The Roots Release “undun” iPhone and iPad App
The wait is almost over. The Root’s latest album undun will hit be available on iTunes tomorrow, but the crew has something for everyone leading up until the debut; the undun app. The Root’s created an app for the iPhone and iPad to go alongside the new album. The app features interviews, lyrics, photos, and [...]
Read MoreFountain Art Fair Partners with Kollective Mobile to Launch Official Fair App
Kollective Mobile, an Oakland, Calif. based mobile development company and the Fountain Art Fair, an art fair catered towards independent artists released the official Fountain Art Fair app. The app offers users the opportunity explore and experience the fair, even if they are unable to attend the physical fair in Miami this weekend. The Fountain Art Fair app features multiple galleries representing all three locations of the fair in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami. Within the galleries are photos of performances, artwork, and installations for each location. Users are able to browse galleries of photos and choose their favorites for a slideshow that they can initiate at anytime. The app offers schedule and ticket information, a layout of the fair venue, and exhibitors’ details. A separate tab allows user to explore the event’s Twitter stream for more up?to?date information. The collaboration on this app marks the beginning of [...]
Read MoreKandi Burruss Teams Up With Konsole Kingz to Launch Spades App for iPhone and iPad
Spades is a very popular card game, especially in the African-American community, so when Real Housewives of Atlanta star, Kandi Burruss was presented with the opportunity to create a spades app she jumped at the chance. She recently launched a spades app for the iPhone and iPad called Kandi Koated Spades. The app is the first [...]
Read MoreEssence Debuts New Hot Hair Try-On App for the iPad
Essence has created something that digital divas who love experimenting with new hairstyles will love. They have launched the Hot Hair Try- On app. The Hot Hair Try-On is currently an interactive addition to Essence.com. It allows women to upload a picture of themselves and see how different hairstyles will look on them, now this [...]
Read MoreLeVar Burton Brings Reading Rainbow Back Digitally
Most people young and old still remember the popular educational program Reading Rainbow on PBS with LeVar Burton. Those who were sad to see the show go are in for great news. Burton plans to bring Reading Rainbow back to life in an innovative way. Burton’s for-profit venture, RRKidz, plans to launch an educational iPad [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 9-9-2011
Google Acquires Zagat Google has acquired Zagat, a well-established recommendations and reviews company which operates in 13 categories and more than 100 cities. Google cites that Zagat’s user surveys were one of the earliest forms of user-generated content and the nature of their guides were “mobile” before “mobile” meant electronics. Zagat will bolster Google’s local [...]
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