Category Archives: Consumer Events

Crowdfunding Film Festival Invites Aspiring Filmmakers

Crowdfunding Film Festival

First annual International CrowdFunding Film Festival will be held October 2-6, 2013 in San Francisco. The film fest will bring together artists, filmmakers, and video game creators to showcase their craft, network and get crowdfunded. The film festival has plans

Carolyn Miles Keynotes Mom+Social Event

Carolyn Miles

Save the Children’s president and CEO, Carolyn Miles, delivered the keynote address Wednesday at the first annual Mom+Social conference, where she presented the findings of the agency’s 2013 State of the World’s Mothers report. Leading bloggers, celebrities and activists gathered

USA TODAY Mobile App for Tony Awards

USA TODAY Mobile App for Tony Awards

USA TODAY, a multi-platform news and information company, announced Tuesday the launch of the USA TODAY BROADWAY’S BEST app, its first mobile app dedicated to the Tony Awards. The app, presented by American Airlines, is an opportunity for fans to

Students Make Robots for FIRST Championship

FIRST Championship

This week, more than 10,000 students from around the globe travelled to St. Louis, Mo., to put their engineering skills to the test at the annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship, held at the Edward

LG Invites Fans to Facebook Chat with Joan Rivers

All-Star Celebrity Apprentice

To offer fans of NBC’s “All-Star Celebrity Apprentice” a fun, interactive viewing experience, LG Electronics USA will host a Facebook chat with one of the show’s guest judges, Joan Rivers, live during the episode featuring LG smart appliances, smart TVs

Victoria’s Secret Live to Reveal Sexy Trends

Victoria's Secret Angels

Victoria’s Secret Live! Spring 2013 will broadcast on VS All Access on VictoriasSecret.com today, April 16, (9:00-10:00 PM, ET). To introduce the sexiest trends of the Spring season, world-famous Angels Adriana Lima, Candice Swanepoel, Erin Heatherton and Lily Aldridge will

Robots Getting Ready for the NASA Tech Event

National Robotics Week

The fourth annual National Robotics Week, April 6-14, 2013, will bring together engineers, scientists, students and families to share a passion for technology and learning. Working with NASA and iRobot, the National Robotics Week Advisory Council will debut inspirational videos

Jamie Solimano at Intel Science Talent Search Event

Jamie Solimano at Intel Science Talent Search

Jamie Solimano, 17, of New York chatted with young students Sunday about her research at the Intel Science Talent Search, a program of Society for Science & the Public. Meanwhile, IBM (NYSE: IBM) teamed up with Orlando-area high school teachers

Singapore Tech Startups to Enter North America

Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) today announced it will showcase nine Singapore-born technology startups making their North American debut at the South by Southwest (SXSW), March 10-13 in Austin. According to IDA, Singapore is becoming a hotbed of

Nintendo Invites You to SXSW Show to Play Games

SXSW Gaming Expo

Visitors to this year’s SXSW Gaming Expo are being invited by Nintendo to experience its unreleased games for both the new Wii U home console and the Nintendo 3DS hand-held system. The three-day event will feature the public debut for

IBM Think Exhibit Opens at Innoventions at Epcot

IBM Think Exhibit Opens at Innoventions at Epcot

In celebration of National Engineers Week, IBM (NYSE: IBM) teamed up with Orlando-area high school teachers and students today to unveil IBM Think, a new interactive experience in Innoventions West at Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort. The 6,600 square-foot

Box Tops for Education Town Hall to Premiere via Webcast

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Parents, educators, community organizers and local celebrities rallied together inside the Cosby Auditorium of Spelman College as a call-to-action to improve parental involvement in their child’s education. The Box Tops for Education Town Hall, sponsored by Walmart and Honey Nut

Facebook Live to Cover Data Privacy Day Event

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The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a non-profit public-private partnership focused on helping all digital citizens stay safer and more secure online and official coordinator of Data Privacy Day (DPD) is partnering with Facebook to broadcast the DPD 2013 Kick-Off

Mobile Asia Expo 2013 to be Held in Shanghai

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Global mobile operators’ association GSMA has announced the first details of the 2013 GSMA Mobile Asia Expo, which will be held June 26-28 at the Shanghai New International Exhibition Centre in Shanghai. Now in its second year, Mobile Asia Expo

Hyundai to Debut Future Automotive Technologies at CES

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Hyundai returns to the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), January 8-11, to debut and showcase a number of new vehicle technologies. Along with demonstrations of its Blue Link telematics and infotainment platform, Hyundai will again preview its next-generation concepts and

NASA to Deliver Live Broadcast of Robotics Event

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NASA Television will broadcast the annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Kickoff event on Saturday, Jan. 5, starting at 10:30 a.m. EST from Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester. The event also will be streamed

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