Bill on a ban on TikTok in the US moves forward
There’s a move afoot in the US government to have TikTok banned–or, at the very least to have Chinese parent Bytedance sell the company. The big concern is that TikTok could be a
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Ryerson Entertainment Conference: Where commerce and creativity connect
Have you heard about Ryerson Universities entertainment conference – REC? It’s a student-run two-day conference that looks at entertainment technology, communications and media.
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Social media app Vertigo allows you to give yourself a soundtrack with song stories
I’ve always thought that everyday life would be more exciting with a soundtrack. Morning coffee accompanied by soothing indie rock, working out to heavy metal, and whenever we say goodbye to our pets,
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This Startup App Does Music Instant Messaging Better Than Snapchat
Do you wish you could add a bit more tunage to your Snaps? The current process for adding music to Snapchat posts involves quickly opening and closing your phone’s music app. It’s confusing, requires
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Does That Emoji Mean What You Think It Does?
Welcome to the 21st century, where emojis might soon become evidence in courtrooms. A new paper from Eric Goldman at the Santa Clara University School of Law suggests emojis aren’t just a way
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RecMob: A Social Video Community by Raine Maida
If you feel fed up by the seemingly fake offerings on social media, Raine Maida has created the perfect video app for you. He describes RecMob as “an alternative to fake and manicured
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RedPine Concert at The Silver Dollar Room
RedPine Music, our friends from the Music Tech MeetUp, are putting on a crowdfunded concert at the Silver Dollar April 12th. The lineup includes : Noah Mroueh Eric Cormier Quinn Mills and The Common Era
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Musical.ly: Why It’s So Popular with Teens and Tweens
It seems like almost every day there’s a new app that all the cool kids — or just kids in general — are using. Right now, one of the apps steadily gaining popularity
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Anthony Elonis Back in Court
The man who claimed graphically violent messages posted on Facebook were rap lyrics and not direct threats against his ex-wife, teachers at their children’s school and former coworkers found himself back in court
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Twitter Turns to Music. Again.
Anyone else remember the ill-fated experiment of Twitter Music? No? Don’t feel bad. It came and went in a blink, buried as an initiative that just didn’t work. But now Twitter, a company
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