A rude awakening On Nov. 10, at 3 a.m., Raffi Elliott was roused from sleep by a huge commotion on the street outside his apartment building in downtown Yerevan. Looking out of the window, Elliott, a Canadian-Armenian journalist and entrepreneur… »
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Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Snapchat launches Spotlight, a TikTok-like short video function
Snapchat used to be the favorite of young social media users, but under the dual competitive pressure of Instagram and TikTok, it has lost its momentum. After a quiet year of lacking innovation, Snapchat finally began to fight back. On… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Google says its news project has funded $189M, 6,000 news partners
Google’s main news project, Google News Initiative, has provided $189 million in funds, projects, tools and resources in the past two years, and supported more than 6,250 news partners in 118 countries, according to Richard Gingras, the internet giant’s vice… »
Arts & Entertainment, Internet, Science & Technology
Spotify acquires Megaphone, a leading podcast advertising platform
On the morning of Nov. 10, Spotify, the Swedish audio streaming media giant, announced the acquisition of Megaphone, one of the world’s major podcast advertising and hosting platforms. According to informed sources, the transaction will be close to $235 million… »
Arts & Entertainment, Internet, Science & Technology
New player comes to podcast, Netflix is testing audio-only mode
The Podcasts market has been growing steadily in recent years. In addition to several major players, such as Apple, Google and Spotify, online video giant, Youtube is also making some attempts in the audio field. Now, another powerful new player,… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Google launches Pinpoint, an AI tool for journalists to analyzes massive files
Pinpoint is a noticeable member of Reporter Studio, a series of journalist tools launched by Google. The purpose of Reporter Studio is to help journalists “work more efficiently, creatively and safely.” And Pinpoint is a tool that Google highlights to… »
Welcome to the Queen-Dom of Dominique Fils-Aimé, where music heals the soul
This is my last Safe&Sound music column, which I started four months ago during the pandemic, and we are still not out of the woods. But the one thing I have learned during these chaotic times is how important it… »
‘Support the arts and save taxes!’, says Quebec’s classical music community
This week, some 25 Quebec singers have taken the mic for a collective live recording of the famous Blues du Businessman, a hit from the 1970s musical Starmania later sung by Celine Dion. The chorus goes: “J’aurais voulu être un… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous
Quebec rapper mourns Indigenous deaths, releases single called “Génocide”
Among the numerous Quebec artists that have raised their voice following the passing of Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year old Atikamekw woman who died in a public hospital after being insulted and humiliated by nurses, Algonquin rapper Samian is one to… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous
Urban Indigenous singer Anachnid extends her web across Canada’s soundscape
When the Montreal-based singer Anachnid picked up the Zoom-phone for our interview, she was still in shock after an emotional week that started with the death of Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous Atikamekw woman in a Quebec hospital where she was… »
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