Google announced the release of free internet for residents in the West Bluff neighborhood of Kansas City - the first area wired for Google Fiber.
As a mentor of African-American male youth in the community, one of the things I’m constantly looking for is information and resources. But whether…
Via Foxbaltimore.com Six historic markets in Baltimore are stepping into the digital age by getting wi-fi (wireless internet). The historic Lexington Market is first of the six markets to get access. The project is being funded by Believe Wireless Broadband. Read More. Tracy Randall “I Am All You Need” [MUSIC VIDEO] Joshua Rogers On How Life […]
Documents in a Jacksonville, Florida case where a 12-year-old killed his 2-year-old brother for irritating him show their mother surfed the Web for hours while her child lay unconscious. According to the documents, Biannela Susana, the mother of the two boys, surfed the Web looking for information on “when someone gets knocked out” and concussions. […]
Los Angeles–An LA Times correspondent recently criticized they way Huffington Post compensates their writers and journalists. LA Times’ Tim Rutten believes that the Huffington Post’s editorial quality will decline after the AOL acquisition, because the writers are allegedly underpaid.
AOL has purchased the liberal blog-turned-Internet sensation the Huffington Post for $315 million. In a move that is sure to rock both the worlds of journalism and the Internet, AOL has placed all of its editorial properties under the supervision of Arianna Huffington, who will be the newly-formed Huffington Post Media Group’s editor-in-chief. The New […]
Facebook photos, posts, and even “pokes” have all got people in trouble with the law. The case of a Florida man, Harry Bruder, 54, suggests you may want to watch who you “friend” as well.
Broadband adoption in the home is slowing in the U.S. That’s what the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project is saying in a fascinating report that is just out.
From Gawker.com: Everyone knows that white people love Facebook and hate MySpace. But why? In a sure-to-be-controversial new essay, a famous internet sociologist says it’s a lot like white flight.
At least that’s what Tyler Cowen argues in the latest issue of The Wilson Quarterly. In his essay, “Three Tweets for the Web” Cowen goes against the grain of conventional wisdom that says the Internet is dumbing down America. For example, rather than create an “attention-deficiet culture,” Cowen suggests the Web actually helps focus our […]
