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The 20 Best Gadgets of the Decade (2000-2009)
The new Millennium got off to a great start where the world of gadgetry was concerned... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayCornhole All-Stars iPhone App (Awesome of the Day)
If you're not familiar with the game of cornhole, it's the best (if most unfortunately named) of the lawn sports, just nudging out ladder golf and bocce ball. Two teams of two take turns tossing bean bags at a sloped board with a hole in it. A bag on the board is worth one point and a bag in the hole is worth three. Part of the fun is knocking the other players bags off the board and knocking your own into the hole. I've found that my tosses are much more accurate when I have a bottle of beer... read more
Found in: Blogs, High GravityDaniel Johnston's Art Comes To Life On the iPhone
"Hi, How Are You." This is the simple catchphrase minted in singer-songwriter and artist Daniel Johnston's mural, which you may have seen while rounding the corner of 21st Street and Guadalupe in Austin, Texas. The words are painted in bold caps over a poppy-eyed cartoon frog named Jeremiah the Innocent, the new protagonist in an iPhone game based on Johnston's zany yet poignant drawings.... read more
Found in: Games, NewsFourteen Catchiest Apple Ads (Plus, Who's That Singing In The New Nano Commercial?)
With their clean lines, bright hues, tech-forward features and cultural cache, it often seems like Apple products simply sell themselves. But what, then, of the hundreds of equally stylish—and so often mesmerizing—television ads the company's shelled out for over the years? Are they just for our amusement? Well, no, but sometimes they might as well be. There are few other ad campaigns with the capacity to stop TV viewers in their commercial-break tracks from the sofa to the fridge, and few others worth seeking out on YouTube even after you've gone to great TiVo-related lengths to avoid them the first... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayBrian Eno Releases New iPhone App, Trope
Before David Bowie and T-Pain capsulated their art into iPhone apps, Brian Eno created Bloom. The 2008 app, "part instrument, part composition and part artwork," found fans in Paste, The Swell Season, and NPR's Bob Boilen, amongst many others.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsFinally, an iPhone App That Lets You be T-Pain
Like Chaka Khan's 1978 hit "I'm Every Woman," some cultural cornerstones unite individuals into one humanity-affirming identity. With the new iPhone application "I Am T-Pain," people of all races, creeds and sexes can once again come together, the time under the banner of Auto-Tune.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTapword iPhone Game (Awesome of the Day)
The iPhone is growing into a respectable gaming platform, with the development of surprisingly good sports games like RSoccer09, a decent adaption of Assassin's Creed and barebones MMO games like World War and Kingdoms Live. But where it really excels is in casual games, and my favorite lately has been Tapword from Ben Lewis and Lee Linden at Tapjoy. A simple word search game in the vein of Boggle, the free app gives you three minutes to find as many three-or-more-letter words by connecting letters on a four-by-four grid. You can adjust the board size, word length or the time... read more
Found in: Blogs, High GravityDavid Bowie Gets a Remix iPhone App
In honor of the 40th anniversary of David Bowie's "Space Oddity," yet another variation of the song has emerged. This time, it is an app that allows you to remix the classic on your iPhone or iPod Touch.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGhostly International's Free iPhone App Streams Playlists Based On Listener's Mood
While iPhone apps for music lovers are a dime a dozen, a new release from indie imprint Ghostly International seems to be setting a new standard. Yesterday, the record label heralded the arrival of Ghostly Discovery, a Pandora-like app that streams a playlist from Ghostly's catalog based on the listener's mood and other factors.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsWilco iPhone App Available for (Free!) Download
Sure, the new iPhone software is cool and all, but our attention has been abruptly diverted to a different sort of iPhone upgrade option that connects two of our favorite keywords: "Wilco" and "free."... read more
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