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TheGrio's 100: Corvida Raven, self-proclaimed 'Oprah of the web'

By Keosha Johnson

11:47 PM on 01/30/2012

theGRIOs 100 - She's 24 and rocks a Mohawk. Yet despite her youth and rebellious choice of hairstyle, Corvida Raven is making a name for herself as the creator of SheGeeks.net, a blog dedicated to all things technology related.
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TheGrio's 100: MC Hammer, rapper, is now a tech innovator

By Keosha Johnson

9:00 PM on 01/30/2012

theGRIO's 100 - MC Hammer's music may no longer be heard on the airwaves, but the rapper is staying relevant through various ventures, most recently in technology...
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TheGrio's 100: Jana Johnson, budding techie breaks into computer technology

By Keosha Johnson

7:53 PM on 01/30/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Jana Johnson is a tech analyst at Goldman Sachs. The Columbia University graduate has been a leader in the intercollegiate Women & Computer Science program and an active participant in mentoring and teaching middle-school girls...
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Microsoft 'avoid ghetto' app causes controversy

By theGrio

11:41 AM on 01/11/2012

Microsoft's newly-patented 'avoid ghetto' app for GPS devices aims to help motorists steer clear of unsafe neighborhoods, but the concept's controversial nature has garnered ire from critics...
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Bob Marley inspired tech appears at CES

By theGrio

9:21 AM on 01/11/2012

BAY AREA - The company was showcasing its new line of earth-friendly headphones at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show...
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'If I were a poor black child' response: Love, not Google, got me out of poverty

By Terrell Starr

4:19 PM on 12/16/2011

NEWSONE - What Gene Marks' column and his legion of detractors failed to touch on is that overcoming poverty is not about access and citing statistics...
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Teen turns to digital drugs

By theGrio

8:02 AM on 11/23/2011

You can't see, taste or even touch digital drugs, but some people say all you need to get high is your computer...
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How Steve Jobs helped diversify the digital age

By Stephanie Humphrey

10:20 AM on 10/06/2011

OPINION - However the technology is used, it cannot be denied that Apple has grown and cultivated a global technological community that simply did not exist before. ..
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How Steve Jobs helped empower black America

By Goldie Taylor

8:48 AM on 10/06/2011

OPINION - By the time I went to work in Silicon Valley over a decade ago, before a single iPod had been made, his name was legend...
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Apple: Company co-founder Steve Jobs has died

By theGrio

8:39 PM on 10/05/2011

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died...
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Blacks may bear brunt of new police data capture technology

By David A. Love

8:53 AM on 04/21/2011

theGRIO REPORT - The Michigan State Police has bought the 'Universal Forensic Extraction Device', a handheld gadget which can copy the entire content of a cell phone...
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Obama unplugged: Where are the cool phones?

By theGrio

9:36 AM on 04/15/2011

WASHINGTON (AP) - The president, in an unscripted moment with donors in Chicago, was talking about the need to innovate in technology...
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Do teenage girls drive the 'sexting' culture?

By Chrisena Coleman

9:01 AM on 04/08/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Sixteen-year-old Dewayne never asks teen girls at his Bronx high school to send him naughty pictures. But they do...
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TheGrio's 100: Cora Marrett, holding US to higher standards for science education

By theGrio

12:42 AM on 02/02/2011

TheGrio's 100 - The National Science Foundation keeps American colleges and universities on the cutting edge of technology, funding 20 percent of all research done by U.S. institutions of higher learning -- to the tune of $6.5 billion...
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Black lingo sets the trend on Twitter

By Dexter Mullins

8:10 AM on 01/14/2011

OPINION - As a group, African-Americans have a firm grasp on the way Twitter works, and we influence the overall language of Twitter almost daily...
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For minorities, new 'digital divide' on the horizon

By theGrio

2:01 PM on 01/10/2011

(AP) - When the personal computer revolution began decades ago, Latinos and blacks were much less likely to use one of the marvelous new machines...
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Study: Black students who attend HBCUs more successful in math, technology

By theGrio

2:56 PM on 12/09/2010

On Monday, The Commission released its annual briefing report on The Educational Effectiveness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)...
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Top 5 must-have gadgets for this holiday season

By theGrio

11:39 AM on 11/18/2010

VIDEO - There are currently 17 games available to get users off the couch."If you get the right game, and you can get it working in your apartment or living room, it's just a blast"...
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Why digital expansion could save black America

By Shirley Franklin

9:19 AM on 11/11/2010

OPINION - Every month of delay in settling the outstanding broadband issues delays the economic recovery that Americans crave...
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Broadband connection could mean $8K in yearly savings

By Christopher Nelson

9:20 AM on 11/09/2010

theGRIO REPORT - A new study says that access to the Internet could help consumers save thousands of dollars on purchases they make each year...
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