Technology

—– This month, NewsOne presents a special exploration of Black Americans’ influence on social media, #TWEETING WHILE BLACK. —– Navarrow Wright has a mission. “It’s easier to become an entrepreneur than it is to be a rapper,” he often tells people. SEE ALSO: INFOGRAPHIC: A History Of Black Twitter Wright, the chief technical officer of […]

Gene Marks, a contributor to Forbes Magazine has written an article entitled “If I Were A Poor Black Kid.” The premise of the article is that despite economic and racial inequalities, education and  technology is the new equalizer. Marks states that if he were a poor Black kid, he would utilize technology and attempt to […]

Allhiphop.com is reporting that rapper Ludacris is launching a new website for kids to learn academic and social skills, Karmasworld.com : Also See: All Eight Sandusky Accusers To Testify “The site touches on subjects like, the rewards of hard work and importance of learning manners as well as the idea that doing good deeds for […]

A recent poll by Chicago-based research firm, Lab42, shows that 33 percent of social media users have broken off a romance using text messages, email or Facebook. The poll also showed that 40 percent of people surveyed would have no problem breaking up with someone via electronic communication. See also: Glenn Beck: Rick Santorum ‘Is The […]

If your house is anything like mine (and let’s face it if you are reading a blog about technological installations, broadband speed and the like then it probably is), you’ll always be on the lookout for the next best thing. You want the quickest, the best, the most reliable, Which is where Comcast internet stands […]

Despite studies that show African American and Latino youth play more video games per day than white youth, diversity is lacking in the gaming industry and also in games, where few characters of color can be found. See also: Is Casper Smart Jennifer Lopez’s New Man? See also: Nelson George’s Beijing According to findings from a recent […]

Two men from Kentucky created a startup called “Ujamaa Deals,” that will offer customers discounts on Black-owned businesses’ products and services.

Two men from Kentucky created a startup called “Ujamaa Deals,” that will offer customers discounts on Black-owned businesses’ products and services.

Mario Armstrong has too many titles to even name. But we will this one time. He’s a tech expert, tech show host, commentator, digital lifestyle expert, small business technology advocate, and youth tech motivator. Continue livetweeting here With the exploration by CNN of Blacks in the technology industry in their newest Black in America series […]

There’s been a lot of talk lately: Racism in tech, lack of access to capital for minority and women startups, low numbers of black engineers in tech. Whew. Drama, intrigue sexism… It’s a search engine optimization expert’s wet dream. However, to a guy like myself who has started a company — and to many black […]

“Black In America 4” may have left viewers with an “inaccurate impression” that there are no Black CEOs in Silicon Valley, says TheRoot.com.

Wayne Sutton has been asking venture-capital investors and Silicon Valley executives a question that’s not often broached here in the epicenter of the technology industry: “Why aren’t there more black people in tech?” The vast majority of top executives at the leading Silicon Valley tech firms are white men. Women and Asians have made some […]