Earlier this week senior Republicans bowed out of the fight with President Obama over the regulation of Internet service. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission will…
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Phoenix police are investigating an act of vandalism that left people across northern Arizona without the use of the Internet, cellphones and landlines for several hours. Businesses couldn’t process credit card transactions, ATMs didn’t function, law enforcement databases were unavailable, and even weather reports were affected in an area stretching from […]
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…
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is once again trying to simplify its privacy policy, largely to address criticisms that it’s too complex and lengthy for the average user. Laid out with illustrations into short subsections, the new policy explains what types of information Facebook collects and how it uses the data. The new policy is […]
Kim Kardashian is making headlines again. She is featured on the winter cover of Paper Magazine with the cover line that says, ‘Kim Kardashian Breaks The Internet.’ Well, its easy to see how Paper editors may have thought so. The cover photo of a bare-assed Kardashian was already a trending topic on Twitter. Kardashian, the […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — First the chefs of a small Italian restaurant got mad at online review site Yelp. Instead of trying to get better reviews, they decided to take a different approach: get terrible ones. The campaign helped Botte Bistro get a rating of one out of five stars, as more than 1,000 reviewers […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A prolific computer hacker who infiltrated the servers of major corporations later switched sides and helped the government disrupt hundreds of cyberattacks on Congress, NASA and other sensitive targets, according to federal prosecutors. New York prosecutors detailed the cooperation of Hector Xavier Monsegur for the first time in court papers while […]
NEW YORK (AP) — E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their password after a cyberattack compromised a database containing encrypted passwords. The company says there is no evidence of any unauthorized activity and no evidence any financial or credit card information was stolen. EBay says its investigation is active and it can’t comment […]
William E. Kennard landed in the history books by becoming the first African-American chairperson for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Yale Law School graduate served as the FCC’s general counsel from 1993 to 1997 before President Bill Clinton appointed him to the chairman post in 1997. Kennard was born in 1957 in Los Angeles. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama’s appearance on the Between Two Ferns satirical online talk show this week has reached 15 million views — almost at Justin Bieber levels. The website “Funny or Die” said Friday that Obama’s interview with Zach Galifianakis, posted Tuesday, will likely beat Bieber’s record of 17.8 million views for […]
Oprah isn’t the only one having a yard sale! Yahoo! is selling some of their old domain names, but it’s not cheap at all. Watch…
Wow! You just can not make this stuff up! So apparently an alleged former girlfriend of ‘Preachers of L.A.’ cast member Pastor Deitrick Haddon is all in…
