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If you love comics, technology, music etc, then we have the perfect places you can head to. <br/><br/>Here's our list of six apps and websites you can check out to make your day interesting with fun facts and songs and even make your photos more interesting...

GeekDraw is a treasure trove of artwork based on comic book characters Batman, Wolverine, Spiderman and more. Collated by geek-gamer Andrea Goodson, this website features illustrations by serious talent from the game and comic industry. That said, some of the works by the lesser known artists – like Jeffery Thomas’s take on ‘twisted’ Disney princesses and Stanley Lau’s version of ‘grown up’ Powerpuff Girls – are equally breath-taking. <br/><br/>Arranged by genres such as Art Process, Comic Books, Movies, TV, Video Games, the paintings and sketches on GeekDraw are further classified by their type: Digital, Inks, Pencils, Sketchy, etc. Just make sure you don’t miss the videos in some posts, which show the artist at work. 

Our lives have become so fast-paced that we seem to spend very little time reading and learning new things. Knowledge Nuts tries to make things more convenient for you by highlighting a subject – say, South Korea’s fake funerals or the difference between venom and poison – and serving it to you in chunksized nuggets that won’t eat into your tea break. <br/><br/>KN splits these morsels of knowledge across three categories – differences, facts and misconceptions. Each story comprises a quote by a known personality; a quick overview; a wee bit more detail (called a bushel), and citations to the original reference articles (just in case you want to dig a little deeper into the subject).

If you love fast cars, gadgets and cutting-edge science, then make haste to Dvice. The site is a treasure trove of news and features dedicated to all things uber cool and geeky. You can browse its content by section – Tech (curtains activated by light, self-balancing skateboard, the US Army’s Flying Hummer), Art & Design (artist creates indoor clouds, air gardens in Australia, tattoos that are only visible by smartphone), Science (medical superglue, previously unseen ancient galaxies, mindcontrolled exoskeleton) – or you could check out the trending topics of the day. <br/><br/>Dvice also sorts content by tags, and is served well by a nifty search feature. You can become a fan on Facebook, follow on Twitter, subscribe to a weekly newsletter, and even download the Dvice app for your Android or iOS device. 

E-mailing or posting pictures to your social network timelines isn’t good enough anymore, which is why Flipagram allows you to add a personal touch to your snapshots. The app creates a short, 30-second presentation of your pictures, complete with a soundtrack of your choice. You don’t need to create an account on Flipagram; all you need to do is choose the photographs from your smartphone’s gallery and proceed toward the videocreation process. <br/><br/>There is also the option to use the images saved on Instagram to create a video. There is no limit to the number of images that can be chosen; you can rearrange the picture sequence; crop and even duplicate photos. At the final step, insert the music of your choice, add a title and voila! You have a slideshow. The free version creates presentations with the Flipagram logo in the bottom corner, and removing or replacing it with your own, requires an in-app purchase. 

Cytus is a music-based game that features nearly 100 songs from composers around the world. Gameplay is simple: as a song plays, the screen displays corresponding musical notes in the form of colourful circles. A scan line moves up and down constantly, and players have to tap on the note exactly when the line is above it to score maximum points. <br/><br/>Cytus boasts of beautiful handdrawn backgrounds and the songs span across genres such as pop, jazz, trance, hardcore, drum ’n bass, etc. Notes are of three types, requiring either long presses, quick taps, or slides – and you have nine difficulty levels that make this game hard to master. Nonetheless, it is highly addictive. Currently, Cytus is made up of 6 “Chapters” , and the makers unlock a new chapter, comprising 10 more songs, for every 1,00,000 downloads. So as long as people keep downloading, you get more songs to play. 

This one is a music streaming service that does all the hard work of creating a playlist of the music you like. Of course, you will need to register before searching for your favourite artists, and genres that appeal to you. You can also pick channels by mood, themes, decade, or just choose online radio stations from the list curated by Jango. <br/><br/>The app automatically adds tracks by the artist (or the genre) you chose. Jango lets you go further and add musicians to the station you are currently listening to. Tap on the album art of a song and you’ll get track details. Like or dislike a song and Jango will make a note of your preferences. The app also features a sleep timer, which pauses playback after a preset interval.