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Quadio provides campus musicians with a new platform

Nicolas Oltean February 16, 2020
Young entrepreneurs and co-founders Marcus and Joe Welch envisioned a scene where musical talent could be found among college students who would one day lead in all facets of society. Quadio ensures that musicians could reach their own by incorporating the capability of communicating with members of universities from across the country.
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Spray paint on a wall in Trastevere, Italy. Tinder has an estimated 50 million users every month with an average of 12 million matches per day. DENIS BOCQUET/FLICKR VIA CC BY-SA 2.0

Online dating is destroying our love lives

Gabby Pardo March 28, 2018
Humans are not objects. We have feelings and emotions. Whether male or female, we deserve to be approached in a proper and respectful way if someone is romantically interested in us.
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A group of Stony Brook Uninversity students won a hackathon last month by building an app called ToiletGo. The was bulit using an Arduino board, like the one shown above. JAN VANTOMME/FLICKR VIA CC BY-NC 2.0

Students test computer science skills at inaugural hackathon

Taylor Ha March 19, 2017
These students didn’t hack computer systems in the traditional sense. Instead, they marshaled their computer science skills toward engineering innovative, useful software.
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An anonymous Yakker spread a rumor that the Wendy’s in Roth Dining was closing.  (BASIL JOHN / THE STATESMAN)

Yik Yak app gains momentum through anonymity and proximity

David Vertsberger October 9, 2014
Yik Yak, a Twitter-esque mobile application, has gained popularity across the country, including at Stony Brook University.
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The Grindr app is geared toward the gay community. (EZRA MARGONO)

Students share intimate details about sex soliciting apps

The Statesman February 10, 2013
Although Grindr and Blendr, two social networking applications for iPhone and Android devices, seem at first glance to be geared toward soliciting sex among their communities, their actual use has a wider application than just that.
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