For some time now people have contended that price  is the key issue why internet adoption is slower in rural areas and among minorities but i have always believed it’s because people don’t see how the internet can be a relevant part of their lives. The state of Oho has the numbers to prove this. A recent study has show that adoption rates are starting to grow in that area due to program called Connect [...]

We all know we take for granted the access we have to Internet. We complain if we can’t find a wifi hotspot, when we walk into an area with a low wireless, and always complain about the prices we pay for these services. Well imagine if all those complaints went away because you didn’t have access to the most basic of wireless services. Those complaints would seem small in comparison. Well that is plight of [...]

There was an article this week that talked the wireless app market and how many people don’t know that many of the apps created are from small companies, not large corporations. The fact that the barriers to entry are now so long creates opportunities for people and areas of the country that otherwise would have never had the chance. Making this fact more widely known could change many people perceptions of who benefits the most [...]

According to TechCrunch’s Mike Harrington, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has called for immigration reform that favors creating greater opportunities for immigrants because of their job creating potential here in the United States. Harrington reports: The Mayor proposed green cards for graduates with advanced degrees in essential fields; a new visa for entrepreneurs with investors ready to invest capital in their job-creating idea; more temporary and permanent visas for highly skilled workers…The Mayor also announced [...]

As a long time digital entrepreneur and current CTO of InteractiveOne, I could tell you exactly how access to technology and mobile broadband has affected my life. Throughout my career, having access to technology has molded my personal and professional life by giving access to opportunities that were not available to many others like me. And more recently, having a reliable and fast broadband network has added to not only my story, but to that [...]

There are alot of people that will tell you that the digital divide is over. That everyone has access to broadband and wireless and the playing field is equal.  I can tell you and show you data from multiple sources to prove that is not the case. Minorities have adopted and have access to the internet at much lower levels than our mainstream counterparts. As internet and wireless technology become bigger parts of mainstream society [...]

I talk alot about Internet Start-ups. Not just because they are cool and exciting in mainstream way due to the movie “The Social Network” but more because of the power of the process. Being able to create something and sometimes quickly be able to have it have an effect on people , in some cases thousands of  them. It’s an experience unlike any other. You learn more about yourself and what your capable of than [...]

As unemployment rates continue to remain high among African Americans. As this article on NewsOne shows the results are staggering. The issue is that these are more than statistics, they represent people with lives and families and people like you and me. The other problem is that mainstream society will not come up with solutions to solve this problem in the short term so we need to start coming up with them ourselves.  I believe [...]

Recently MALKIA CYRIL wrote a post on politico.com titled ” AT&T/TMobile merger hurts poor” I’m glad that is was called an opinion piece because i could not find much fact in.it. The piece talks about how low income communities  and people of color rely heavily on wireless access. This is only partially true. People of color do currently over index in mobile use compared to the majority but lumping people and color and low income [...]

Anyone who  owns a business knows that ability to work and partner with large corporations can the be the difference between success and failure. DiversityBusiness.com  by over 750,000 diversity business owners who had the opportunity to participate. Walmart to the top spot on the list and AT&T took the second spot.  The Top 25 are listed below. and to see the whole list by going to www.DiversityBusiness.com/TopBusinessList