’re only a few days away from the Fourth of ly, if you plan to celebrate Independence Day at a party with pals, then you might want to grab HBO’s Not Hotdog app. You don’t have to be a fan of Silicon Valley to appreciate this neural network-powered gag, which manages to be both weirdly brilliant impressively pointless.
On the other h, if you’re looking for something a bit more useful, then Adidas’ new l Day fitness health app might help you stay on track amidst holiday shenanigans. And if you just want to have fun on your Android device, then Futurama: rld of Tomorrow Oxenfree are both worth a look, along with the feature-boosting new Twitch update.
Not Hotdog
I didn’t have a real hot dog hy, but the app still nailed it.
Are you having trouble determining if an item is a hot dog… or not a hot dog? This uncommon conundrum could derail a meal, let alone your entire day, but finally there’s a solution: Not Hotdog. This app lets you snap a photo or pull an image from your camera roll, then it uses the power of a neural network to determine whether what’s pictured is a hot dog or not.
Yes, it’s obviously a joke app— yet it’s a surprisingly complex one. Not Hotdog is based on a storyline from this season of HBO’s Silicon Valley (here’s the relevant, NSFclip), which has been turned into a fully functional app that uses AI to determine what’s being shown. In fact, here’s an incredibly extensive article about how it was made. Not Hotdog’s limited functionality means it probably won’t become Shazam for food, but it might crack up some pals at your next BBQ.
Futurama: rld of Tomorrow
Gradually fill your world with Futurama nonsense.
Futurama may be done as a TV show, but the franchise lives on in the world of mobile games. After last year’s very solid Game of Drones, now we have Futurama: rld of Tomorrow, essentially the show’s take on The Simpsons: Tapped Out Family Guy: Quest for Stuff. In fact, it’s developed by the same company as the latter.
rld of Tomorrow lets you build up your city of New New York with familiar lmarks items from the show, giving you an endless amount of busywork tasks to complete in exchange for currency. But at least this game adds a bit more action in the form of battles, which shift to a retro pixel aesthetic. For the most part, it’s a familiar freemium diversion, but with new animation bits writing from the creative team (including Groening), it could be a pretty funny one, at least.
Adidas l Day
Get (or stay) on track with Adidas l Day.
There’s no shortage of fitness tracking health-boosting apps on the ay Store, but if you’re a bigger fan of Adidas’ stripes than, say, Nike’s swoosh, then maybe l Day will grab your interest. st launched this week, l Day is Adidas’ attempt to provide an all-in-one health fitness hub, which can automatically track your steps estimate burned calories, as well as let you manually track activities.
It also offers some original content for boosting other parts of your healthy lifestyle, including yoga fitness videos, recipe. And l Day will also send you reminders to keep you on track with exercise eating plans. l Day’s marketing is focused on women, but anyone can benefit from this free app.
Oxenfree
Ah, teen drama… ghosts, too.
Acclaimed indie quest Oxenfree ($5) has been gradually rolling out across platforms since last year, now it’s on Android. If you like choose-your-own-adventure storytelling, supernatural overtones, ’80s teen movies, then you’ll probably dig this tale about a group of friends who decide to have a bash on an aboned isl… with some unexpected guests.
See, ex her pals accidentally unlock a portal to a ghostly realm along the way, you’ll have to solve puzzles navigate conversations to make it out alive. You’re given a lot of control over the dialogue, which feels very fluid authentic, the relationships between the friends family members can change significantly based on your actions. It’s a really neat little story game to get lost in for a while.
Twitch
You’d watch my IRstream, right?
Twitch is a gaming phenomenon, as more than 100 million viewers tune in every month to watch other people play video games—whether they’re streaming high-level online play, solo campaign action, or footage from esports competitions. And now the Twitch app has become significantly more useful with the release of the 5.0 update.
The visual navigational shift is the most obvious addition, as the app gets a makeover that splits content into three categories: ve, lse, Browse. That makes it easier to follow the channels creators you already know while also discovering new feeds. But there’s an even bigger function built in: live streaming. IR(“in real life”) streams have been growing in popularity on Twitch, especially from established personalities, now they ( you) will be able to share footage directly from device cameras.
The 5.0 update is rolling out now should reach everyone in the coming days. If you’re not seeing it, you can grab the signed A file from A Mirror right now.
