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Bryan Smith

  • Technology Journalist, BandwidthBlog, Freelance
Cape Town
As seen in: The South African, JD Supra, Yakima Herald-Republic, RealClear Defense, gearburn, Bleacher Nation, Bandwidth Blog, AnalyticsWeek
Covers:  Technology, Consumer Technology, Science, Mobile, Hardware, Software, Hard News, Opinion
Doesn't Cover: Fashion, Health and Beauty, Food, Business
Capturing life as I see it. Digital content manager sharing tech thoughts @bandwidthblog. My opinions change with new information.

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I'm a writer, photographer, podcaster, musician and videographer who's passionate about creating great content and telling engrossing stories.

Born in Durban, and living in Cape Town, I'm a self-taught photographer, guitarist and videographer. I hold two degrees; a Bachelor of Arts with distinction in Film & Media Studies, and a First Class Honours degree in Media Theory and Practice.

I'm as passionate about learning as I am teaching, and I'm heavily interested in news writing, politics, techn…

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Bandwidth Blog | South African technology & gadget news

Bandwidth Blog | South African technology & gadget news

Bandwidth Blog is the proudly South African home of breaking technology news, gadget reviews, incisive opinio…

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IRS Issues Proposed Regulations Relating to Digital Asset Transactions | JD Supra

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By Richard Peterson, Bryan Smith
| JD Supra
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released proposed regulations (REG-122793-19) pertaining to information reporting and backup withholding, as well as basis and amount realized determinations for certain transactions involving digital assets.
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SnapChat Plus rakes in more than a million paying subscribers

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By Bryan Smith
| Bandwidth Blog (South Africa)
If you’d kind of forgotten about SnapChat, we wouldn’t have blamed you – considering the meteoric rise of TikTok and Instagram’s ardent attempts to clone any feature that is moderately successful, it would seem that the Snap brainchild hasn’t endured rosy weather. However, fresh out of releasing its paid subscription tier – SnapChat Plus – just six weeks ago, the ephemeral social media network has already claimed to have amassed more than a million paying subscribers.
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ByteDance could compete with Spotify with TikTok Music

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By Bryan Smith
| Bandwidth Blog (South Africa)
In a very similar way to how there were once few video-on-demand platforms but now they’re many, ByteDance has now applied for a trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for what could be Spotify’s next big challenge. Enter TikTok Music.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Unofficially, job shadowing at the Carp Argus.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I was lucky - I grew up using both a typewriter and celeron computer!

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

With as much detail as possible and a list of intended deliverables!