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*While I agree the story about Manti Te’o and his internet romance with an imaginary woman has been overrated, it serves as a cautionary tale that shows what can happen when you replace physical interaction with texts, tweets and emails. Of course, technology has its place, but when it comes to judging a person’s honesty, [...]
*Is someone tired of reading Chris Brown headlines? A Canadian media company is giving what other people are asking for – a “Brownout.” It’s an app that gets rid of all things Chris Brown from a user’s browser. “It is nearly impossible to go on the Internet without reading something about him, he is always doing something [...]
*Burglaries are occurring more and more everyday, so it’s important for us to protect ourselves. But now there is a freak nasty freak out there that doesn’t want to take anything but your Internet…and some of your Vaseline and towels. A neighborhood in Eugene, Oregon, was terrorized by 21-year old Antone Forrest Deedward Owens, who [...]
*As we all know, the Internet can be a dangerous place. We know there are many dirty little viruses and worms waiting to infiltrate our precious files and disable our computers. But now, the virus to beat all viruses may be sitting dormant in your computer waiting for its moment to permanently render your computer [...]
*Life appears to have gotten so unbearable for teenagers that those who want to escape have found ways around illegal drugs and their side effects. But, what they are swapping them for isn’t much better. Somehow, someone thought it would be a good idea to come up with creating Internet drugs that can be accessed, [...]
*The Internet is getting ready to get a lot more interesting. A lot of businesses and organizations will be getting more creative with the names they use to mark their spot on the information superhighway. The next time you look for your favorite restaurant or hot spot it may be called, www.gitcheegitcheeyayamana.food or www.shakeitdowntothefloor.dance. The names [...]
*For 30 years, Egypt had been run by the iron clad rule of Hosni Mubarak. But in February, his dictatorship crumbled under the civil unrest that broke out in the streets of Egypt. The people were successful in unseating Mubarak from his post, but Mubarak’s people had a surprise of their own for journalists and protesters [...]
*Before TMZ and bloggers urbanites would sit anxiously by their radio at a designated time to hear who was doing what, how and to who via a show called RadioScope. The year was 1983 and RadioScope scooped the news and entertainment gossip as the first syndicated urban entertainment magazine on the air! Then in 1997, [...]
*Didn’t see this one coming, but we just know every comedian on the planet is gonna have a field day with this one. U.S. officials have released information about several materials the Navy SEALs found in bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound, including Pepsi, Vaseline, and Avena syrup-a sexual stimulant, according to Reuters. The news service is [...]
*So, does this mean no more “unlimited” internet? Could be. AT&T is putting a limit on free bandwidth use for customers, saying two percent of users are taking up a “disproportionate amount of bandwidth.” The company claims 98 percent of customers won’t be affected by the change. AT&T said the move will help ease congestion [...]
*Music producer-turned-Internet entrepreneur Jermaine Dupri is making like Mark Zuckerberg and has created a new social network called Global 14 (or “G14″). Dupri says he designed and developed it to be the “coolest, hippest city” on the Internet. “Global 14 was created because of the increasing trend of ‘social notifying’ versus ‘social networking,’ says Dupri. [...]
*”Prayer is not easy,” the spiritual writer Henri Nouwen constantly reminded his readers. Hearing what he called “the still, small voice of love” amid the cacophony of secular voices calling for attention needs special effort: “It requires solitude, silence and a strong determination to listen.” The Internet has not made the spiritual life any easier. [...]
*A dispute between Comcast and one of Netflix’s partners in streaming videos, Level 3 Communications, erupted into public view Monday, reports The Daily Beast. Level 3 accused Comcast of demanding an additional fee in order to transmit online movies, a move that it said was “effectively putting up a toll booth at the borders of [...]
*According to a new report from The Media Audit, African-American adults spend much more time consuming media from the Internet than any other adult group. The study of more than 7,000 African-Americans found they spent 4 hours and 21 minutes per day online. This is 10% higher when compared to all US adults, who typically [...]
*No matter what you heard or may want to believe about comedian Bill Cosby being dead, he’s not. Nope, despite some internet reports, the 73-year-old comedy legend is alive, well, and making up words on Twitter. Using a term he created after a similar false alarm in February, he sent out this tweet on Monday: [...]
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