(ThyBlackMan.com) When a lot of noise is made about something it’s either because it’s really good or because its really bad. At this point it is too early to tell just yet how the debut of this new Social Network will directly affect the other networks, namely Facebook. The concept ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) To this point, the economic growth leader of the 21st century is the wireless communications industry. Millions of people regularly use cellular phones. With today’s cell phone, you can talk to anyone on the planet. Inside your cell phone are: a compact speaker, microphone, keyboard, display screen, and a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) African Americans are more likely than whites to use Twitter — and the gap is growing. Experts have attributed the difference in Twitter uptake among white and black users to demographic factors that distinguish the African American community, such as age and above-average smartphone use, as well as disparities ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On Friday the International Game Developers Association will honor Jerry Lawson for all he’s done to move the state of the art forward. The honor has been a long time coming. It was back in the mid-1970s that Lawson developed the first video game console system, breaking ground in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A recent study by Nielson says that African Americans watch 40 percent more television than the national average. Black people spend an average of 7 hours, 12 minutes each day in front of the TV, while the national average is 5 hours, 11 minutes. Asians watch the least television, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This week, we were able to add to the experience of what has already been an exciting history for http://Influential1s.com: we were featured on a panel on social media and urban influencers. Between soaking in our co-panelist, Reverend Run’s Words of Wisdom and sharing much of our own, we ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The iPad 2 will be a huge hit — and a massive headache for the company’s competitors. In tech circles, the number 1 is feared and revered. A 1.0 release might install buggy, system-crashing software, or it might offer a thrilling glimpse of the future. When Apple launched the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It has been said that at the end of the Civil War, Black Americans were a race of people all learning to read. From that very encouraging moment in American history, people of African descent — slaves and descendents of slaves– have been in search of a space to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) That sound you’re hearing is millions of social contracts being torn up simultaneously! There are members of your Facebook Fam that need to have their branches removed from your family tree. I’m not talking about your Mama or Auntie that like every photo you post or leave heartfelt, but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Everybody’s talking about privacy these days, and it’s almost impossible to find anyone who believes we have any left. As hard as it might be to stomach, there are several reasons why these suspicions are valid. Highlighted by recent developments from Internet search giant Google, Americans are beginning to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A new generation of ‘appbooks’ has the potential to transform how we learn… Lost in all the hubbub about the new iPad is a simple truth: the iPad will be the first successful mass-market tablet computer. While every other attempt to make a popular flat computer has fallen flat, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Social networks, such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter serve as highly useful communication tools for individuals these days. However, they have also become targets for hackers, as they are full of potential victims. Unfortunately, these threats are fairly new, so many have not begun to think about how to protect ...