SXSW releases 10.33GB of free music

In the grand tradition of South by Southwest (SXSW), the music festival is making available yet again tons and tons of music from participating artists available for free MP3 download. Making it easy for you to download, the files are available for download in two torrent files totaling up to 10.33GB of music. Yes, MP3s might be bit old school in this music streaming age but if you still like to get your hands on these tunes. You can get them here.

Source: Gizmodo

Portable hydroelectric plant can charge your smartphone

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South Korean company Enomad made news a couple of years back when it placed mobile phone charging stations along the country's manmade Cheonggyecheon River. What was special was these stations used the force of the river to turn turbines and generate electricity. Enomad has been able to shrink that concept to fit it into a backpack. The company demonstrated it at SXSW and its also called Enomad. The bullet-shaped device is as large as a thermos and comes with a white translucent cover that hides four propellers you can place into flowing water to charge it up. You can also have it be towed by your kayak or other water vessels. You just need to get the propellers to spin and turn the internal turbine that'll charge the 5,200mAh battery. It supposedly takes about two hours to charge the device in a normally flowing stream.  

When you're finished charging you can take out the rotor section to get to the USB charging ports. It can supposedly charge an iPhone 6 roughly twice. The other use for it is you can put the cover back on and press a button to turn it into a lantern, making it the perfect companion for your outdoor adventures. Enomad plans to launch a Kickstarter project for this in early July with an expected retail price of $180 USD (around $230 CAD). 

Source: Gizmag 

iTunes Festival channel added to Apple TV

The iTunes Festival, which is taking place in the US for the first time and will take place at SXSW in Austin, Texas from March 11-15, will be accessible through an iTunes Festival channel on Apple TV as well as through an iOS app. iTunes Festival is free to watch through these channels and will feature Kendrick Lamar, Pitbull, Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, Keith Urban and Willie Nelson and Soundgarden. Apple TV owners, can go check it out starting now.