5 posts and columns on African-American

Chill Out! Obama Doesn’t Hate Your iPad.

in Media on May 10, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

The President of the United States suggests that perhaps technology distracts us from…sorry, I lost my train of thought there–was just thinking about the new iPhone. Anyway, there are words and stuff. Also, video!

If It's Tuesday, It Must Be the National Broadband Plan–If Your Connection Isn't Too Slow, You Can Tune In Online

in News on March 11, 2010 at 11:33 am PT

Finally, after much advance leakage, the Federal Communications Commission will unveil its National Broadband Plan on Tuesday, March 16. The two key questions about the effort to get the United States up to speed, so to speak, with decent digital access: Will it be toothless or not and will there be any money to pay for it, given the cash-strapped federal government? And, of course, will the greedy telecoms quash the plan if it is too helpful to consumers?

New FCC Report: Reaching the “Digitally Distant,” but “Digital Hopefuls” Too (We’ll Ask Chairman Genachowski About It and More at D8)

in D8 on February 23, 2010 at 4:42 am PT

There is a new report out today by the Federal Communications Commission about high-speed access in the U.S., with all sorts of lovely data. It is all part of an effort by the FCC to ferret away on a plan to get Americans better hooked up to the Internet. Part of a newish government push to digitize this country, it will be spearheaded by Chairman Julius Genachowski, who is now coming to D8, so we can ask him all about it.

New FCC Report: Reaching the "Digitally Distant," but "Digital Hopefuls" Too (We'll Ask Chairman Genachowski About It and More at D8)

in News on February 23, 2010 at 4:42 am PT

There is a new report out today by the Federal Communications Commission about high-speed access in the U.S., with all sorts of lovely data. It is all part of an effort by the FCC to ferret away on a plan to get Americans better hooked up to the Internet. Part of a newish government push to digitize this country, it will be spearheaded by Chairman Julius Genachowski, who is now coming to D8, so we can ask him all about it.

Hey, Hey, Hey, Twitter! Here's the Real "What's Happening!"

in News on November 20, 2009 at 2:16 am PT

BoomTown was intrigued when Mind-Your-Own Biz Stone, one of the co-founders of Twitter, penned a blog post yesterday about the microblogging service changing its prompting question. Now, above the little Twitter box, it reads, “What’s Happening?” and not the original tweet query, “What are you doing?” While the blogosphere covered this as if it were a moment of monumental meaning, most were ignorant that the true beacon of innovative What’s-Happeningness does not reside in Silicon Valley.
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