Technology

Excited for Halloween, but nervous to run into any ominous clowns? Not to worry, a Jefferson County high school student named Rocco Marchitto has just developed an app that allows you to view where previous clown sightings have been in the world. Zooming in on the map at its website shows a total of four sighting reported so far in the Denver area, each with their time, specific details and a precise location.

What we Google says a lot about us — and about where we live. That’s the thesis (to use a particularly highfalutin term) at the heart of an Estately post headlined “How-To Questions Each State Googles More Frequently Than Any Other State.” The site used Google Autocomplete to compile hundreds of…

“Dayle, we are all big fans and would sure like to see you drop 20 lbs. or so.” This e-mail was sent anonymously to 7News morning anchor Dayle Cedars earlier this month — and she could have shrugged it off. After all, the Internet can be a cruel place, particularly…

Colorado is hardly exempt from the Pokémon Go craze — and plenty of local business operators are probably happy that the new app, which allows Pokémon hunters to search for prized mini-monsters such as Charizard and Squirtle in real-world locations with help from their phone’s GPS system, are bringing people to their doorsteps. Including…

When Examiner.com debuted just over eight years ago, it was ballyhooed as a bold effort to harness the power of citizen journalism with the financial support of the ultimate deep-pocketed investor, Denver-based billionaire Phil Anschutz. The site’s impending death should be much quieter. Michael Roth, a Los Angeles-based spokesman for Anschutz Entertainment…

Whisper is a social networking app where anonymous users post messages over an image, meme-style. And because the site is searchable, visitors can focus on locations (like, for instance, Colorado) and check out conversations that are frequently as spicy — picking up and hooking up are frequent topics — as they…

Lots of folks who visit this space complain about bad driving in Colorado. And given the number of people who have to navigate stop-and-go traffic on I-25 every day. that’s completely understandable. Fortunately, though, there are times when Colorado driving is a laughing matter. The Colorado Car Memes Facebook page specializes…

Josh, or JoshOG, as he’s known on Twitch, says people often pigeonhole him as the stereotypical streamer who sits around all day playing video games and eating. But the life of a successful full-time streamer is much more that, as shown in “Game On,” this week’s cover story, especially at…

On a Friday night, one of Clutch Gaming Arena’s busier nights, computers illuminate the faces of gamers in an epic quest for victory. They drag their monsters across mysterious lands or inch soldiers around the corner of an industrial complex so as not to be seen by the enemy. But…

In recent years, we’ve shared multiple reports about satirical marijuana hoaxes that plenty of people actually believed. Note the March 2015 story claiming that pot candy killed nine people in Colorado and twelve at Coachella, or the bogus October 2015 item about a Colorado McDonald’s with a pot-smoking section —…

Social media gets plenty of criticism these days — but this means of communication is facilitating heroic deeds. Like the recovery of Willie B’s iPhone. A longtime radio personality for KBPI, Willie lost his phone while in Tampa, Florida. But thanks to Facebook and a Good Samaritan of a fan,…

You may have thought Google Maps had already captured interactive graphics depicting every square inch of Colorado and the rest of these United States. But there are a lot of new things to see in a just-released special collection of what Google Maps calls “iconic and inspiring areas” in our…

There are plenty of great things about living in Denver. But one of the few negatives involves cellphone service — which most of us think is terrible. Yes, we know: Service is such a challenge in these parts is due in part to our proximity to the mountains — among…

Earlier this morning, we marked 303 Day — March 3 — with a post naming the fifty reasons why Colorado is the best state. And plenty of folks on Twitter have been getting into the spirit, too. At this writing, #303Day is the top trending hashtag in Denver, with many of…

Go Denver, a new transportation app, went live yesterday — right about the time Mayor Michael Hancock unveiled it at Union Station. Go Denver melds multiple modes of transportation into one app that’s designed to help commuters find the fastest, cheapest and greenest routes to their destinations. It’s basically Google…

Do you hate today’s Denver snowstorm? Or love it? Twitter Nation seems pretty evenly divided. For everyone complaining about bad roads and related inconveniences, there’s somebody celebrating a snow day (most schools in the metro area are closed) or the beauty of the scene. To capture the contradiction, we’ve juxtaposed…

As those of you who have ventured into the elements this morning know from personal experience, a snowstorm is currently hitting the Denver metro area. The snowfall totals have led to school cancellations in Denver, Aurora, Cherry Creek and beyond. Meanwhile, the Colorado Department of Transportation has chosen this particular…

We stepped onto the rooftop of the Sheraton Downtown recently to see the New Year’s Eve fireworks, all lined up in careful rows, excitedly awaiting their chance to blow. The roof was unforgivingly slick, and clear tarps were put down to protect the massive amount of pyro-technic engineering marvels that…