Tag: Tech

Image via Instagram @LilNasX & @JonasBrothers Earlier this week, social media was overrun with the Aging Filter. On Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, internet users couldn’t escape the pictures of friends and celebrities altering their faces to look older. But a day or two ago, the conversation changed to concerns for personal and national security. After it was discovered that the app where this filter originated is owned by a Russian Company, many people started having flashbacks to the 2016 US Presidential...

Where some schools are banning gay speakers, Stanford invited Apple’s openly gay CEO, Tim Cook to address its graduates today. While much of the speech was about Silicon Valley needing to accept responsibility, the Tim Cook Stanford speech used the 50th anniversary of Stonewall to make a point about the importance of leaving a legacy for the future. Choking up during the speech, Cook told the gathered Stanford graduates: “In a few days, we will mark the 50th anniversary of the...

If there has been one indispensable key factor in Madonna‘s unprecedented longevity in pop music , it’s her willingness to constantly evolve with the times. In 2005, she made headline news by releasing her entire catalogue on a two-year-old streaming service called iTunes. This was long before other comparable acts like The Beatles had done so, and it proved to be a shrewd, cutting-edge business move.  Madge and Apple are teaming up once again,...