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Following is a handpicked list of Top Business Card Scanner Apps, with their popular features and website links. The list contains both open sources (free) software and commercial (paid) software. Best Business (Visiting) Card Scanner Apps (Free & Paid) 1) ScanBizCards ScanBizCards used OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology to scan business cards and conference badges. It helps you to capture contacts at events. Features: Offers CRM integrations and multiple contact exports....

When it comes to parodying films, television, music, novels, video games, and cultural icons, South Park is pretty much the best in the game. Sure, other animated shows for adults are good at it, but South Park goes the extra mile. This is because they’re more concerned about how their parodies work within the stories of each episode versus just going for the easy joke. Therefore, South Park’s satirical analysis on all of our favorite forms of entertainment often has a stronger thematic purpose than anything their competitors do as well as make profound statements....

Although they’d both previously appeared in The Godfather Part II, Robert De Niro, and Al Pacino – arguably the two finest actors of their generation – didn’t share the screen until Michael Mann paired them up in the tense diner scene in Heat. A cat-and-mouse thriller was the perfect vehicle to bring De Niro and Pacino together, with the former playing a notorious bank robber and the latter playing the cop on his trail....

John Carpenter’s Halloween is a horror classic, no questions asked. It was a chilling, iconic, and genre-shaping film that helped bring forth a new age of horror. But the horrors of Michale Myers are all numbered, and the well does, unfortunately, run dry. So where do we go from here? Fear not, horror hounds, there are still buckets of bloody good times to be had. Because of Halloween’s popularity, a slew of slasher films followed in Michael’s footsteps if you still need to satisfy your creepy cravings....

Indiana Jones is one of the most beloved action franchises in the world. Since Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indy and his many companions have traversed the globe, searching for the most priceless, and occasionally supernatural artifacts. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas drew much of their inspiration from childhood adventure serials when creating the world and aesthetics of Indiana Jones. Unfortunately, these serials pushed a lot of worldviews and tropes that have aged horribly, and many of those bled into Indiana Jones....

Norman Lear’s All in the Family stands as one of televisions greatest and most important sitcoms. Instead of being an all out slapstick comedy or a wholesome family values show, it decided to use the medium to discuss various societal issues such as racism, sexuality, and war. That’s not to say it wasn’t comical, however. Even its more dramatic episodes include moments of levity funnier than other sitcoms of the era....

Cops make for very interesting protagonists. A protagonist needs to be a hero, and a cop’s job is to be a hero, so it’s a no-brainer. Sometimes, cops in movies and TV shows will play by the rules and follow their captain’s orders and respect any red tape put up by the commissioner. But we all know the most interesting ones are the ones who bend the rules to get the job done, like Harry Callahan from Clint Eastwood’s iconic Dirty Harry series of action movies....

Britain has produced a plethora of hilarious comedies throughout the years, many of which are available on Netflix. Popular British sitcoms such as The Inbetweeners and The Office have enjoyed critical acclaim and been adapted and/or become successful overseas in their own right. However, there are several underrated British comedies available that might have slipped through the nets of fans. Each series offers a fresh perspective on different aspects of British culture, shedding light on sensitive issues whilst maintaining the well-known British sarcastic humor....

Shazam (character created by C.C. Beck and Otto Binder) has made a healthy amount of money at the box office, and a sequel, along with a Black Adam movie, has already been confirmed. Shazam was, at one point, the most popular superhero in the world, overtaking even Superman for that spot and selling 1.3 million copies of the series every month. Even though it was off the shelves due to a legal dispute with DC for quite a few years, there’s still a rich and full history of comics that the movies can draw inspiration from, including some utterly unique and great villains....

Family Guy is the show that made Seth MacFarlane a star. After a couple of seasons, Fox tried to cancel it. But a few years later, when the DVD sales were strong and the Adult Swim reruns were getting huge ratings, the network decided to bring it back. Now, 17 seasons and more than 300 episodes later, Family Guy is still kicking – but it’s virtually unrecognizable compared to its former self....

As one of the most profitable brands in the entertainment industry, Marvel superheroes have come to dominate pop culture. There is no shortage of Marvel movies and TV shows — to casual moviegoers, the amount might even seem excessive. However, despite what it must look like, dozens of Marvel movies have been envisioned that never make it to film. Between movies at Marvel Studios, Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, and Universal Studios, everybody wants a piece of the action, but not everyone gets one....

Studios love franchises – if the first film does well, any further films come with a ready-made fandom and a solid chance of success. Franchises based on books are even better – they proven, successful concepts and complete storylines ready and waiting to make money. Franchises also have so much more scope to them – characters can be developed and introduced over multiple films, plotlines can build slowly to a climax, and there is space to really explore different ideas....

After years of rumors, Warner Bros. appears to be moving forward on Space Jam 2, a sequel to the live-action/animation hybrid that was a touchstone for 1990s kids everywhere. This time around, Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James will be stepping into the Michael Jordan role of the basketball player who comes to the aid of Bugs Bunny and friends. This choice should work very well; not only are the Jordan/LeBron comparisons something sports fans debate daily, but James also demonstrated solid acting chops as “himself” in last year’s comedy Trainwreck....

Shonda Rhimes has given us so much ever since she created Grey’s Anatomy and the subsequent hit shows that still bring us to tears. Created prior to the era of binge-watching, these shows were way ahead of their time in that we can now binge-watch them ease today. But just because something is great doesn’t mean it’s perfect. That’s the human condition, right? Shows that have the ability to make us think differently can also upset us, even more, when something feels off because we become used to them breaking new ground all the time....

Let’s be clear: both Captain Marvel and Shazam! are good superhero movies well worth seeing. They’re doing very different things within the same broad genre: Captain Marvel’s a science fiction war story, Shazam!’s a fantasy-teen comedy hybrid. Pitting two such different films directly against each other would seem pointless and forced… but there’s one small thing which will make everyone compare the two films. We’re not talking about the competition between DC and Marvel, or even about rantings of the dedicated minority that decided to hate on Captain Marvel before even seeing it....

It’s easy to think that we know almost everything there is to know about A-list celebrities these days. We don’t have to get all of our information from the tabloids any more. Instead, we can get dating announcements on Instagram or a celebrity might confirm a rumor with a tweet. Everyone’s lives are so public now that its’s hard to imagine that a celebrity could keep something as important as a family member under wraps....

Above image courtesy of BossLogic. Marvel can’t be accused of going after big name talent to fill their universe. They are always on the lookout for actors and actresses whose careers are hot, and that’s exactly what happened last week, when it was revealed that recent Oscar winner, Brie Larson, was in early talks to fill the role of Captain Marvel in the character’s upcoming solo film. It’s a huge step for the studio, as this will be their first female hero to get her own film and franchise....

As soon as MTV reality series Siesta Key started airing in 2017, people drew comparisons to The Hills, a show on the same network that also featured pretty people dealing with personal drama. Now in its third season, Siesta Key has many hallmarks of a classic reality show: lots of romance, friends fighting, miscommunication, and a general sense that everything is falling apart at any given moment. It’s definitely not boring....

How long is too long? At what point does the audience’s hunger for more of the story go away? The critical and commercial success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (after 10 years without a Star Wars movie), Jurassic World (after 13 years) and Mad Max: Fury Road (after 28 years) makes this a tricky question to answer. For certain franchises, it seems as though it’s never too late to return to the well....

Though film school education – much like any degree – varies from university to university and professor to professor, there is a commonality to the films shown to students in those first few semesters. First year students will almost always have to take a required cinema history course, which covers the earliest prototypes that led to film cameras (for the rest of your life, you will wonder why you know what a zoetrope is) and the first film experiments....