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Software

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Draw Something takes another smart friend away with every lewd sketch

    I've never played Draw Something for the same reason I've never tried cocaine: I know that if I did, I would become immediately addicted, drop out of society and ruin what's left of my life. If you're not familiar with Draw Something, it's an app that, according to the App Store, is "the most popul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    The Forkly iPhone app update should please Instagram users

    Denver-based Forkly, the iPhone app that encourages users to share photos of what they're eating while out and rate the dish, debuted a new look Friday with its 2.0 update, one that will be familiar to users of one of the most popular photo apps around.

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2012

    This Is the Modern World

    Denver-based Forkly, the iPhone app that encourages users to share photos of what they're eating while out and rate the dish, debuted a new look Friday with its 2.0 update, one that will be familiar to users of one of the most popular photo apps around.

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Pretty Lights Music releases iPhone app

    If giving away free music via a self-run record label website isn't enough, the team over at Pretty Lights Music has developed yet another way to infiltrate the airwaves: the Pretty Lights Music app. If you are on the Pretty Lights mailing list (which if you've downloaded any of the independent labe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Vlirty, new online dating site by local software geek Adam Norrell, focuses on video chatting

    Adam Norrell, human.​Adam Norrell likes the words "snazzy" and "sparky." He says them more than you'd expect from a 34-year-old software nerd from Castle Rock, especially when he's describing his new online dating site, the snazzily named Vlirty. Norrell came up with the idea for Vlirty, which ... More >>

  • News

    November 17, 2011

    2011 Denver #WebAwards winners announced!

    Photos: 2011 Denver #WebAwards party

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Starz Denver Film Fest attendance, revenue up, Starz FilmCenter replacement search goes on

    Tom Botelho.​Denver Film Society executive director Tom Botelho is still recovering from the just-concluded Starz Denver Film Festival; he's got a severe cold. But the word of mouth about the fest makes him feel better, and so do attendance and revenue figures, both of which appear to be up ov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    At f8 conference, Facebook announces integration with Spotify, Turntable, Rhapsody

    Via FacebookZuckerberg announcing Facebook's new music integration at f8 today.​At the F8 Developers Conference today, Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of a new music service that allows you to listen to music with friends through Facebook or just see what all of your frien ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division on rule for center DVRs that can be discontinued

    ​In a Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division inspections post, a security-camera provider noted that some of the specific (and pricey) DVR models that centers are required to use "are already being discontinued by the manufacturer." This is news to MMED spokeswoman Julie Postlethwait, but she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Thirtysomething: MTV enters its third decade

    Thirty years ago today, music as we know it changed forever. Rather than the television overlords taking their cues from the kids, who in turn took their cues from the radio, MTV programmers skipped the middle man entirely and appointed itself as the arbiters of cool, the pied pipers of pop culture, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    Today in Stoke: Vail Resorts' EpicMix app nominated for Webby Awards

    ​Still can't believe ski season ended yesterday at Vail and Breckenridge, the last of the Vail resorts still standing, even though it's still snowing up in them thar hills? As we reflect on the epic season now mostly behind us, the hardcore among us can visit EpicMix.com to to relive all our g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    March Madness! Win a trip for two to Las Vegas courtesy of the Tavern Hospitality Group

    ​As you've no doubt heard, the debauchery that happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, and the Tavern Hospitality Group -- they who own Tavern Uptown, Tavern Downtown, Tavern Lowry, Tavern Tech Center and Tavern Wash Park -- are giving you the opportunity to stumble around Sin City for free. But f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Illegal Pete's rolls up its Park Meadows location

    ​Here's one we missed in our December and our 2010 Restaurant Roll Calls: On December 29, the windows at the Park Meadows Illegal Pete's, 8283 South Akron Street in Centennial, went dark. "The trend in that area was not too positive," says owner Pete Turner. "All of our other locations had a v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Mac App Store: Five best free apps

    ​Apple debuted its app store for computers today. And it's way cooler than you thought it would be. Yes, right now it's mostly carryover from the iPad and iPhone app store, which is somewhat uninteresting because those apps were designed for a mobile touch screen. But there are some regular o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    The weird got weirder in 2010: Read about it in the Year in Review

    ​On Tuesday, 9News reported a story about a woman who uses a webcam to check up on her dog during the day instead discovering a burglar in her Capitol Hill home. Strange? Yes. True? Yes. It's the latest weird story in a year that was full of them. Every year, Westword gathers these stories ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Andrew Romanoff's latest fundraising request is a winner

    ​Andrew Romanoff's had one head-spinning year. Passed over by Governor Bill Ritter in his quest to be appointed to Ken Salazar's Senate seat, Romanoff snubbed any White House entreaties regarding a job in international development in order to take on Senate appointee Michael Bennet. But even ... 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 >>

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2010

    SCREEN TALK

    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

    July 19, 2010

    Xperiment on boom bap, hearing melodies in every day sound and making music versus creating it

    ​ Xperiment (aka Courtland Urbano) is an out of this world supersonic architect of sound. His beats are a perfect synthesis between a test to discover or prove the unknown and the balance of validating tried and true methods, threading analog sounds through digital components. Xperiment's bea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Ignore user: New web tool lets readers block other kinds of tools -- annoying commenters

    Jeff Thomas feels commenters' pain.​The more often a given commentator visits a newspaper website, the more likely he is to decide that some of the other commentators bug the hell out of him. But now, readers of the Colorado Springs Gazette can fight back, in a manner of speaking. A new softw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Cybercrime in Denver: We're number eight

    "I have a feeling there's something phishy in Denver."​In the not exactly thrilling 1995 cyber-thriller The Net, Sandra Bullock's character, Angela Bennett, reveals that she was raised in La Junta -- a community whose name she pronounces as if she were Hugo Chavez. Little did Bennett know, how ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Toyoto Prius concerns accelerate

    ​Despite numerous complaints from customers about accidental acceleration, the Prius was not included in Toyota's recent recall of eight models. But this week concerns about the Prius have accelerated, and Steve Wozniak -- yes, the co-founder of Apple -- has been in the driver's seat, steerin ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2009

    RU buzzed? There's an app for that.

    ​Despite numerous complaints from customers about accidental acceleration, the Prius was not included in Toyota's recent recall of eight models. But this week concerns about the Prius have accelerated, and Steve Wozniak -- yes, the co-founder of Apple -- has been in the driver's seat, steerin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Jobbed: John Hickenlooper Wants You (to work for free)!

    Having trouble finding work? You're not alone. Follow Jobbed every week as we troll for the weird, the wacky and the worst of what the recession-era world of job ads has to offer. The Job, as posted here: Communications Intern -- Denver Mayor's Office Pay: Unpaid

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Five changes Facebook needs to make

    ​Facebook, we need to talk about our relationship. But don't freak out -- I'm not dumping you. Yet. Look, I like you. I really do. I mean, when we first met, I was really into you. You were so much less gaudy and stupid than MySpace. You helped me get in touch with at least a dozen friends I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Monolith Q&A: The Glitch Mob

    ​The Glitch Mob started out as a Los Angeles-based DJ collective that pooled its collective talent to make a more collaborative music with expanded sonic possibilities. As individual artists, Ooah, edIT and Boreta have released solo albums of cutting edge electronic music but it is as a team t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Denver Public Library: Hooking you up with downloadable movies, audiobooks and eBooks

    Number 5 is alive, downloadable and free....​If you're stuck at home, poor and bored, the Denver Public Library has got you covered. Forget going into the library for your fix of books and movies -- that's so 20th century. Thanks to the digital revolution, these days there's no reason to leave ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Q&A with Josh Weinberg of The Website is Down

    ​If you spend a lot of time surfing the Internets for lulz or work in any sort of IT-related field, you've probably come across the Webby-award winning web series The Website is Down. It's a hilarious look at the point where the people who understand technology and make it work interface with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Hiking the Colorado Trail? Try it on Google Earth first

    ​If you're thinking of hiking the Colorado Trail, a 500-mile hiking trail that stretches from Denver to Durango and covers almost every type of terrain our fair state has to offer, the first step you take should be online. Thanks to the efforts of Jerry Brown of Bear Creek Survey Service, who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Top 10 Country Albums of 2008

    Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergOver the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM. Two young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Car ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2008

    Haunted DIA Strikes Again, Befuddles David Byrne’s WiFi

    Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergOver the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM. Two young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Car ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2007

    Finland 1, Colorado 0

    Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergOver the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM. Two young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Car ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2007

    Flying Dog Brewery Wants Beer to be Free

    Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergOver the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM. Two young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Car ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2007

    Tax Rhyme

    Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergOver the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM. Two young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Car ... More >>

  • News

    January 25, 2007

    The Blogtrotters

    What's the next big trend? Follow the bouncing ball.

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    From Russia, Without Love

    Hackers are selling rape porn through university websites -- including student pages at UCD.

  • Music

    October 12, 2006

    Coming Zune

    Once again, Microsoft is chasing Apple in the hipster-hardware game. Will it make sweet music this time?

  • News

    July 27, 2006

    By the Book

    A new project could revolutionize the way students learn.

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Broken Code

    Video Professor promises computer fluency in a snap. I test the theory.

  • Film

    February 9, 2006

    Hacked

    Harrison Ford runs smack into a Firewall, poor guy.

  • People & Places

    March 25, 2004

    Best Move by a Former CEO

    Ed McVaney

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    This Does Not Compute

    Hey, Sparky, think it's time to pull the plug on the Bowl Championship Series wizards?

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 27, 2003

    Best Place to Not Get Lost

    U.S. Geological Survey Map Store
    Denver Federal Center

  • Goods & Services

    April 4, 2002

    Best Bus Schedule

    RTD's Talk-N-Ride

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Best morning radio show

    Bret Saunders, KBCO-FM/97.3

  • Music

    December 16, 1999

    Net Profits

    Online music distributors are banking on indie musicians' lack of business savvy.

  • Music

    May 27, 1999

    Obliqand Proud of It

    The men behind a new electro label aren't all that interested in dancing.

  • News

    April 8, 1999

    Disconnected

    As US West pulls strings at the legislature, it could cut the lines to competition.

  • News

    April 19, 1995

    BUGGING THE POLICE

    A FEDERAL HEIGHTS MAN TUNES INTO THE COPS, TURNS ON HIS FANCY RADIOS AND GETS BUSTED.

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