Bishop Secular wants to give a shout out to social media. Listen to the audio player to hear how people are now using it as platform…

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A Michigan woman is on probation for a drunken-driving conviction and nearly got away with having a few drinks on St. Patrick’s Day — until she bragged about passing a breath test on Facebook. Colleen Cudney, 22 — who has been under strict orders to not drink since her 2012 conviction — was apparently so […]

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Three Virginia teens busted after posting YouTube rap video with them toting guns and hanging out in out of control car. The New York Daily News reports: The teens who recorded a rap video featuring themselves toting guns and hanging out of an out-of-control car were busted on weapons and trespassing charges last week, according […]

The power of the human spirit is strong, alive and well.  How do we know?  Because we follow some incredible people on social media.  Just…

Omar Epps may have a hit show in the new ABC series Resurrection but all anybody wanted to talk about this week was the supposed “skirt” he wore in an appearance on The View. Epps was taken to task by 90’s rapper Lord Jamar of Brand Nubian, whose Twitter account is often controversial. Jamar is […]

Commentary

It’s unbelievably easy to stalk just about anyone with all the technology and social media available. But even before the digital age, stalking was alive…

Can you remember life without Facebook? Of course you can. If you’re an adult, you’ve lived many years without the online social networking service and if you’re African American, there’s a good chance Facebook has only been part of your life for five years or so. According to stats taken a couple of years ago, […]

The correlation between your Facebook page and how it affects your employer’s perception of you has grown exponentially since the inception of social media years…

Social media is a gift and a curse for those involved in the entertainment business. While it does provide an unflinching look behind the curtain…

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NEW YORK (AP) — Snapchat, the disappearing-message service popular with young people, has been quiet following a security breach that allowed hackers to collect the usernames and phone numbers of millions of its users. Company spokeswoman Mary Ritti said Thursday morning that the company is assessing the situation, but did not have further comment. As […]

Instagram is not only the place for an abundance of selfies, thirst traps and boasting, apparently there’s a whole other dark side to the social…