Black voters want t know. A new website allows African-American voters to track, by industry, who is giving money to their elected representatives. The website named Contribution Explorer allows the voter to see what money is going to their elected representative. Although you will not be able to see what companies are giving the money...

Did Facebook experiment on you?  Are the playing with your mind? According to reports Facebook conducted an experiment on over 600,000 of its users seemingly without their permission. ComputerWeekly.com reported that Facebook and Cornell University and the University of California conducted the experiment two years ago over a single week. The three together filtered users’ newsfeeds to...

Breaking smartphone addiction is a serious issue. There are several technology addictions that are becoming recognized by professional psychologist. Black people’s lives are being destroyed in much the same way cocaine or alcohol destroys lives. We just can’t stop doing it. Everyday African-Americans get fired from jobs because they can’t stay away from their cell...

Antivirus myth and reality means that anti-virus software alone won’t keep you safe and secure online. Computers are like babies; they like to be clean, safe and healthy. The truth of owning a computer is that it needs constant care and attention to keep it healthy. But if you think that a simple piece of...

African-Americans have a problem when we do not get the service we expect or paid for. And we speak out about  it, sometimes loudly. But we can speak a lot louder if we use the Internet. Posting online reviews of products or services on websites like Yelp and Angie’s List can be a powerful way to...

According to a survey  by USA Today 24% of people who regularly shop online have cut back or stopped altogether. The reason? Recent large data breaches has created caution among online shoppers.  According to the report 24% of those surveyed said they had recently stopped buying online because of concerns about the safety of information they...

If you remember my previous article on this subject the question was “can police search a cell phone of person under arrest without a warrant?” And the answer came today in a unanimous decision;  the Supreme Court says no to cell phone searches! The Supreme Court issued a sweeping defense of digital privacy in a landmark...

Privacy is becoming a huge concern for everybody. So how do you re-claim your online privacy? Black people need to begin to look for a way to do this.  You have heard it before but I am going to say it again. There is no privacy on the Internet or anywhere for that matter. But...

Ok black folks wake up! We live in an age of relentless information collection. Everything you do has been recorded and digitized somewhere by somebody. This information is collected for one simple reason; to know who you are, what you do, and whats happening in your life. Big data is in your business. Nothing is...

Yet another company has reported a credit card breach. The popular Asian restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s has reported that it’s systems were hacked and the hack goes back as far as September 18th of 2013 and continued until June 11th. When these data breaches occur VISA, MasterCard and the other card providers react by issuing private Compromised Account Management...