Digital Divide in Mississippi Splits Along Racial Lines, Report Finds
African Americans in Mississippi often have fewer options for high-speed Internet and spend a higher proportion of their incomes on the Internet than whites in the state,according to a new reportunderscoring how the digital divide splits along racial lines. Mississippi ranks among the worst states in the nation in terms of broadband availability, and residents [...]
Read MorePresident Obama Calls on Congress to Pass Bill Aimed at Helping Startups
A day after showing his techno savvy with an appearance in a Google+ hangout, President Obama is calling on Congress to pass new legislation that would aid startups, and put them at the center of an agenda, “Startup America”, focused on creating new jobs. “The president has made small businesses and particularly start-ups a key [...]
Read MoreGoToMyPC Hits the iPhone
GoToMyPC is one of the most used remote desktop services on the market. Powered by Citrx (one of the premier online collaborations services in and of itself), GoToMyPC is perfect for IT support or your average user who wants to access a computer from anywhere. Since many people are starting to use their smartphones as a go-to computer [...]
Read MoreYhorLife.com Building an Online Community of Purpose and Shared Values
As recent reports indicate, African-Americans are more interested in hard news with substance than celebrity and gossip news nowadays. Well, that is what minority founder Adylia-Rhenee Gutierrez’s had in mind when creating online community platform, YhorLife.com - creating value driven content without the drama filled celebrity happenings. YhorLife.com is an online community that celebrates hard work, [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 1-27-2012
Foxconn Employee Says Next iPhone Coming 9to5 Mac reports that a source at Foxconn has information on the next iPhone. The device is not yet ready, but is likely to be launched this summer. There are a number of prototypes floating around and they all have slight differences, so it’s impossible to tell exactly what [...]
Read MoreSOPA and Hip-Hop’s Escalating Custody Battle
The response to Washington’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) was so swift and powerful that it can really only be called a protest in the same way that a first-round Mike Tyson knockout can be considered a fight. In a flash, Google got seven million signatures, Wikipedia staged a self-imposed blackout and [...]
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