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Free Drinks: New Times Happy Hour App Party at Shots Miami

Friday is only a day away, and you and your co-workers are already trying to figure out where to celebrate the end of yet another workweek. The problem is finding a place that's new and affordable. How about free -- as in free drinks courtesy of Miami New Times? This Friday, March 28, from 7 to 9 ... More >>

Download Our Brand-Spankin'-New and Improved City App!

You know, we here at New Times are always looking for ways to spit, polish, and shine up our sites to provide you with a better news-seeking experience. We know, that makes us really awesome, but beyond that, it makes you awesome for keeping up with us. Where can you get the latest Miami news ... More >>

Who Spends $20K at Art Walk?

Artists and dealers gauge the climate of Second Saturdays.

Hurricane Sandy Coming? Weather Puppy Will Make That Natural Disaster So Much Cuter

As Hurricane Sandy continues its churn across the Caribbean, tearing up Cuba and barreling toward the Bahamas with Cat 2 winds, fear not, Southern Floridians. Weather Puppy is here to make the natural disaster that much cuter.Invented by Miami entrepreneur Suraj Hemnani and business partner Shiv Tak ... More >>

Firewall Food Truck Brings Hand-Crafted Pies on Wheels

See also Dos Equis Brings the Most Interesting Food TruckIf you thought pizza on wheels only went as far as a teenaged kid going door to door with Domino's -- think again. Miami's latest pizza phenomenon is a converted bus complete with what the owners say is Florida's first wood burning oven-on -wh ... More >>

Dunkin' Donuts App Lets You Pay By Phone

Here's the scenario. You've just finished your morning run and you pass by a Dunkin' Donuts. You're craving a nice non-fat latte. You deserve it after a tough five miles. You walk into the shop and realize you have no money!  You want that latte! What do you do? Pay with your phone with the new ... More >>

Weezer, World's Best Band Circa Windows 95, Playing South Florida Show on November 8

Remember your first computer? Ours was a rather unflattering, bulky Packard Bell Legend with horrid speakers hanging off the monitor. There was also a flimsy microphone that we could use on the integrated "telephone answering system with full-duplex speakerphone." But a digital phone system was ... More >>

Best of Miami 2012 - Best New Restaurant: The Dutch

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don't forget to check out the full Best of Miami® 2012 issue June 12 online and June 14 in newsstands.Best New RestaurantThe DutchThe W South Be ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2012 Set Times Available on Ultra App

​Normally, in year's past Ultra Music Festival's organizers send us a photo version of the artist set times the day before the festival takes place. But in keeping with this year's bigger-and-better approach, you don't have wait until then to know the set times.Head over to the iPhone App Store or ... More >>

Manage Your Caffeine Intake: App Founder Talks

​There's that old Greek maxim, "Know thyself," but if a person hasn't figured out how to maintain a caffeine buzz, luckily there's an app for that. Introducing Caffeine Zone, an application developed by two scientists at Penn State University. It tells the user when and how much tea or coffee to d ... More >>

Justin Sanchez: Creating Cyborgs

MartyParty Talks Smoking Purple Pot, Making Purple Music, and Freaking Out on Fun

​For millennia, only a supersmall slice of the world's human population could legitimately claim to have rocked out to the color spectrum. Of course, we're talking about those special party people with the strange neurological condition known as synesthesia. And, uh, certain recreational weed smo ... More >>

iPhone Case That Also Stores Blunt Birthed By Ingenuity of Miami Designers

​Update: The funding campaign seems to have been suspended by Kickstarter's staff.Wanna get high? There's not an iPhone app for that yet, but thanks to the ingenuity of Miamians there is now an iPhone case for that. A couple of local guys, according to their Kickstarter page, are trying to raise f ... More >>

Twenty-Two Men Arrested in Florida Underaged Sex Sting

​Twenty-two men have been arrested for agreeing to have sex with young children, some as young as nine, that they had met online. When they arrived, though, they were met by the Polk County Sheriff's Office. The men arrested include a UCF Student, a former television executive, a specialist in the ... More >>

Paranoids Rejoice! The FDA Makes Searching for Food & Drug Recalls Easier

CC CosmoPoliticianDo you know what you're eating?​​It seems like every week there's a story on the news about food or drugs being recalled. Just recently both Del Monte canteloupes and O.N.E. Coconut Water were pulled from store shelves.The problem with recalls is that once you hear about your f ... More >>

Download Best Of... App for iPhone

​More than two decades of Miami's best is available today on our new Best Of... app for iPhone. That's right. You can check out categories like Best Dance Club, Best New Restaurant, Best Bar, Best Hotel, and many others.The app lets you check out not only current winners -- this year's issue is d ... More >>

Download Best Of... App for iPhone

​More than two decades of Miami's best is available today on our new Best Of... app for iPhone. That's right. You can check out categories like Best Dance Club, Best New Restaurant, Best Bar, Best Hotel, and many others.The app lets you check out not only current winners -- this year's issue is d ... More >>

Download Best Of... App for iPhone

​More than two decades of Miami's best is available today on our new Best Of... app for iPhone. That's right. You can check out categories like Best Dance Club, Best New Restaurant, Best Bar, Best Hotel, and many others.The app lets you check out not only current winners -- this year's issue is d ... More >>

Free Australian Lamb App

​There's something missing in your life, but you can't quite put your finger on what it is? I've got the answer: You've been subconsciously yearning for an Australian lamb app for your iPhone and iPad. Yearn no more. Now it's available for download, free, through the Apple App Store.Stephen Edward ... More >>

Robbie Rivera rocks the Gansevoort

Catch him poolside Sunday, September 5.

Free iPads, Software, and Other Giveaways at First Apple Business Expo and iPad/iPhone Zone in Miami

​Are you obsessed with everything Mac/Apple related? If you found out about the iPhone 4 before Gizmodo did and every tech gadget in your house has a bitten apple logo on it, this one's for you. IT product and service provider Loop USA is hosting the Apple Business Expo 2K10 -- the first in Miami ... More >>

Stream World Cup While at Work on Your iPhone, iPad, or Via Web

Zakumi, the mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup​We've all been there: A big game is on TV, and we're stuck somewhere we don't want to be, like work. This World Cup season will be especially difficult to catch, with a Round of 16, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, and a final showdown, all starting on Jun ... More >>

Hurricane Season Gone Tech With New iPad App

​Nothing's worse than planning a trip somewhere along the coast, only to arrive to hurricane evacuations. Our local weather forecasters do the best they can, but let's face it: They dumb it all down for us. Not Hurricane HD. After the torrential downpours experienced on the first official day of h ... More >>

Apple TV to Change the Face of Living Room Gaming?

​Last week we mentioned how Google TV is giving Apple TV a run for its money. Well, maybe not. Engadget received a tip on Friday that was confirmed by a source close to Apple regarding specs of the next Apple TV: Brace yourselves and hold on to your tiny remote controls. Apparently this makeover h ... More >>

King Britt returns to Electric Pickle Friday, May 14

Elm Street remake is no dream

WMC 2010: Q&A With King Britt, Playing His Album Release Party at Electric Pickle Tonight

Photo by Pier Nicola D'Amico​King Britt has never been an easy talent to pin down. The main common thread, perhaps, throughout the career of the easy-going Philadelphia artist is one of experimenting. In every genre he tackles, he's always been a little out in left field. That's been true from his ... More >>

WMC 2010: Nightlyfe.com Launches WMC App

​With every imaginable type of iPhone app out there these days, from drunk texting apps, to X-rated vibrator apps (no joke) it's hardly surprising that even our beloved annual Winter Music Conference would get its own app. The folks at Nightlyfe.com have announced the launch of their WMC Mobile ... More >>

Silicon Beach: Crisis Camp Helps Haiti With Mobile Translation App

Less than a week after Crisis Camp in Washington, D.C., a new application is ready to help Haiti's relief workers.​Silicon Beach reported on Crisis Camp in this week's Wednesday installment. Just two days later, geeks from D.C. launched a mobile phone application called Tradui that facilitates Kre ... More >>

Psystar and Apple Reach Settlement; Doral Clone-Maker May Live Another Day

Don't write Psystar's obituary just yet. By C. Stiles Robert Pedraza stands in front of Psystar headquarters.​Psystar, which we recently profiled in depth, has been locked in a heated legal battle with Apple since last year because the tiny Doral-based firm sells unauthorized "clones" of M ... More >>

Silicon Beach: Refresh Miami, November Edition

Rafael MontillaGeeks in a tropical setting.​Held November 18 at the Mutiny Hotel in Coconut Grove, Refresh Miami was tame but very tropical.  The location just about upstaged last month's meeting at the Mayfair Hotel, what with the Mutiny being a grand dame of the 1980s, notorious for drug ac ... More >>

Local DJs Duke It Out On iPhones/iPod Touches Tomorrow Night at Voodoo Lounge

via groovemaker.com​Can you hear that faint thump? It's the heads of turntable purists smacking their heads against their desks. Still, like it or not, what constitutes "DJing" has forever changed with technology -- it's only a matter of time before somebody figures out how to use the DJ Hero cont ... More >>

Psystar Loses Key Copyright Ruling In Apple's California Lawsuit

This past week, we brought you the story of Rudy and Robert Pedraza, the Miami brothers who have taken on Apple by hacking its OS X to run on cheap PCs.by C. StilesRobert Pedraza at Psystar headquarters in Doral.​Although the self-funded, self-taught programmers are taking on a computer giant, we ... More >>

Silicon Beach: iPhone App Design for Dummies

A refreshing application, built by a designer with a little help from geeks. Shaken Not Stirred will feature cocktail recipes and lounge music.​Well, not exactly. But California-based ANSCA stopped by this month's South Florida iPhone Meetup to introduce local geeks to Corona, an application that' ... More >>

Apple Yanks iPhone Porn App

Well, it seem Apple hasn't gotten their freak on after all. Apparently when the "Hottest Girls" app was originally approved for their iPhone app store they weren't aware that some of the pictures were of a topless nature, and they've pulled the product. Apparently, the Score Group was ... More >>

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Hollywood meets Silicon Valley in the music industry's new modem operandi