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  • Florence + The Machine artwork for songs produced for Final Fantasy XV. Photo provided.

Florence + The Machine Adds to the Final Fantasy XV Soundtrack

By |August 12th, 2016|Categories: Entertainment, Featured, Florence + The Machine, Gaming, Music News, National News, Pop Culture, Tech News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , |

Florence + the Machine has recently produced three spellbinding tracks for the upcoming FINAL FANTASY XV video game. The latest chapter in the epic saga of fictional gaming takes a serious look at the soundtrack behind the game. The three tracks, 'Too Much Is Never Enough,' 'I Will Be' and the classic cover 'Stand By Me,' were all recorded in Air Studios in London with producer Emile Haynie. “I was listening to Classic FM and there was a whole two hour program about classical music in videogames. It was so inspiring and a whole scope of music that I didn't

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  • Amazon Launchpad Announces Kickstarter Collection featuring Prynt. Photo by: Prynt / YouTube

Amazon Features the Kickstarter Collection

By |July 27th, 2016|Categories: Amazon, Economy, Featured, National News, Sundance Film Festival, Tech News|Tags: , , , , , |

Amazon and Kickstarter are teaming together to provide a platform for entrepreneurs to showcase their funded projects on Amazon.com. Shop the latest tools and technology, as well as a toy, electronics, books and more helpful accessories to scan over. It would be interesting to see Amazon work more with the Sundance Film Festival to provide a section of the site focused on the films being screened at the film festival, past films and 3D projects. It would be great to have a preview function to stream the movies, and a watch later option, to buy the film after it is

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  • Tesla Model S. Elon Musk is the largest shareholder in both Tesla and SolarCity. Photo by: jurvetson (Steve Jurvetson)

Elon Musk Lays Out Tesla Motors Plan for the Future

By |July 21st, 2016|Categories: Clean Energy, Economy, Environment, Global, National News, Politics, Tech News, Tesla Motors|Tags: , , , , , , |

Develop a Self-Driving Capability that is 10X Safer than Manual via Massive Fleet Learning Elon Musk and Tesla Motors have laid out their upcoming plans for the company. These upcoming plans include: trucks, safer self-driving automobiles, producing solar panel roofing and hopefully creates a system to allow Tesla vehicles to make money for consumers. Solar City, a company focused on producing solar panel technology, has recently been in talks with Musk about merging together with Tesla Motors. Despite the company taking a financial hit after a fatal crash car involving their self-driving technology, Tesla Motors and the company has bounced

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  • Concert photography being taken with a smartphone. The recent Apple patent to disable video recording at concerts has caught major buzz, where the Apple patent for texting and driving is not being heavily publicized. Photo by: pexels.com

The Debate Between Texting and Driving vs. Filming at Concerts

By |July 10th, 2016|Categories: Entertainment, Festivals, Film News, Music News, National News, Politics, Pop Culture, Reflections, Tech News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , |

Will Apple Use Their 2014 Patent to Block Texting and Driving Before the 2016 Patent to Block Cameras on iPhones? https://youtu.be/H2bqDnZMGOU Mainstream media is all buzzed up for Apple's recent patent to block smartphones from illegal filming at concerts, museums and movie theaters. It is my theory that the media is using this story to distract the masses into thinking the technology is made for concerts. They seem to be trying to put the blame on the diehard fans that love music enough to share it with other people, and that the camera blocking technology is going to be produced

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  • Pokémon GO still shot. Photo by: Nintendo / YouTube

The Augmented Reality Revolution with Pokémon GO

By |July 7th, 2016|Categories: Asia, Economy, Entertainment, Film News, Gaming, Global, National News, Pop Culture, Previews, San Francisco, Tech News, Virtual Reality|Tags: , , , , , , |

Motion Graphics in a Filter Form Nintendo, Niantic and The Pokémon Company released Pokémon GO, a smartphone app that augments reality, (with a motion picture filter) to display digital creatures in with a live setting. Recently, smartphone users that have download Snapchat, may have noticed the filters that the app uses. They have a motion graphic for a tongue, and various other filters. Pokémon GO is utilizing the motion graphic filter method, but they are also taking it a step further with gameplay centered around geography. The new app has had some technical difficulties, but users have been highly engaged

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  • Morris from America by Sean McElwee being screened at NEXT FEST 2016. Photo by: Sundance Institute

Sundance Institute Announces Film and Music Lineup for Sundance NEXT FEST 2016

By |July 6th, 2016|Categories: Entertainment, Festivals, Fiction, Film News, Los Angeles, Music News, National News, NEXT FEST, Non-Fiction, Pop Culture, Previews, Sundance Film Festival, Tech News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

August 12-14 at The Theatre at Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles The Sundance Institute has just released the 2016 music, comedy and film lineup for NEXT FEST. Several of the film such as, Morris from America, White Girl and Goat; all made their world debuts at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. They each won big with worldwide audiences. They will be making their Los Angeles Premiere at NEXT FEST. Royal by Flying Lotus will be making its World Premiere at the festival taking place August 12-14. Take a look through the film guide setup by the Sundance Institute for the NEXT

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  • Google Project Bloks. Photo by: Google / YouTube

Google Project Bloks Connects Hardware Production with Online Education

By |June 27th, 2016|Categories: California, Economy, Global, Google, National News, Tech News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , |

Research and Develop the Future of Technology Google Project Bloks is reshaping the way we see physical programming and provides insight on how to build skills in hardware production. It works as as open source platform for designers and researchers to communicate and share ideas. Check out a photo from Google Project Bloks of the Base Board they plan to use. The project is still in active research, but IDEO’s Coding Kit will be available for kids to play with at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA and at the Science Museum in London, UK. The website notes that the

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  • VidCon 2016. Photo by: VidCon / YouTube

VidCon 2016 Celebrates Seventh Year in Anaheim, California

By |June 26th, 2016|Categories: California, Economy, Entertainment, Festivals, Film News, Global, Los Angeles, Music News, National News, Pop Culture, Reviews, Tech News, Virtual Reality, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Experience the Action from #VidCon2016 VidCon 2016 has just wrapped, and the event has live streams currently available to view on YouTube. Recap all the keynotes, presentations, and interactive media from the Anaheim Convention Center. This year, VidCon released a new trailer for an upcoming channel The Rock plans to produce with YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etkRvX9JZBg The event also showcased new material from the YouTube Red catalog. Users that subscribe to YouTube Red will be able to skip ads, as well as stream the latest music on Google Play, and watch original content on YouTube. Escape the Night is a recent show to premiere,

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  • Murmuration 2016 graphic art. Photo by: Murmuration 2016

Flying Lotus and Tycho To Headline Murmuration 2016

By |June 6th, 2016|Categories: Entertainment, Festivals, Film News, Missouri, Music News, National News, Previews, St. Louis, Tech News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Dan Deacon, Suuns, Prince Rama, Sky-Pony Perform at Murmuration 2016 St. Louis is hosting a new multicultural event called Murmuration, and it will be held on September 23-25. The music lineup this year includes: Flying Lotus, Tycho, Deerhoof, and Yacht. Additionally performing at the Cortex Innovation Community includes: Dan Deacon, Suuns, Prince Rama, Sky-Pony, and local artists ICE and Yowie. This multicultural event will also provide thought leader sessions on virtual reality, robotics, creativity, big data, and much more. The Thought Series features Mark Hatch of TechShop, Dr. Atyia Martin of the City of Boston, Steve Cousins of Savioke, and Calum Pearson of Cirque

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  • Amazon 2016. Photo by: The Wall Street Journal / YouTube

Amazon Steamrolls in Dallas, New York City & Online Streaming

By |May 17th, 2016|Categories: Amazon, Culinary, Dallas, Economy, Entertainment, Film News, Global, Local News, Music News, National News, Netflix, New York City, Tech News|Tags: , , , , , |

Prime Now, Fire TV, and Amazon Video Direct Amazon continues to expand at an exponential rate. In the first quarter if 2016, their operating income was $1.1 billion in the first quarter, compared with $255 million in first quarter 2015. That is almost an increase of four times the income they brought in a year prior. The tech company started off in 1994 providing an option for online shopping. Over the past twenty years, the company has begun to work with cloud computing, retail, delivery, consumer electronics, streaming original content and additional items on AmazonBasics. In an era of disruption, Amazon

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