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Spotify celebrates the LGBTQ community with #PressPlayForPride

Starting today, music streaming service Spotify is offering a dedicated Pride category called #PressPlayForPride. The category will bring together curated playlists with personal commentary from LGBTQ artists and advocates across a wide range of music genres. There are over 975,000 Pride and LGBTQ themed playlists on Spotify, the company says. The playlists will come from a variety of public figures, …

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Why would anyone buy an MP3 player in 2016?

Now playing: Watch this: Why you should buy an MP3 player 2:21 Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved listening to music, especially in the anti-social form of wearing headphones. A big fan of tuning out of my surroundings and tuning into my self-curated soundtrack, my fancy for portable music players started when I permanently borrowed my mother’s cassette …

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iPods and the Sandisk Clip Jam: The best budget MP3 Players

Now playing: Watch this: Why you should buy an MP3 player 2:21 Though MP3 players have limited appeal, they’re not completely pointless. Why have an MP3 player when you can listen to music on your phone, you ask? Streaming music eats data Downloaded music takes up storage space Listening to music drains your phone’s battery life Aside from these reasons, …

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Cleveland Rocks: Fans erupt on social media as Cavs win NBA title

Next year is finally now for Cleveland Cavaliers fans. Long-suffering Ohio basketball fans rejoiced Sunday as their team defeated the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors 93-89. And they did so in a way they couldn’t when the franchise was founded 52 years ago: social media. In a blizzard of tweets, diehards, like Patrick Ward, celebrated the nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat Game …

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Benedict Cumberbatch gets his own Doctor Strange Funko toy

Doctor Strange gets the Pop Vinyl treatment from Funko toys, complete with his iconic superhero costume. In the upcoming Marvel film, actor Benedict Cumberbatch plays Dr. Stephen Strange who, after a tragic car accident, discovers the hidden world of alternate dimensions and magic while becoming an unusual superhero who protects us from paranormal and otherworldly villains. The Cumberbatch as Doctor …

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All hail the green

When you’re Queen Elizabeth II, making a fashion statement every time you venture outside Buckingham Palace is a regular way of life. So when, for her 90th birthday celebration last week, the queen decided to wear an all-green ensemble in the exact same color as a green screen, video and digital artists had some fun with the photos and YouTube …

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