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Tax Season 2016 – Beware Tax Scams

February 10, 2016 | 0 Comments

Its tax season again and as always the cyber scum is out to get you. No matter how many warnings are sent out to the tax paying workers of America there is always someone who...

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Technology makes for a convenient life. Easy communications. Easy shopping. Easy at home and easy at work. We depend on technology for our new electric and hybrid cars, more efficient appliances and dependable access to...

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Users of Facebook and other social media sites have been sharing various versions of a fake Nordstrom gift card offer. The ad claims that Nordstrom was offering a $200 gift card to Facebook users who...

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Breach Brief – Wendy’s, Centene

January 31, 2016 | 1 Comments

January 29, 2016 Wendy’s Yet another point-of-sale system appears to have been hacked. Wendy’s fast food restaurant reports that its POS system has come under suspicion for a possible breach of customer card data. Wendy’s...

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Your Cable Box is About to Die

January 31, 2016 | 0 Comments

Cable television has been under relentless pressure for quite some time now. More and more Americans are simply cutting the cord. Tired of the high cost of cable programming bundles and equipment rental many people...

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App of the Week – Seateroo

January 23, 2016 | 0 Comments

Flying sucks! You have to damn near get naked to get through security and the service and leg room sucks aboard the plane. And who hasn’t sat next to an overly talkative old women, a...

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‘Today in Black Twitter’

January 23, 2016 | 0 Comments

Mark S. Luckie, former Manager of Journalism and News for Twitter, launched ‘Today in Black Twitter. The new website was actually introduced months ago but has recently undergone a makeover. It is intended to document and...

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Celebrity Cyber Report – Mike Tyson

January 13, 2016 | 0 Comments

Former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson has jumped into the Bitcoin game. You might remember the mountains of money that boxing legend George Forman made by endorsing an electric grill? Well Iron Mike is using...

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Black Women Leading Corporate Diversity Programs

January 13, 2016 | 0 Comments

Diversity has become a buzz word in corporate America. Bringing new color and new perspectives to the workplace from the factory floor to the boardroom has never before been so urgent. Many corporations in the...

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App of the Week – Laundry Day

January 13, 2016 | 0 Comments

Nothing is more frustrating than trying to decipher those mysterious washing instruction tags on garments. What do those symbols mean? What is worse is that you know that making a mistake will ruin the clothes...

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