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Multimedia messaging paragon Snapchat is unveiling its own scripted programming in a bid to lure users back to the app among competition from Instagram. The 12 new “Snapchat Originals” were announced today, as reported by TechCrunch. Read more: Hear Gerard Way sing on Jimmy Urine’s new song The shows will appear in the Discover section […]

Instagram is now using artificial intelligence to root out bullying in photos and captions, the Facebook-owned photo and video-sharing app announced Tuesday. The same technology is also being applied to Instagram live videos. To roll out officially in the coming weeks, the new tech gives the ‘gram a better handle on in-app bullying. It goes […]

A new app called Rockifi is changing the way rock fans attend concerts and interact with their music communities. Whatever your goal—friendship, love, research, promoting—Rockifi is here to help you reach it. It’s an app that wants to bring metal, rock and hardcore fans closer together, and here are 10 reasons why you should get […]

It's true: There are so many summer festivals that it can be hard to track when and where your favorite acts will be playing. Lucky for you, there's a new app that'll help you find festivals featuring your favorite acts, based on your Spotify listening habits. Read more: Spotify’s new tool lets listeners suggest edits to track details […]

[Photo by: Snapchat] Interested in taking a look back at your 2017 on Snapchat? The popular image messaging and multimedia app constantly rolls out some exciting new features, the latest and greatest being the ability to relive your very own 2017 Memories Story. Get ready to get retrospective on Snapchat! Read more: 18 artists to […]

[Photo by: The Andy Show TV/YouTube] Black Veil Brides and Asking Alexandria just revealed a huge tour together, and it looks like the bands' lead vocalists—Andy Biersack and Danny Worsnop—are spreading some good cheer ahead of their co-headlining dates. Check out a new video of Worsnop playing Heads Up! with Biersack below! Read more: Asking […]

Can you imagine a world without apps? Apple did just that in a shockingly funny video that premiered at the annual World Wide Developers Conference on Monday. Read more: This dating apps matches you with people based on what they hate Created by Tom Kuntz, the director of comical spots for Old Spice and DirecTV, […]

[Image credit: Facebook] Messaging app Yik Yak is closing up shop, according to a new report from Mashable. Read a statement from the company below. Read More: Gorillaz release new app, will allow you to listen to entire album The iOS and Android app, a location-based social media service, launched in 2013. Mobile payment outfit […]

[Photo credit: Hater] The online/app dating world, at this point, is pretty standard. You got Tinder on your phone, various websites on your browser. However, a 29-year-old banker-turned-comedian has developed exactly what the virtual dating sphere needed: Hater, an app that matches you with people based on what they hate. Read more: Spotify and Tinder […]

[Photo credit: King] One of our favorite (or at least most addicting) apps is making its way to television. CBS announced that Candy Crush will be getting its own TV game show. The one-hour, live action game show series will consist of teams of two people who use their “wits and physical agility to compete […]

In anticipation of their new album, Chaos, due out Nov. 4 via SharpTone Records, Attila have released a new emoji keyboard app that is sure to “piss your friends off.” Check out the group’s rad emojis below! Read more: Attila release new song and still don’t care what you think—listen From aliens to Fronzilla himself, […]

Listen up, Super Mario fans. At Apple's Keynote conference, it was announced that the classic game is hitting the App Store by the end of this year. To be released by this holiday season, the game, called Super Mario Run, will be sold for one flat price—not pay-to-play. Mario emoji stickers will accompany the release, […]

[Photos via Target] Target stores announced earlier this week that they're painting the balls in front of their stores to look like pokeballs. (You know, those big concrete balls? The ones that keep cars from crashing into the lobby?) Read more: Pokemon Go update will include trading Target is a bit behind on the augmented […]

Punks deal with lines enough before shows—the last thing they want to do is wait forever for popcorn at movie theaters. Well, Disney, Fox and Lionsgate think so, too. The movie monoliths have invested $50 million into a new movie ticketing app, which may make theater lines a thing of the past. Read more: Cinema chain […]

It's called Peeple and it's expected to launch before 2015 comes to a close. Basically a Yelp for human beings, Peeple will allow users to rate and review you whether you like it or not. Anyone can start someone else's profile as long as they have that person's cell phone number and their own Facebook […]

Having trouble getting over your ex? Nickelblock has you covered. Just install the app on your phone, type in your ex’s name and then any time you attempt to look at their Facebook profile, a Nickelback song will start to play. (Of course this is fake, but it could prove to be a worthwhile method […]

The folks behind Huzza, a service aimed at enabling musicians, are attempting the bridge the growing gap between artist and monetary compensation, (via ToneDeaf). The app is fairly straightforward: You can send any amount of money to a SoundCloud or YouTube artist whenever you choose. “Our mission at Huzza is to empower the new generation […]

Attila frontman Chris “Fronz” Fronzak has launched his very own social media app, Spur, which allows users to share photos that can be seen by everyone—not just followers. Additionally, Fronz claims that the app emits a “hate-free environment,” due to the fact that users cannot comment on photos, but rather simply vote them up or down. Read […]