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Today’s most innovative comedians are not necessarily telling jokes in front of a live audience, on TV, or in the movies. A new golden age of comedy is playing out online and via mobile applications for smartphones and tablet computers. There are apps that showcase the funniest satirists on Twitte ... Full Article »
Sometimes I wake up with a hop in my step and think, “Hey there, I’m not so old!” But other times, everything I love is disappearing from store shelves, nobody is the same as they used to be a few years ago, and I ache in weird places and getting old feels real and terrifying. Another reminder ... Full Article »
“Ed McMahon turns gangsta rapper” might sound like an Onion headline to you, but did you know it actually appeared across multiple mainstream news outlets? Because everyone loves outrageous news and stupid headlines — I’m sure I’ve written a few gems in my time, too — the team at Gelf ma ... Full Article »
It’s easy to dismiss Sketch Club as a gimmicky art app for amateurs, but don’t be too quick to tap away from this $2.99 universal package. The app is, in fact, a serious blend of standard and procedural drawing tools suitable for neophytes and professional digital artists alike. Sketch Club’s ... Full Article »
Using the iPad to keep your little ones entertained is probably nothing new for you, but what is new is the probably giggle-inducing app Butt Art — Kids Learn to Draw Zoo Animals. Based on the popular step-by-step book series, Butt Art helps your kids learn how to draw by “building creativity f ... Full Article »
Art Jam Paintings isn’t exactly a passive app, considering there is some level of user interaction that takes place with the paintings available, but those expecting a full-fledged art-based game ought to look elsewhere. The app is more educationally focused than anything else. It presents six pa ... Full Article »
Oscar night is less than a month away. If you’re planning on tuning into the star-studded event on Feb. 26 you can get even more celebrity coverage with ABC’s and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscars, a universal iDevice app. Most of Oscars’ features won’t be fully avai ... Full Article »
This week’s top apps are quite media-centric. There are apps to make your Oscars viewing more enjoyable and apps to make your general TV watching more rewarding, too. There are even apps to keep up on digital media news and online videos. It’s the middle of winter, so you might as well pop down ... Full Article »
Don’t download OTRC: On the Red Carpet if you’re only looking for step-and-repeat pictorials, because the universal app for iDevice offers a whole lot more in the way of celebrity and entertainment news. OTRC pulls its name, and its coverage, from ABC’s weekly entertainment news program On th ... Full Article »
So you just got a new iPad or Android tablet device for the holidays and are looking for suggestions of what apps to download first. You’re in luck! There are more than 100,000 apps developed for the iPad, in addition to hundreds of thousands of iPhone apps that run reasonably well on the larger s ... Full Article »
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