Technology

I’m Tiffani Ashley Bell and I founded Pencil You In as a way to allow hairstylists and makeup artists to accept appointments online and by extension, grow their clientele. I’ve been programming since I was a kid, but at some point, I realized it was more important to use my technical ability to solve real […]

This past week the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) and the United States Black Chamber (USBCI) joined forces with a host of other organizations in support of the AT&T/T-Mobile merger. In their June 20th letter to the Federal Communications Commission the groups said, “We urge the FCC to support the AT&T- T-Mobile merger given […]

Today Facebook announced the addition of Skype video-chatting services to the ever popular social networking site. Facebook at present is the biggest social networking site in the world, having over 500 million active users. Skype had 663 million registered users as of 2010– with the two internet powerhouses joining together, the possibilities are endless. TheDailyBeast […]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama kicked off his first Twitter town hall with – what else? – a tweet. Using a laptop set up on a lectern in the East Room of the White House, Obama typed this message: “In order to reduce the deficit, what costs would you cut and what investments would you […]

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. sold social-networking site MySpace yesterday for $35 million. The sale was a disappointing one for Murdoch who bought the company at $580 million years ago when it was at its most popular peak. With the decrease in users and popularity over at MySpace, we wanted to ask you our audience, your […]

Google has been criticized by LGBT groups for hiding a Doodle that was made to mark Gay Pride Month. The doodle which showed a rainbow, the symbol widely known to represent gay pride, apparently was was pulled and hidden today. A Google issued a statement, saying: “We enjoy celebrating holidays and special events at Google. […]

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, […]