There is pretty much an app for everything that you need. Health, shopping, entertainment, information and productivity are available to download with a touch of the screen in any operating system, whether its Android, iOS and Windows. Just a couple years ago, it normally takes an agency to plan and develop an app but now […]

Storytelling has been around for thousands of years but times has changed since ancient cave paintings, Egyptian hieroglyphs and even campfire stories. Now imagine being immersed into the stories, not only in listening but watching and playing them. Times has certainly changed for storytelling and technology has paved the way for a more multimedia channel […]

If you want to know what’s happening in today’s Hispanic media climate then you need to register and attend the 2013 Hispanicize event that will occur in Miami on April 9-13. Professionals from all fields of media from marketing, online media, film and music will gather and share their experiences on how to be successful […]

Mark it down on your calendar, Somos Verizon FiOS is presenting the “Speed Up Your Game” Twitter party on Weds., February 27, 2013 9pm EST. A special thanks to Being Latino for organizing this event as they will provide an exciting and informative Twitter party. The evolution of video games has gone from cartridges, to […]

I took some time this weekend to post some really good information from the New Media Expo that was held in Las Vegas on Jan 6 – 8. Well, I wasn’t there myself but I did gather posts from attendess under the #nmx Tweet hashtag and I think these are great tidbits of information that […]

After a couple years in social media limbo it looks like Myspace is looking to regain it’s throne as it now offers a whole new design layout and interactive experience that is favored in today’s online media environment. If you take a look at the video, you’ll see that the functionality is a hybrid of […]

The aesthetics involved in producing interactive arts is a step beyond the aesthetics of traditional arts in the fact that computers are the paintbrushes of today. Interactive arts is also an opportunity for the computer or multimedia artist to investigate the unlimited boundaries of computers as well as utilize the skills and abilities of people […]

It has officially been announced by the Supreme Court that all video games, including violent ones are considered art and should be protected under the First Amendment as books, comic books and performance art. I do agree that video games have evolved into a complex interactive story maker where the players actually becomes immersed into […]

Students in Dr. Monica Rankin’s HIST 4359 “The Cuban Revolution” course at the University of Texas at Dallas role-play for and against Fidel Castro in the virtual world, Second Life, as part of their graded course assignment on April 2011. This machinima (filmmaking in virtual technology) is “for” Castro. The second group role-played “against” Castro and the […]

Christian Bannister is a musician, designer and developer that enjoys creating interfaces to sound and music through his, company, Subcycle. In this video you can see a demonstration of his project where sound is basically manipulated in real time via finger swipes. Much like using a mouse or touchpad, the touch screen UX is able to […]