Kanye West’s Pan Am Games gig shows Toronto dreaming big – Canada – CBC … – CBC.ca

Kanye West has been awarded more than a dozen Grammy Awards, sold millions of albums and married into America’s reality TV royalty. But, for some Canadians, the rapper’s resumé is missing one key word to qualify him as a headliner for the Pan Am Games’ closing ceremony — Canadian. The organizers’…

Columbus’ Identity Crisis: Who Are We, Anyway? – Columbus Monthly

Live music booms from within the Battelle Grand Ballroom at the Columbus Convention Center late one morning in March. Inside, hundreds of professionals in suits and skirts mingle while nibbling hors d’oeuvres, glancing politely at one another’s name tags. They’ve left their offices to network…

Apple uses annual event to highlight software that makes iPhones, other … – Minneapolis Star Tribune

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s iTunes helped change the way music-lovers bought their favorite songs, replacing plastic discs with digital downloads. Now the maker of iPods and iPhones wants to carve out a leading role in a revolution well underway, with a new, paid streaming-music service…

Verizon Buys AOL For $4.4 Billion To Become ‘World’s Biggest Media Platform’ – ThinkProgress

by Lauren C. Williams Posted on May 12, 2015 at 11:11 am “Verizon Buys AOL For $4.4 Billion To Become ‘World’s Biggest Media Platform’“ CREDIT: Dylan Petrohilos/ThinkProgress Verizon Communications announced Tuesday official plans to buy AOL, Inc. in $4.4 billion cash deal that will merge…

Review: Galaxy S6 phones are Samsung’s best yet – Arizona Daily Star

NEW YORK (AP) — A better design, sharper camera and easier to use software make the new Galaxy S6 phones the best Samsung has yet to offer. Although Samsung has been praised for its improved hardware, much of what I like is in the software…