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    May 15, 2012

    Denver start-up Octa wants to make your iPad more adorable

    Denver-based Octa has created a new product that aims to make your iPad more user-friendly, and also more adorable in the process. "When we got our first iPad, we said, 'This is really cool, but really hard to hold,'" says Octa co-founder Kevin "Prometheus" Trotsky. So the group made a handle for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Game of Thrones Season 2 premiere tonight at Landmark Theatre

    Game of Thrones Season 2 is coming. Game of Thrones, HBO's latest popular series that's been described as sort of The Sopranos crossed with Lord of the Rings, debuts its second season Sunday night, but Denver-area viewers can get a sneak-peek of the new series tonight.

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Furniture designer Ray Hill turns to iPad cases with the F3 Folio

    Ashley Tauch shows off her iPad inside the Folio around the Westword office.The Denver-based company F3 Designs, has stumbled upon success in that much-coveted of technology niches: Apple product accessories. Its flagship product, the "F3 Folio," has become a local hit and has begun to gain moment ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Brandon Smith gets 25 years for iPad finger-ripping theft -- and soliciting victim's murder

    Big pics below.​Brandon Smith set out to steal an iPad shortly after the device's release, and he did. That's a relatively minor crime -- so how did he wind up being sentenced to 25 years behind bars? By pretty much shredding the finger of the iPad purchaser, and then, after the act got inter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    "I Didn't Back It Up," the final installment in my "Week of a Woman" contest entry

    My theory for the reason I have no pets, children or serious commitments to other humans: I am free to move and do as I please in the world however I want, whenever I want. The same theory explains my lack of possessions: It is not likely that I will ever own a house or a car that is less than ten y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Music App Roundup: Bandito, Groove Coaster, My Wedding Music, Voloco, Rdio

    ​As smartphones have opened the door to amazing mobile applications, the sheer amount of them being released makes it difficult to keep up with the best of them. So to help filter though all of it, we take a look at the best and tally them up here. This round, we've got an amazing rhythm game, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Björk's new album, Biophilia, slated for simultaneous iPad app release

    ​Björk has a relationship with technology that rivals that of Joe Satriani with his guitar -- the two cannot exist without each other. It has always seemed like Björk has been waiting for technology to catch up with her, and when Apple launched its iPad, she finally had a place to experiment ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Jason Hann of EOTO on how the group made a name of its own apart from String Cheese

    ​ "EOTO" in Japanese means "good sound," which perfectly suits the like-named electronic duo EOTO. With extensive histories as professional drummers, it seemed only natural that members Michael Travis and Jason Hann would evolve to another level in their musical careers. After all, they had m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    The five best music apps of 2010

    ​As 2010 has come to a close, we've seen plenty changes on the music landscape, but nothing has been as strange and welcome as the increasingly more awesome new ability to create fully fleshed out albums on your phone. This all came to a head when the Gorillaz decided to release The Fall, an a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    iPad theft defendant Brandon Smith, 2010 Shmuck of the Year nominee

    Theft in action.​Westword is asking readers to help us select the Shmuck of the Year by rolling out five candidates this month. The winner -- loser -- will be announced on January 3. Our first four candidates were Josh McDaniels, Scott McInnis, Gary Faulkner and Ron Perea. This week, say he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Two major synth and drum machine apps make music making easier on the iPad

    We don't generally spend too much time talking about gear here, but over the last couple of days, two incredibly rad and hard to ignore apps made it onto the iPad. We're talking about the release of ReBirth and the Korg iMS-20 -- both of which, even if you're not a musician, are exceptionally keen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    iShmuck: accused iPad thief and wannabe murderer Brandon Smith

    Brandon Smith​Just when you thought the story of the iPad thief who caused his victim to lose a finger couldn't get any weirder, the alleged genius, Brandon Darnell Smith, 21, has been accused of trying to have the man killed so he couldn't testify against him in court. Is there an app for th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Brandon Smith: Alleged iPad thief who tore off man's finger now accused of wanting to kill him

    Full-sized photo below.​Back in April, newly introduced iPads were in high demand -- so much so that Brandon Smith allegedly tore off the finger of customer Bill Jordan trying to steal one of the gadgets at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center. Smith's actions made international news due to the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Keytar not ridiculous enough? Try the iTar!

    Until now, if you wanted to look exceptionally silly playing an electronic instrument the keytar was your best bet. Not anymore. That's all changed with the introduction of the iTar, a "Guitar/DJ frame" for the iPad sporting doofus with everything but a sense of shame.

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Brandon Smith charged with third-degree assault in pinky-shredding iPad theft

    Brandon Smith allegedly took off with more than an iPad.​Most snatch-and-grab crimes don't get nearly as much attention as the one Brandon Smith is accused of committing at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center earlier this month. But he made national news because his alleged attempt to steal a tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    iPad thief gets the finger: Icky pinky-mauling story is the talk of the town

    The alleged iPad thief​ You know what people everywhere love to read? Wacky crime stories. And sometimes, a wacky crime from Colorado catches the world's eye. Like the threesome from hell that shook up Niwot. Or the guy who robbed a 7-Eleven in Colorado Springs with a Klingon bat'leth. Or the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    iPad thief!: Denver Police on the lookout for early adapting criminal

    Have you seen this presumably tech-savvy fellow?​Update, 3 p.m.: Channel 31 has posted video of the suspect. Check it out below the original item, which was published at 11:37 a.m. Last week may have marked the first-ever iPad theft in the state of Colorado! Hooray! Of course, the person who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    The iPad launch is tomorrow. Here's five awesome music apps.

    ​ We're all pretty well aware that the iPad launches tomorrow, and while your standing in line at the Cherry Creek Mall waiting for yours, we'll be busy banging drum sticks on a stone tablet wishing we were you. Just because we're not getting one, however, hasn't stopped us from drooling at ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2009

    Ellison Park

    ​ We're all pretty well aware that the iPad launches tomorrow, and while your standing in line at the Cherry Creek Mall waiting for yours, we'll be busy banging drum sticks on a stone tablet wishing we were you. Just because we're not getting one, however, hasn't stopped us from drooling at ... More >>

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