YouTube Announces Its First-Ever Music Awards

Are you a fan of live music and real-time drama? Today YouTube has introduced a new music awards celebration coming in November featuring your favorite video producers from over the past year! The live event on November 3 will feature performances by Lady Gaga, Eminem, Arcade Fire, and many YouTube-born stars like CDZA and violinist… Continue reading YouTube Announces Its First-Ever Music Awards

Photoville 2013: Highlights from a Pop-Up Photo Gallery Hosted in Recycled Freight Containers

Photo shows actually worth seeing? Check. Interactive exhibits and workshops? Check. Free talks given by talented artists? Check. Laid-back Brooklyn vibes set to a backdrop of the breathtaking Manhattan skyline? Check. Photoville, the up-and-coming multi-day photo fair in Brooklyn Bridge Park, has it all. Photoville is a pop-up photo gallery hosted inside recycled freight containers… Continue reading Photoville 2013: Highlights from a Pop-Up Photo Gallery Hosted in Recycled Freight Containers

Lights Out: New Zealand Town Powers Down for Undimmed Astrophotography

When we city dwellers gaze up at the night sky, unfortunately, an almost empty like darkness is often times returned due to the overbearing pollution of the urban lights around us. One town near Lake Tekapo, New Zealand looks to reverse that by going dark to allow the nearby Mt. John Observatory, located 1,029 meters… Continue reading Lights Out: New Zealand Town Powers Down for Undimmed Astrophotography

Decibel: Celebrating 10 Years of Electronic Music and Visual Art [W/ 18 Acts You Don’t Want to Miss!]

The synthesizer, the first device to convert electronic signals into musical notes, was invented more than 100 years ago, and people have been losing themselves to dance ever since. Since then, electronic music has been taken to new heights of musical production and engineering feats. The early ’70s and ’80s synth-pop acts of Kraftwerk and… Continue reading Decibel: Celebrating 10 Years of Electronic Music and Visual Art [W/ 18 Acts You Don’t Want to Miss!]

The Day Following Every Apple Keynote

Whether it be the new iPhone, iPad, iWatch, or iWhatever, each Apple press event casts the same basic characters and implements the same basic script. From super impressed fanboys, to perpetual “news breakers,” or even Apple trolls, everyone thinks they are in the know. But the only thing I know for sure is that Apple… Continue reading The Day Following Every Apple Keynote

What’s to Come at Apple’s September 10 Press Event: Rumors

Many rumors have been buzzing around Apple’s press event scheduled for tomorrow. If Apple CEO Tim Cook follows Steve Job’s game plan, it’s about time that Apple does four things: introduce a new must-have gadget, update existing devices, release low-cost models of existing devices, and expand to more distribution partners. From a budget iPhone to the launch of the iWatch, here’s what may (or may not) come up in Tim Cook’s speech tomorrow.

How the NFL’s Opening Football Game Scored on Twitter

Are you finally ready for some football? NFL and Twitter fans seemed to have been last night for the opening kick off between the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens. The game drew 1.4 million Tweets sent out with a spike of 15,000 per minute during Peyton Manning’s 5th touchdown pass. He went on to throw… Continue reading How the NFL’s Opening Football Game Scored on Twitter

Facebook Launching Shared Photo Albums

During parties, vacations, and other social events, it’s common for multiple people to play photographer with their cameras and smartphones. This often leads to a plethora of photo albums on Facebook covering the same event. Sometimes you have access to all the photos in these albums, but sometimes users’ privacy settings restrict your access. To… Continue reading Facebook Launching Shared Photo Albums