Reggaeton music has long been a fixture in nightclubs around the Spanish-speaking world, but that hasn’t brought it critical acceptance, with the genre rooted in Puerto Rico’s marginalized communities. The genre so scorned by the elites has suddenly found a massive new market with the global success of Luis Fonsi’s song “Despacito.” “Despacito” is the … Read more
Designers live to set trends, and celebrity favorite Zac Posen sought to jolt New York fashion out of its slumber party by ditching the runway for portraiture on Valentine’s Day. The 36-year-old designer of many hats — television star in “Project Runway,” creative director of Brooks Brothers womenswear and author of a prospective cookbook — … Read more
US online giant Amazon on Tuesday announced the launch of a “unified communications service” which offers video and audio conferencing through its cloud computing service. The new service called Amazon Chime from Amazon Web Services — which provides the online computing power for thousands of businesses — enables customers to have conversations and videoconferences whether … Read more
The White House announced on Monday that Michael Flynn has resigned as President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, amid escalating controversy over his contacts with Moscow. In his formal resignation letter, Flynn acknowledged that in the period leading up to Trump’s inauguration: “I inadvertently briefed the vice president-elect and others with incomplete information regarding my … Read more