(ThyBlackMan.com) We become intimate with people we barely know.  We rekindle old flames behind the backs of our primary spouses/partners. In this cyber fantasy utopia in which many of us participate–where every stranger or acquaintance is our friend and/or potential lover, who would never do us wrong–some of us flaunt our bodies, wealth, and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I first signed up for Twitter in 2006. I used it rarely as a means of contacting other bloggers. I left it alone for a while because all I shared was what I read in newspapers and my blog post. I didn’t like it at the time because in ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Today Facebook began it’s IPO tour. Tomorrow the social network will force everyone to live online forever through the mandatory Timeline. It’s just another step for the company that is half effective and half diabolical. When Facebook first came out I wasn’t too keen on it. I had already ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The ability to communicate as entrepreneurials is important  because many variables come into play during the business day. Sharing information is now vital, understanding business resources and interpretation of data from various resources. Using technology has changed from an occasional use to an absolute necessity in the Web 2.0 ...

(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 ...