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Broadband Internet Access in Schools Should’t be a Luxury

navarrow wright — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:45:49 +0000

Imagine the outrage from parents, teachers, and the community if a school announced that some of its students would have access to textbooks, research papers, and literature, but other students would be denied those resources. Some students would be branded as worthy, while others as second class. It baffles me that broadband Internet access in our schools is not seen as such as concern.

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BET’s Web Series “Buppies”: Off to a Rough Start

Markus Robinson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:03 +0000

After threatened lawsuits between the creators and postponed launch dates, BET.com has finally announced November 24th as the date of their first ever web based video series. The series entitled “Buppies”, which was first announced in October of 2008, is the tale of LA’s young black professional elite, though the eyes of Quinci Adams, [...]

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Black Elected Officials Urge FCC to Keep the Digital Divide in Mind

Lesly Simmons — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:35:22 +0000

In a letter sent to the FCC last month, the groups asked the agency “ensure that any new rules proposed can clearly be shown to benefit all consumers and not expand the digital divide facing disadvantaged populations.” The FCC is one of the agencies responsible for developing and implementing a national broadband plan.

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SoleSearch Helps You Find Sneaker Boutiques from Your iPhone

Black Digerati — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:31 +0000

SoleSearch is a new iPhone and iPod touch app geared towards helping travel-prone sneaker aficionados hone in on hundreds of independent sneaker boutiques in U.S. cities and locations across the globe. SoleSearch's most useful feature is a directory with listings on local shoe shops as well as boutiques in Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America.

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Tech Week in Review 11-20-09

rahsheen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:13:46 +0000

Adobe AIR 2 Overhaul; Running for the Border? There's an App for That; Twitter Goes From "What are you doing?" to "What's Happening?"; "Unfriend" Becomes the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year.

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“Up in the Air” with the New Age of Marketing

Sherri L. Smith — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:00:37 +0000

Last Saturday, I attended a press junket for the new George Clooney flick, “Up in the Air”. I was excited about the movie, but I was more excited about how the film would be shown. A group of journalists and bloggers from various publications were being taken on a chartered American Airlines plane to watch [...]

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Scratching the Surface of Self-Healing Paint

Sherri L. Smith — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:16 +0000

Last week I touched a little bit on the awesome that is self-healing paint in my Mobile Tech article. This week I thought I’d expound on the point a little bit more. Self-healing paint has to be one of the greatest boons in aesthetic car tech ever. I was geeked when I first heard about [...]

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Microsoft Cuts your Startup’s Costs with Azure

rahsheen — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:00:33 +0000

Ever since it’s launch a year ago, Microsoft BizSpark has been doing very well at helping startups become successful. They have been focused on helping startups accelerate their software development process and provided access to business resources and mentorship. They have accomplished this by not only providing the technical resources necessary for success, but by [...]

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AOL’s New News Site Starts Out Color-Free

Lesly Simmons — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00:43 +0000

Last week the Journalism Educators Association hosted their fall national high school journalist’s conference in Washington, DC, and I was honored to host a session for a small group of young writers. Early estimates say there were more than 6,000 high school journalists from across the country attending, and their excitement was visible—a couple of Metro stops from the convention hotel I noticed...

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Review: BlueAnt Q1 Bluetooth Headset

Sherri L. Smith — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:30:45 +0000

I have a confession to make loyal techies. I'm a little embarrassed, but I have to be honest. In the many years that I've owned a smartphone dating back to the Palm Treo 600, I've never had a Bluetooth headset. There were many times I meant to remedy the situation, but alas, it always slipped my mind or I had seemingly better tech to spend my measly editorial assistant dollars on. So I went...

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