Business
March 12, 2014
Man, There Are A Lot Of Brands To Interact With At SXSW, Y’all
Who isn't psyched at the thought of interacting with Samsung, Pennzoil, and Doritos?
Technology
Reporting and analysis about the business and innovations of technology in Texas
Film & TV
March 11, 2014
Mike Judge’s “Silicon Valley” Premieres April 6th on HBO, and It’s Really Funny
Who better to produce a show skewering California tech culture than someone from Austin, which is currently overrun with those people?
The Daily Post
March 7, 2014
GSD&M’s Brilliant App For People Trying to Avoid SXSW Crowds
The Austin-based ad agency created "Avoid Humans," a web app to point users to the least-crowded restaurants, bars, coffee shops, and general areas of refuge.
Technology
March 6, 2014
Press Start to Begin?
It’s taken more than a decade, but Texas has established itself as a major hub for the video game industry. But how big a player can the state become?
Film & TV
March 4, 2014
Revenge Porn Isn’t Illegal In Texas, But It Can Cost You Half a Million Dollars
"Revenge porn"—the public sharing of nude photos of someone on the Internet without their permission—isn't yet illegal in Texas. And after a Houston woman was awarded $500,000 in damages after her ex-boyfriend posted videos and images she gave him to YouTube and elsewhere, it's worth asking if it needs to
Business
March 3, 2014
Will Elon Musk Bring The Future To Texas?
The eccentric billionaire is considering launching his space program in Cameron County and making his car batteries in-state—which could add thousands of space-age jobs to the Texas economy.
Politics & Policy
February 27, 2014
Dan Patrick’s Twitter Typo Was Heard ‘Round The World
By the end of the day yesterday, state senator Dan Patrick's twitter typos had Conan O'Brien talking about him.
Film & TV
February 12, 2014
The Winner of Austin’s Gigabit Internet Wars Is Not Google or AT&T
The two multi-billion dollar corporations have both spent a fortune in the quest to declare themselves the Marco Polo of ultra-fast Internet in Austin, but the company that planted the flag is San Marcos-based Grande Communications.
The Daily Post
February 3, 2014
J.C. Penney Did Not Drunk-Tweet The Super Bowl
The struggling Plano-based department store chain was trying to advertise mittens.
The Daily Post
December 2, 2013
Let’s Talk About That Saginaw Wal-Mart Black Friday Video
A country that places so much value on high-end electronics should probably look in the mirror before it laughs at people for going to extremes in pursuit of owning them.
Business
November 25, 2013
How Do We Feel About Space Exploration Companies Buying Up A Bunch Of Cheap Texas Land?
Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin have both bought up a lot of land along the border. Brownsville and Van Horn are not exactly where you'd expect to find the cutting-edge vanguard of private, high-tech space exploration.
The Daily Post
October 31, 2013
How the Austin Police Department’s Batmobile Technology Prevents High-Speed Chases
High-speed chases are dangerous, and now more avoidable.
The Daily Post
October 9, 2013
The Dallas Teacher Whose Playboy Pictures Leaked Is The Future
Dallas high school teacher Cristy Nicole Deweese posed for Playboy when she was 18—and the photos were discovered over the weekend. But the number of people who've posed for racy pictures in an Instagrammed world means it's time to ask: how much longer will this be a big deal?
The Daily Post
October 1, 2013
The East Texas “Patent Trolls” Score Another Win, And Maybe A Big Loss
The practice of "patent trolls" filing suit in prestigious tech hubs like, er, Lufkin, Longview, and Marshall has been going on for years. After another victory and facing the prospect of a big loss, will the practice survive?
The Daily Post
September 19, 2013
Texas Officers Put Their Policing on Social
Cops take to their cameras with #tweetalongs—but is it fair for officers to tweet out pictures of the people they stop?
Politics & Policy
September 17, 2013
What We Learned From Senator Ted Cruz’s Twitter Q&A This Morning
Senator Cruz answered supporter questions on Twitter to celebrate Constitution Day. Spoiler: He doesn't like Obamacare.
The Daily Post
September 16, 2013
Texas’s Drone Law Is Pretty Much The Opposite Of Every Other State’s Drone Law
Only in Texas is there a law to prevent hobbyists from strapping digital cameras to RC helicopters that also allows law enforcement to watch citizens without a warrant.
Business
July 15, 2013
Dell and Back
Can the company that changed personal computing muster a second act?
Politics & Policy
May 9, 2013
Obamarama, Part 1
Central Texas was the first stop on President Obama's "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity" tour.
The Culture
February 20, 2013
Is Beaumont the Saddest City in America?
Or are their tweets just too profane?
The Culture
February 15, 2013
Jetsons Cars To Become A Reality in Round Rock? Sort of, Maybe
Residents may soon enjoy a ski lift-like public transit system.
The Stand Up Desk
January 31, 2013
Welcome to the New National Home Page of Texas
Forty years ago, as the very first issue of Texas Monthly was being put together by Bill Broyles & Co., Life magazine folded. Though it would later resume publication (before finally folding again in 2007), and though it continues on today as a pretty
Books
January 28, 2013
Bexar County Public Library Will Be Entirely Digital
Announced a judge who himself has 1,000 first editions in his personal library.
January 21, 2013
Those Creepy Phone Pics You Took Might Have Been Immortalized in Print
A New York artist bought a bunch of old phones from a Sugar Land man and published a book packed with the pictures and texts he found in them.
January 21, 2013
Reddit Troll (Sort of) Apologizes on CNN
Arlington resident Michael Brutsch, who was unmasked as Reddit's biggest troll late last week, took to CNN Thursday to issue a half-hearted apology.
January 21, 2013
UTMB Study Finds Nearly 30 Percent of Texas Teens “Sextually Active”
A new study finds that 28 percent of Houston-area teens have sexted, but they're not particularly thrilled about it.
January 21, 2013
UT Professor Hacks Drone
With approval from the Department of Homeland Security, engineering professor Todd Humphreys and a group of students successfully hacked into a UAV's GPS system.
January 21, 2013
Welcome to the Age of Drones
The River Systems Institute at Texas State University has deployed $30,000 drone to study environmental concerns across the state.
January 21, 2013
SXSW: Stratfor CEO Gets “Mic Checked”
During George Friedman's first public speaking appearance since his company was hacked by Anonymous, occupy protesters interrupted a panel he hosted at SXSW, calling him a private spy who worked for wealthy corporations.
Business
January 21, 2013
The Week in Business: Profits, Losses, and Everything in Between
Apple nearly nudges Exxon out of the top spot for most valuable company, JC Penney unveils a new logo, and H-E-B tries to buy its .xxx domain name.
Feature
January 20, 2013
Dell Freezes Over
It’s not just the stock price. It’s not just the executive exodus. It’s not just the flaming laptops. It’s not just the lousy customer service. It’s not just the sagging employee morale. It’s all of these things—and it’s deadly serious. Inside the sudden decline of the world’s most powerful computer
Business
January 20, 2013
The Texas 100: Revenge of the Nerd
He made his first million before many kids finish college. Less than a decade later, Michael Dell continues to confound conventional wisdom.
Business
January 1, 2013
Dialed In
How Randall Stephenson plans to lead AT&T in the age of wireless.
October 15, 2012
Texan Computer Programmer Outed as Notorious Reddit Troll
Gawker's Adrian Chen reveals that the self-described "creepy uncle of Reddit" is 49-year-old Arlington resident Michael Brutsch.
Health
May 10, 2012
ICYMI: Houston Hospital Live Tweets Brain Surgery
Memorial Hermann hospital gave the Twitterverse a play-by-play account of how to perform brain surgery.
April 24, 2012
Researchers Study Habits of Texting Teens
Millions of texts and e-mails from Texas teens who agreed to participate in a four year study could shed new light on the life of the American teenager.
April 20, 2012
UT-Dallas Researchers Make Phones with ‘X-Ray’ Vision Possible
The future is here! Engineers from the University of Texas at Dallas have uncovered how to make camera phones that see through walls.
Business
March 15, 2012
Space: A Profitable Frontier?
Richard Garriott, the video game pioneer and tireless proselytizer of private space flight, posits that old-fashioned entrepreneurialism will drive space exploration in the coming decades.
Business
March 9, 2012
Texas Business Report: Texas Enterprise Fund Spends $21 Million to Woo Apple
The state pays big bucks to bring Apple (and 3,600 jobs) to Austin, Texans eat out more often than residents of any other state, and the Capitol City will bring in $264 million this month.
March 7, 2012
Foursquare Founder Checks Out
Naveen Selvadurai, co-founder of social networking site Foursquare, announced that he was leaving the company on his personal blog. But why?
February 29, 2012
Is McAllen ISD the Most Forward-thinking District in America?
More than 27,000 students will begin receive iPads and iPod touch devices as part of a program to upgrade educational technology and save on future textbook costs.
Business
February 24, 2012
Texas Business Report: BP Gets in the Wind Game
BP has invested more than $1 billion in wind energy in Texas, Dell's stocks take a dip, and every minute spent waiting in line at the border costs companies $116 million.
Food & Drink
February 24, 2012
Win the Weekend: Cars Will Soon Be Driving Us and Other News to Know
A UT study on the traffic intersections of the future, the Perry gravy train is back on the track, and the Spurs lose a game on purpose.
Business
February 10, 2012
Texas Business Report: The Future of the Internet Could be Decided . . . in Tyler?
A Tyler man says he invented the technology that laid the groundwork for the web, Frito sales are on the rise, and Rice could help offer open-source textbooks.
Politics & Policy
February 3, 2012
The President Helps a Fort Worth Engineer Get a Job
During a public videochat, an unemployed engineer's wife asked President Barack Obama why her husband didn't have a job. Now, the offers are pouring in.
The Culture
March 31, 2011
My E-piphany
If Tahitian sailors could find Hawaii using only their testicles, I ought to be able to survive the modern world without a computer. But, hell, it looks like I can't.
Letter from Stephenville
March 31, 2008
The Searcher
When a UFO streaks across our skies— c’mon, the truth is out there!—Ken Cherry gets to work.
The Horse's Mouth
February 1, 2008
Robots
David Hanson on robot love.
Feature
February 1, 2008
Susanne Paul
“She’s the biggest no-brainer I can think of for your February issue. She’s literally the most accomplished female semiconductor designer in the world,” says John Thornton, a general partner at the venture capital firm Austin Ventures, who has put his money where his mouth is by backing Paul’s Black Sand
Feature
January 1, 2006
Rocket Man
Richard Garriott wants to experience space travel because it would be cool—and because his dad did.