some of the hottest gear and services around. We’ll have a bunch of great companies there showcasing their newest stuff.
It’s not often you get the chance to tell companies exactly what you think of their products!
That’s what makes gdgt live different. It’s the only tech event series out there with a mission to bring brands and consumers closer together.
gdgt live in Austin is FREE to attend and SXSW badges are not required. You can RSVP below.
We’ll have free gdgt t-shirts for the first few hundred folks in the building, so be sure to get there early if you want one.
Everyone who shows up will have a chance to win some awesome stuff provided by our greatsponsors.
Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, this event 21+ only. We’re not happy about it, but all our other 2013 events will be open to everyone.
After you RSVP, make sure to follow@gdgtfor updates and additional details. We’ll have the sponsors listed below with descriptions up soon so be sure to check back here too.
Make sure to tell your friends and share the event’s info on your social networks. The official Twitter hashtag is#gdgtaustin.
*Members of the media can contact Barry Myers at barry [at] gdgt [dot] com for information about the press preview hour beginning at 6:00pm.
You should also contact Barry if you’re interested in becoming a gdgt live in Austin sponsor.
Special thanks to Zapier for powering our Twitter contest.
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HP   
HP will be showing off its coolest new products, including the HP Pocket Playlist, a new portable storage device that allows you to wirelessly stream your stored content to up to five tablets or smartphones at once, without an internet connection. We will also be showcasing the latest innovations from our ENVY line: the HP ENVY 27-inch IPS monitor with integrated Beats Audio, the HP ENVY 120 e-All-in-One Printer, and the HP ENVY x2. HP fans can bring videos, music, and games to life with these products designed specially to enhance the quality of your entertainment experiences.
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TiVo
The TiVo Premiere 4 DVR brings you all the entertainment you want from TV and the web in one place, with one remote, on one stunning interface, and let’s you record four shows at once. The TiVo Stream let’s you watch your content on up to four devices throughout the house, and then let’s you transfer that content in order to take it with you wherever you go.
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Silver sponsors
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Carbon Audio
Portland, Oregon based Carbon Audio is the creator of Zooka, a Bluetooth tablet speaker that makes your mobile entertainment up to 5X LOUDERER. Zooka was launched in early 2012 after being successfully funded through the crowdfunding website Kickstarter.com.
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Cobra
Cobra will be showcasing new mobile on-the-go tech gadgets and companion apps for Android, Blackberry, and iOS smartphone users. Discover Cobra’s digital lifestyle products, including Cobra iRadar Community, a smartphone-powered iRadar that takes detection to the cloud; Cobra Tag, a personal loss prevention system to protect your smartphones, car keys, etc.; Cobra JoyRide, a smart charging accessory that automatically reconfigures your smartphone settings any time you enter or exit your vehicle; and more.
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Copia
Copia is a socially-‐driven digital content platform that allows publishers to provide users with a custom interactive experience driven by content, community and commerce. Copia’s unique platform reinvents the e-‐book experience and enriches previously static content, making information available through a “one-‐stop-‐shop” across tablets, smart phones, Macs and PCs. Copia’s digital educational content has undergone explosive multi-‐genre growth in the form of e-‐books, videos, native apps, virtual courses and more. Copia reaches over 1,000 college campuses world-‐wide. Its growing international presence includes the U.S., Brazil, Australia and Spain.
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Gogo
Gogo is fast becoming everyone’s favorite part of flying. By allowing travelers to get online, in air, Gogo keeps them connected to life. Using Gogo’s exclusive network and services, passengers with laptops and other Wi-Fi enabled devices can get online on all domestic AirTran Airways, Delta Air Lines, Virgin America flights, and on select Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways flights – as well as on thousands of business aircraft – bringing the total to more than 6,000 Gogo equipped aircraft to date.
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LaCie   
LaCie will showcase its latest mobile SSD storage solutions including the lightning-fast Rugged USB 3.0 Thunderbolt Series and sleek Porsche Design P’9223 Slim. Attendees will also have a unique opportunity to see the limited edition Blade Runner hard drive, designed by Philippe Stark.
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Lenovo
Lenovo will be at gdgt in Austin to showcase some of our latest products. We will have our powerful new IdeaPad Yoga 11 along with a few other fun IdeaPad products. For our ThinkPad fans, we’ll show off the new ThinkPad Helix Convertible, as well as one our brightest stars, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon.
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Logitech
Logitech is a world leader in products that connect people to the digital experiences they care about. Spanning multiple computing, communication and entertainment platforms, Logitech’s combined hardware and software enable or enhance digital navigation, music and video entertainment, gaming, social networking, audio and video communication over the Internet, video security and home-entertainment control.
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Marvell
Marvell – it’s a new breed of semiconductor company. We are revolutionizing the consumer electronics world by providing a suite of low-power, high-performance silicon solutions that are powering the most popular consumer electronic devices today like eReaders, smartbooks, smartphones, MIDs, tablets, and much more. |
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Phiaton
Phiaton Corporation is a premium manufacturer of high-performance headphones, earphones, Bluetooth, noise cancelling, and music docking stations for consumers who appreciate authentic sound reproduction, eye-catching design and superior technology. The Phiaton brand is created for audiophiles who demand the extraordinary from the consumer electronics they buy. Phiaton has heavily invested in R&D and developed a significant portfolio of patented audio technologies over the past half-century.
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Roku
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Seidio
Protecting your device is not always easy, but Seidio’s OBEX utilizes advanced technology that not only safeguards your device against drops, but also keeps external elements like water, snow, mud, other liquids, dust, and sand from damaging your device.
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Simple
Simple replaces your bank with everything you need to spend smarter and save more. Use your Simple Visa Card and our beautifully-designed web, iPhone and Android apps to make purchases, deposit checks, pay bills, save and budget painlessly and withdraw cash from over 50,000 ATMs. No surprise fees and real customer service, no robots.
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Sonos
Sonos is about filling every music lover’s home with music. With PLAYBAR, Sonos’ newest player, we unleash your TV sound and unleash all the music on earth in a simple to set up and control all-in-one player. Come and hear what you’ve been missing in your living room.
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Texas Instruments DLP
Imagine a portable projector that fits in the palm of your hand or is an integrated feature in your smartphone. A mobile projector that can fit in your pocket so you can project anything, anytime, anywhere, while producing a picture that will blow your mind! Those devices are the kind of technology that Texas Instruments DLP will be showing off at gdgt live — the latest in DLP Pico innovation.
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Transporter
Transporter is an online, but off-cloud storage solution for privately sharing, accessing and protecting all of your valuable files.
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Tylt
TYLT will showcase the new Tunz Bluetooth Speaker, and the innovative Energi Backpack as well as it’s full line of smartphone accessories.
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Western Digital
WD will be showcasing its new line of ultra-slim My Passport portable hard drives (for Mac and PC), plus its super fast My Book Velociraptor Duo hard drives with Thunderbolt speeds. WD will also show its My Net family of networking products plus My Book Live personal cloud storage solution and WD TV family of media players.
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