Market of mobile apps continued to grow in 2020 despite the coronavirus outbreak, with new app downloads growing seven percent year-over-year to 218 billion, according to a report. Consumer spending on app stores also resulted in a growth of 20 percent year-over-year. The expansion of app downloads and usage of smartphones has pushed mobile ad
5G technology is touted as an innovation platform that will enhance our connected world. To deliver on this promise, 5G will demand the network supporting it to be as flexible as the services running on it. The following high-level 5G uses cases are well understood and documented by the wireless industry: • Enhanced Mobile Broadband
East Coast actor George James is best known for playing Jake in the wind-powered boarding house filled with wacky puppets and good vibes on the iconic ’80s children’s television show “Pinwheel.” While George James shared the small screen with some plush puppets including Aurelia, Plus and Minus, Ebenezer T. Squint, Molly O’Mole, Luigi O’Brien and
GRiZ presents his second virtual Camp Kulabunga, an online retreat set to take place next month over February 20-21. The DJ/producer goes beyond the music, offering fans and friends a much needed “spiritual cleanse.” Camp Kulabunga provides a chance to connect and find a sense of community, self-empowerment, radical inclusion, and wellness. The immersive live
Last week’s attack on the US Capitol is already one of the most unforgettable events in American history. The Capitol building was last breached when British forces invaded during the War of 1812. 209 years later, a mob of insurrectionists attacked the building at the behest of none other than the sitting, but on-the-way-out, US
Guitar great Joe Satriani has put his creativity toward another platform, serving as a co-creator on the new comic book series “Crystal Planet.” The space-centric story centers on Satchel Walker, described as “a man out of time” who finds himself caught between desperate factions as they battle for resources while in the perilous orbit of
“I believe in Canadian fashion.” By Victoria DiPlacido Date January 12, 2021 Facebook Twitter Canadian fashion champion Susan Langdon has been awarded the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest honours. According to a press release from the governor general, Langdon, who is the executive director of Toronto Fashion Incubator (TFI), received the award
Woman sunbathers sit along a beach in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on July 24, 2020, while behind is seen the Burj al-Arab hotel. After a painful four-month tourism shutdown that ended earlier in July, Dubai is billing itself as a safe destination with the resources to ward off coronavirus. KARIM SAHIB | AFP via
It was long suspected. Now it has been confirmed. Harry Lennix will officially appear as Martian Manhunter in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. What started out as an Internet meme, then became an online campaign, has now blown up into one of the most epic TV miniseries ever created. The Snyder Cut will hit HBO Max
This is part of an ongoing conversation, Gabriel and I have been having, in various coffeeshops, in various parts of the world. Today, we two near-luddites find ourselves on Zoom, in Maine and Glasgow respectively. * Karl Geary: I thought I’d start by just embarrassing you a little bit. I was just looking through some
(CNN) — They’re watching you, wherever you walk. They know exactly where you pause, when you slow down and speed up, and they count you in and out of the city. What’s more, they’re tracking your phone, so they can tell exactly how many people from your country or region are in which area, at
Exclusive Dustin Diamond of “Saved By the Bell” has been hospitalized — and cancer seems to be the likely prognosis … TMZ has learned. Dustin’s team tells us he was hospitalized in Florida this past weekend after feeling pain all over his body and a general sense of unease. We’re told he was taken to
A former employee of Japanese operator group Softbank, who now works for rival MNO Rakuten Mobile, has been arrested on suspicion of violating unfair competition prevention law. So says an announcement from SoftBank, which is currently only published in Japanese, so things may have been lost in Google translation. It says that, while the employee
The resurgence of indie synth pop in the late 00s and early 10s was sort of a breath of fresh air in a musical climate that prior to that had been pretty strictly divided between pop, EDM and Indie. Acts like M83, Cut/Copy, Hot Chip. Phantogram and even the Yeah Yeah Yeahs took the new
The first message came on Christmas morning which, if the Trump administration has its way, will be Dustin Higgs’ last holiday. “I would like to do whatever I can do to shine a light on this most horrific thing named the death penalty,” Higgs wrote to me in an email from federal death row. “To
Bad Wolves have been making headlines all weekend following the announcement that singer Tommy Vext was parting ways with the band. Last night (Jan. 11), Doc Coyle and John Boecklin hosted a livestream on Facebook to explain the decision, and confirm that it was not related to “cancel culture.” The rockers started the discussion off by
Photography via ImaxTreeSay goodbye to snow soaked hems. By Eliza Grossman Date January 12, 2021 Facebook Twitter Slouchy, lug-sole, combat and Western-inspired boots are all staples in our footwear rotation, but styling them through the elements can be tricky. While winter layering offers lots of styling opportunity, watching your favourite pants trail though slush can
Passengers arrive on a flight from London amid new restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at JFK International Airport in New York, December 21, 2020. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters The U.S. will soon require airline passengers to prove they recently tested negative for Covid-19 before flying to the country, the Centers for