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We tell you the story of the IBM Simon, the very first multitasking phone with touch screen, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary
On August 16, 1994, the American company IBM marketed the ancestor of the smartphone, the first phone in history with a touch screen and offering multiple applications (messages, calendar, calculator,…
Attack foiled in Vienna | Taylor Swift awaited by her fans in London
(London) Pop star Taylor Swift resumed her monumental “Eras” tour in London on Thursday evening, eagerly awaited by her fans after the cancellation last week of her three concerts planned…
“Close to You”: Returning Home
Sam (Elliot Page) has been anticipating this day for weeks. For the first time since moving to Toronto—and since transitioning—the young trans man visits his family in the small town…
“Martomat”, Martomat | Le Devoir
Have you exhausted all your audio resources to entertain your offspring this summer and screen time is long over? Here may be a solution: Martomat’s album. This is the project…
The Arènes Lyriques festival is taking place in Montmartre in a “rather unusual” location
The festival continues until Saturday in the Arènes de Montmartre, at the foot of the Sacré-Cœur. “A place unknown to 90% of Parisians,” according to director Pierre Mollaret, who immediately…
Students are finding it increasingly difficult to find accommodation
With one month to go before the start of the university year, the race against time is on to find somewhere to live in an increasingly difficult context. Published 08/16/2024…
Actor Matthew Perry dies | Five people prosecuted
(Los Angeles) Five people, including two doctors, are being sued in connection with the death of the star actor of the series FriendsMatthew Perry, after overdosing on ketamine last year,…
The Landing in Provence “is even more African than French”, underlines historian Jean Garrigues
On August 15, 1944, “90% of the troops” of the Provence landing “were Africans,” the historian specifies. Published 08/15/2024 10:30 Reading time: 1 min Jean Garrigues, historian, was the guest…
TOHU 2024-2025 Season | The 7 Fingers to Close the Loop
To celebrate its 20the anniversary, TOHU has programmed seven acrobatic pieces created by companies from here, but also from Belgium, Australia, France and Mozambique. Some creations, several revivals and, of…
Weather spoils commemorations of the landing in Provence and leaves some disappointed
The orange warning for storms in the Var has put paid to the festivities linked to the Allied landings on August 15, 1944, planned in Saint-Raphaël and Toulon. Published 08/15/2024…
40 years of Pink Magic | The evening when Diane Dufresne and her audience made the Stadium together
This Friday from 8 p.m., the Olympic Stadium tower will be illuminated to celebrate the 40the birthday of Pink magicthe happening that made Diane Dufresne the first artist from Quebec,…
It’s a song that resembles us. “Under the sky of Paris”, under all the skies
Composed and written for a film by Julien Duvivier released in 1951, “Sous le ciel de Paris” was sung a lot by French artists as a postcard, during their concerts…
Storm Ernesto could have impacts in the Maritime provinces
Long-range forecasts suggest that the tropical storm Ernesto is expected to move southeastern Nova Scotia by Monday. But the Canadian Hurricane Centre says it’s unclear at this point how the…
Ukraine involved in Nord Stream sabotage? “Absolute nonsense,” says kyiv
The Ukrainian presidency on Thursday described as “absolute nonsense” its accusation in the September 2022 sabotage of the Russian Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, following press reports…
Mireille Bucci, 11 years old in 1944, recounts the day when everything changed
Published 08/15/2024 8:48 PM Video length: 3 min 80 years since the landing in Provence: Mireille Bucci, 11 years old in 1944, recounts the day when everything changed 80 years…
Tohu 2024-2025 Season | The 7 Fingers to Close the Loop
To celebrate its 20the anniversary, Tohu has programmed seven acrobatic pieces created by companies from here, but also from Belgium, Australia, France and Mozambique. Some creations, several revivals and of…
Environment Canada issues severe thunderstorm watches for several regions in southern Quebec
Severe thunderstorms could break out from Thursday to Monday in several regions of Quebec, warns Environment Canada. As early as Thursday afternoon, “violent thunderstorms” could form in the Capitale-Nationale, Chaudière-Appalaches…
Radio-Canada’s sports department goes down the drain
Radio-Canada will dismantle its sports department. The employees will soon be integrated into the news department. No layoffs have been announced, but the eight experienced journalists who accepted a severance…
Motorway service areas are reinventing themselves
Published 08/15/2024 9:53 p.m. Updated 08/15/2024 10:11 PM Video length: 2 min Holidays: motorway service areas are reinventing themselves Holidays: motorway service areas are reinventing themselves (france 2) On the…
Pink Magic at the Olympic Stadium | Montreal to Commemorate 40 Years of Diane Dufresne’s Show
Montreal will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the landmark show on Friday Pink magicwhich Diane Dufresne had offered at the Olympic Stadium in front of tens of thousands of spectators.…