Another reason in the long list of why more media companies should push to ensure access to broadband for minority communities is that they are leading the demand for broadband content. A recent study for Horwitz shows that minorities are leading the way in ownership of video enabled hand held devices.  The other key point to mention is that even though we are leading the charge in that are we are not part of the [...]

Did you get some nice gifts this year? Odds are at least some of those gifts were bought online. Consumers purchased gifts online in record numbers this year. According to an article on WSJ.com Sales online rose 15.4 this year as retailers offered web only deals and free shipping. That combination caused people to shop online in record numbers. Which explains why I didn’t see huge crowds at the stores until after the shipping window [...]

If you have read any of the technology or political news over the last weeks you most likely have seen that The FCC commissioner is  going to present his long awaited Net Neutrality proposal to the his commission and to the world this month. Organizations such as free press are already saying it’s not extreme enough ( Even though I’m not sure how they can say that when it’s not even out yet) and making [...]

I had several initial reactions to your piece but I knew that others would have knee-jerk, emotional reactions as people often do, and that type of reaction normally fuels these policy debates, but we never really get to real facts. Your article really only brings two feelings for me, and those are confusion and concern. First, I’m confused about what your goals are here. I’ve watched you write articles, give speeches and have even sat [...]

This post originally appeared on the huffingtonpost. You can see that post here After months of heated debate, intense partisan jockeying, goo-gobs of rhetoric being spun left and right and an exhaustive litany of hearings, comments and ex parte filings, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski finally announced that the Commission will, in fact, be voting on net neutrality rules during its December 21 meeting. While the official Order has yet to be released, it seems that [...]

If you haven’t noticed, the FCC has encouraged lots of people by its latest approach on the Net Neutrality issue.   The commissioners’ have offered what seems to be a good attempt to, as the NAACP frames it, “promote rules that safeguard the civil rights, free speech and economic opportunity for our nation’s most vulnerable.”  The Rev. Jesse Jackson says the Rainbow Push Coalition is”confident that by reviewing any subsequent  (FCC) rules or order and continuing [...]

I came across an interesting  article recently that struck a cord with me. The woman in article talks about how she remembers how she was taught basic technology concepts in school.  And by learning those concepts her comfort level for technology was nurtured even though she was not a “geek.” Her nostalgic look reminded of those times and how true she was. Schools did teach basic technology skills as part of their core activities and [...]

We have a tradition in our house. Every year my wife and I go out early on Black Friday just to say we were in the mix. We rarely buy anything but we always have stories to tell about what we see and what people are willing to do to get the best deal. This year the stores appeared to up the ante by opening as early as 10pm on Thanksgiving night and some stores [...]

I recently wrote a post on Politic365 about Color of Change’s attacks on Bobby Rush. You can read about it here. http://politic365.com/2010/11/19/color-of-change-challenges-rushs-bid-for-ranking-member/