Sunday Nov, 13th at 8pm the next installment of Black in America airs. I was blessed to be a part of this doc because the topic is African Americans and Technology, two topics i’m passionate about. I’ll be live tweeting on Newsone.com during the show. Tell me where you hosting a viewing party on Sunday below in the comments and I’ll shout out your party and answer your questions during the show.

I just saved $600 on a flight by booking it online. I stay at 4 start hotels for under $200 a night because i can access services like hotwire and HotelTonight on my mobile phone. Those are just a few examples of how access to the internet can give you significant savings. But sadly many minorities cannot take advantage of these savings because they don’t have internet access. As the benefits to broadband access increase, [...]

Also You mention the Pew Study but fail to mention how it shows that wireless has been the biggest driver for getting people of color online and how it has elevated our access to timely informatio­n. And how many small businesses owned by people of color have used mobile devices to create new opportunit­ies and grow their businesses­. I know you are just doing your job and I appreciate your passion but I ask that [...]

Joe While i appreciate you putting the issues of people of color center stage I do think you need to give the complete picture here so that people are properly informed. First, T-mobile will not remain on it’s own because it’s parent company has already made comments that it will no longer invest in it so someone needs to acquire it or everyone who works for T-mobile will lose their jobs. I think you can [...]

The challenge and the opportunit­y are obvious. As minorities we need to change our perspectiv­e on the opportunit­ies that exist and understand that we can be a part of them. We don’t see ourselves as creators in this internet space only consumers. With the continual growth in the wireless and broadband internet access the barriers to entry are lower than ever. Once more of us recognize both these points we work to better position our [...]

Today the FCC Chairman unveiled the technology experience center today in DC. On their website they speak to why this is important. “This Wednesday, July 13th, Chairman Julius Genachowski will host the grand opening of the FCC’s Technology Experience Center at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. This unique center is an innovative resource for all FCC employees and visitors to engage directly with the latest technologies, which the agency accepts as donations.  Each month, [...]

Kristi Swartz for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently reported that, although AT&T’s Wireless operations are based out of Atlanta, Georgia, and the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger has received support from elected officials and the business community, alike, a considerable sum of Atlanta residents have filed comments with the FCC opposing the merger. “The Metro Atlanta Chamber, the Technology Association of Georgia, Gov. Nathan Deal, state Rep. Calvin Smyre, D-Columbus, state Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black and Atlanta Mayor [...]

Actually a recent study has shown that T-mobile is losing customers at an alarming rate. Merging with AT&T will give current T-mobile customer wider coverage and also give states that have weak overall coverage access across the state. For a lot of people access is the main obstructio­n, not costRead the Article at HuffingtonPost

Rep. Bobby Rush spoke about the future during  speech at the MMTC conference last week.  He recently lost to Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) in the race for telecom ranking member, he was elected to lead Energy and Power instead. Some of his speech touched on the campaign launched by the group Color of Change against him during his bid for the post on the telecom committee. According to an article on the hill.com he thanked [...]