Facebook Open Sources Engine Behind Paper App (Pop)

Facebook announced that it is open sourcing Pop, the animation engine behind its recently launched Paper app. Facebook released Paper in January. It’s a social news reader app for iOS. If you’re unfamiliar with it, watch this: Pop is responsible…

Pixar Layoffs Affect Nearly Five Percent Due to “The Good Dinosaur” Delay

Walt Disney Studio’s subunit, Pixar Animation Studios, has laid-off nearly five percent of its workforce due to delays of an impending film, “The Good Dinosaur.” Approximately 60 out of 1,200 workers at the Emeryville, Calif., location was cut from the…

The Science Behind a Fifth of Bourbon’s Effect on Your Ability to Not Act Like a Jackass

If you’ve ever wondered exactly how your excessive drinking allows you to think more clearly about absolutely nothing, AsapSCIENCE has an animation for you. As a bonus, it’s here just in time for the holidays. If you want to see…

Look Out Politicians – Animated Videos Just Got Easier To Make

The political season is in full swing in the U.S. and, as expected, the cartoons, sketches, and late night jokes, are all in full swing as well. Although some of these humorous pieces are meant to be critical, the majority of them help to lighten the somber mood of politics, which is exactly what GoAnimate intended to do when it announced its new features.

News Comes to Life through Next Media Animations

Most people are visual consumers, meaning that anytime a picture, graphic, or video is included into a text document, they are more likely to be engaged. For instance, whenever we hear about a car bomb going off, chances are, it will have a bigger impact on us once we see an image or video of it.

Steve Jobs’ Career: The Law of Gravity, LSD and Lightsabers

First of all, you probably haven’t seen a retrospective of Steve Jobs’ career quite like this. Taiwanese animation company Next Media Animation is internet-renowned for putting their enjoyably strange spin on current events. Here at WebProNews, we are very big…