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"AUSTIN \u2014 In the 1997 superhero action movie Steel, Shaquille O'Neal played the armor-clad title character who along with his arsenal of weapons tries to obliterate criminals. But what if instead of fighting bad guys, Steel had to battle the modern-day Iron Man? Mashable asked Shaq to theoretically pit the heroes against each other in a fictitious epic showdown.\n\"Iron Man has me because he has better technology,\" Shaq said at South by Southwest.\n\"But if I would have had the same technology as Iron Man, I'd kick his ass.\"\nShaq, who played 19 NBA seasons and has a master\u2019s degree in business administration, was at SXSW looking for the next hot startup. \nTo do so, he launched \"Pitch Shaq,\" a competition where startups submitted 15-second elevator-pitch videos on Tout \u2014 the same social video-sharing service he used in 2011 to announce his retirement from basketball.\nSEE ALSO: Steve Jobs Rejected Shaq's Request for an Early iPhone\n\nShaq picked two app winners: Speakerfy, which lets users play music in sync on several devices, and Beam, which allows stuff to easily transfer to and from mobile to desktop.\nBONUS: What if Superheroes Were Sponsored by Brands?\n\n\n\nSponsored Superheroes \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBatman \n\nBrought to you by Nike \nImages courtesy of Roberto Vergati Santos \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIron Man \n\nBrought to you by McDonald's \nImages courtesy of Roberto Vergati Santos \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Hulk \n\nBrought to you by Monster Energy Drink \nImages courtesy of Roberto Vergati Santos \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaptain America \n\nBrought to you by Coca-Cola\nImages courtesy of Roberto Vergati Santos \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSuperman \n\nBrought to you by Emporio Armani \nImages courtesy of Roberto Vergati Santos \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGalactus and the Silver Surfer \n\nBrought to you by Microsoft Windows and Apple, respectively \nImages courtesy of Roberto Vergati Santos \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaptain America \n\nBrought to you by UPS \nImages courtesy of Roberto Vergati Santos \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWolverine \n\nBrought to you by Adidas \nImages courtesy of Roberto Vergati Santos \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFlash \n\nBrought to you by Red Bull \nImages courtesy of Roberto Vergati Santos \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHomepage illustration by Evan Engel/Mashable"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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