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Black Girls Code Gets Next to Google

July 8, 2016 | 0 Comments

Black Girls Code a non-profit group that teaches young minority girls tech skills is getting next to Google.  Black Girls Code and Google opened a new space inside Google’s building in Manhattan. Purchased by Google...

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New BET Play Streaming Service Launches

July 8, 2016 | 0 Comments

Black Entertainment Television is getting a technological upgrade.  Viacom the owner of the popular network is offering a new streaming service called BET Play that will allow BET watchers to stream the network’s programs. But...

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Microsoft Jumps into the Weed Business

June 20, 2016 | 1 Comments

Let’s face it, selling weed has always been big business. It is become more legitimate and has taken its place alongside alcohol as a legal intoxicant. At least it has in 24 states and that...

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Neighborhood websites have become the newest communication tool to inform communities. Community homeowner associations use websites for disseminating news and information and individual neighbors are using the Internet to communicate and address issues. They also...

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Breach Brief – Acer Computer

June 20, 2016 | 0 Comments

Computer maker Acer announced that it has suffered a data breach of its U.S. commerce site. According to Acer anyone who has purchased a computer through the site in the past year may be at...

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Damien Hooper-Campbell has been named the first chief of diversity for the online auction website eBay. Before joining eBay Damien worked a year as the global diversity and inclusion lead at Uber. Prior to that...

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Was Twitter Hacked?

June 16, 2016 | 0 Comments

A hacker going by the name of Tessa88 has supposedly offered for sale the log in credentials of 379 million Twitter accounts. The hacker is linked to the same hacker that stole log in credentials...

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Tovonna Holton, a 15 year old African-American girl, committed suicide after a a nude video of her was posted to the social media site SnapChat. SnapChat instant messages and photos are ony available for a...

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App of the Week – EasilyDo Email

May 30, 2016 | 0 Comments

We all know how difficult managing our email can be. Especially when you have tons of mass emails flooding your inbox, or inboxes. Mass emails are the primary tool of marketers, political parties, charities and...

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Race and Technology – Racism Online

May 30, 2016 | 0 Comments

The Internet is a very racist place. Racism online is rampant because many people enjoy the anonymity that the Internet provides. Thoughts, ideas and opinions can be expressed without question. Extremist groups once had to...

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