Maybe you know her from her four comedy albums, "Without You I'm Nothing," "I'm Still Here... Dammit!," "Everything Bad and Beautiful," or "I Love Being Me, Don't You?" or perhaps you remember her from her groundbreaking work on TV series "Roseanne" or critically-acclaimed turn in Martin Scorsese's "The King of Comedy" or even from one of her books or music albums. Or by chance you've caught her offering up cultural criticism on Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live." No matter how you've become acquainted with this frank funny woman, there's no denying her gift for pithy and provocative socio-political commentary. Most relevantly, she called out our obsessions with apps like Twitter and Grindr on her last comedy album.

Comedian Sandra Bernhard reflected on our apps-obsession on I Love Being Me, Don't You?

Download.com caught up with Sandra Bernhard about her favorite apps today, schooling her daughter on the importance of real communication, her distaste for selfies and spotlight grabbers, and the importance of keeping it simple both on and offline.

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Chrome 29 introduces a Native Messaging interface to so programmers won't have to rely on plug-ins to invoke third-party software.

Google has added a new feature to Chrome to help programmers who relied on soon-to-be-banished browser plug-ins to call upon the services of a third-party program.

The Native Messaging interface will let programmers do things like trigger a password management program, said Google programmer Sergey Ulanov in a blog post Tuesday.

The interface arrived with Chrome 29, Ulanov said, for Windows, Linux, and OS X.

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Avast 2014 represents a significant design overhaul, embracing the flat movement without blatantly imitating Windows 8's signature look. The new version comes with a modern look and feel without compromising the organization of the many security management tools that Avast has been known for. The result is a user experience that caters to both the set-it-and-forget user as well as the more involved and interactive power player.

List of improvements include a more intuitive software version checker, a built-in app store for easier upgrades and access to Avast's other products, and an impressive real-time stat tracker that displays global activity of Community IQ's virus database updates. A browser add-on also comes redesigned with Do not Track functionality and the ability to manage online tracking or disable it completely.

The full review and download is available here.