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PITTSBURGH — President Obama is announcing a $500 million project to spur high-technology manufacturing to help reposition the United States as a leader in the sector. The initiative will serve as another attempt by the president to promote job-creation during the country’s current economic downturn. The Huffington Post Reports: Obama will be touring the Carnegie […]

Many African-Americans are turning to the digital world to find love. Pewinternet.com reports that one in 10 internet users have gone to a dating website to try and meet their perfect match. African-Americans, however, are more likely to date online than whites. With the rise of online-dating sites targeting African-Americans, such as Blacksingles, Blackpeoplemeet, Soulsingles […]

The creator of an iPhone app called “Picture Effect Magic” is under fire for the use of a racial slur, “N****r-brown,” to describe an effect that tints the picture brown. The developer, Lin Xuehua, issued a statement claiming that it was a mistake made due to his poor English. “Feel so sorry to have expression […]

NEW YORK — Apple denied that the iPhone has a privacy problem Wednesday – and then promised to fix it. It took the technology giant a week to respond to a brouhaha over how the devices log their owners’ movements.

Recently Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. took to the floor to discuss one of the major causes of unemployment, the iPad. He made claims that the device almost single-handedly caused the demise of newspaper industry, college textbook manufacturing and the Borders bookstore chain.  You can see the video of his remarks here. His remarks were so […]

TheRoot recently compiled a list of the top Black women in technology. PARTNER LINKS: Nene Leakes blasts Star Jones Many believe that Blacks as a whole are non-existant in the technology sector, but there are many Black men and women that have made large strides in the tech area. The list ranges from the finance, […]

Atlanta – The web has finally overtaken newspapers as the primary source of news according to a study done by the Pew and Knight Foundation. Internet sources are now only less popular than TV for news. About 47 percent of those were getting news from a smartphone or another mobile device, usually for quick info […]

By Courtenay Escoffrey We happened to get our hands on Google’s new phone made by Samsung called the Nexus S. It’s running the company’s latest version of Android…Android 2.3. Check below to see what we thought! RELATED: Top 10 internet moments of the decade Likes: We loved the overall sleekness of the design. I’m a […]

Kansas City — The FCC took two steps to revamp the oversight process for two programs that provide telephone subsidies for the poor. The FCC’s Lifeline Assistance and Link-Up America programs subsidize monthly telephone service and installation for poor U.S. residents. The program has been running for 26 years. But the budget has risen from […]

California – Twitter users were shocked yesterday when the popular UberTwitter app was blocked by Twitter. As a result, many African-American users who use Twitter were blocked from what many call their favorite social networking site. Additionally, Black Twitter may have been shut down by Ubertwitter being blocked. Read more at Business Insider RELATED: Teena […]

Washington — Apple’s Steve Jobs, Facebook Mark Zuckerberg and a host of other top tech CEO’s visited the White House for the Tech Titans Dinner. RELATED: Top 9 TV sitcom theme songs The President discussed the promotion of American innovation and development and investments in research with these tech leaders. The official guest list (via […]

In the world of comedy, segregation may be a good thing. Black comedy is something like extended time with a member of our family. Instead of the person on stage coming up with ridiculous situations only they went through, black comedians thrive on finding ways to relate to their people via the audience before them. […]