Ilan Mester is an arts and entertainment writer based in Toronto. His work has been featured in portals such as TV Guide Canada, Sympatico.ca, Sharp Magazine and Boston’s Weekly Dig. Ilan studied screenwriting at Harvard and is a journalism student at Ryerson University.
On Wednesday, Jan. 18, you will have to live without Wikipedia. That’s right, the English version of the popular online encyclopedia is going dark for a day. But more importantly, today marks the day in which a number of technology companies from…
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Everyone knows that Apple sat out last week’s International CES, the largest tech-related trade show in the world. The big secret is what the famous tech company will reveal during a media event in New York City later this week. Multiple media…
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Major media outlets around the world – from The Guardian and La Vanguardia in Europe to The Huffington Post and Vanity Fair in the U.S. – have put out e-books this year. Most of these publications are neither repurposed magazine or newspaper…
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Next year, YouTube will launch roughly 100 channels in collaboration with entertainment heavyweights like Madonna, Ashton Kutcher and Emmy-nominated producer Anthony Zuiker (CSI). A couple of major production companies are linked to the new online…
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It seems like we can’t avoid the small screen these days. Even if you’ve ditched your TV because you watch shows on your laptop or iPad, you’re bound to see TV screens in thousands of restaurants, stores and even doctors’ offices. These…
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Last week’s BlackBerry outage angered millions of the smartphone’s users when BlackBerry owners from across Asia, Europe, Africa and North America were deprived of email and chat messaging services for days. Even those who don’t own a…
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Kindle Fire, Amazon’s brand new tablet, is selling faster than tickets to a Lady Gaga concert. Okay, maybe not that fast. But the figures are still significant; according to website
Editor’s note: Qwikster is dead on arrival. Netflix announced Monday that it’s scrapping plans to spin off its DVD service into a separate business. In short, Netflix has gotten back together with itself – and dumped Qwikster. Forget…
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When design guru and tech visionary Steve Jobs announced his resignation as CEO of Apple this week, the news made no shortage of headlines. After all, we’re talking about the entrepreneur behind the second most valuable company in the world, a man…
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Google announced this week that it’s acquiring Motorola Mobility, and tech pundits are weighing in on both sides of the debate. Is shelling out roughly $12.5 billion a smart decision for Google? Does the company really need a hardware manufacturer…
Read on →If you are a journalist, and wish to have distribution for your ideas, and earn a living, you better figure out a way to become a brand because you’re going to have to do it yourself.
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