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April 15, 2013

Meet the minds behind Madame You, innovative black hair social network

Madame You, a new social networking site for women of color to “connect with hair gurus and each other” aims…
January 17, 2013

First lady Michelle Obama launches new Twitter account: @FLOTUS

WASHINGTON (AP) - Trying to find Michelle Obama on Twitter? Try tweeting her at (at)FLOTUS...
July 16, 2012

Woman seduces 15-year-old boy on Myspace, has his baby

A Richmond woman was arrested for seducing a 15-year-old boy on Myspace and continuing the relationship until she eventually had…
June 23, 2011

Can Obama keep his cool on Twitter?

OPINION - By tweeting on his own, Obama opens himself up to a whole new world of criticism scrutiny...
June 3, 2011

How we can tweet for education

OPINION - What if we moved from the fun and scandalous, and actually used Twitter to do something useful?
May 31, 2011

5 ways to avoid debt collectors on Facebook and Twitter

OPINION - Is the latest person following you on Twitter or friending you on Facebook actually a debt collector in…
February 7, 2011

Pea’s Will.i.am says cell service stopped tweets

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - His Twitter handle was silent until after the game, when he sent out a series of…
February 1, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Shaun King, leveraging social media for greater good

TheGrio's 100 - With TwitChange.com, Shaun King leveraged Twitter to address the Haitian earthquake's aftermath...
January 24, 2011

50 Cent takes credit for shutting down Worldstarhiphop.com

Just moments ago, 50 Cent took to Twitter and took credit for the site's disruption, squashing rumors that the site…
January 24, 2011

NBA stars could be caught with their pants down on Twitter

OPINION - If the allegations surrounding Lance Stephenson are true, he is anything but ready for the temptations of NBA…
January 14, 2011

Black lingo sets the trend on Twitter

OPINION - As a group, African-Americans have a firm grasp on the way Twitter works, and we influence the overall…
January 11, 2011

Do black people run Twitter?

Because after seeing black culture related tweets trending worldwide everyday for months, I am now convinced that it is more…
November 17, 2010

Tweet this! Tiger Woods finally joins Twitter

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) - Returning from a two-week trip to Asia and Australia, Woods posted his first tweet on Wednesday:…
November 14, 2010

Wired up? HBCUs look to increase online ed presence

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Blacks comprised about 12 percent of total enrollment in higher education in 2007 but were 21 percent…
November 10, 2010

Kanye West still using twitter as therapy

Kanye West took to Twitter last night for what was either a meltdown or a long session of digital therapy...
August 19, 2010

How tweeting while black became controversial

OPINION - All of this speaks to a larger issue, the dearth of readily accessible quality music, movies, and TV…
August 10, 2010

Kanye West's lone Twitter follower bails, balks at media attention

Inundated with requests for interviews and constantly probed by jealous peers on Twitter, Holmes' fun times in the spotlight quickly…
August 9, 2010

MTV selects its first-ever Twitter jockey

NEW YORK (AP) - The TJ position is the updated version of the network's VJ job, and Gabi Gregg will…
August 4, 2010

Student Kanye follows on Twitter is not a big fan

Kanye West, who took Twitter by grammatically-deficient storm last week, elected to follow a sole individual, 19-year-old Steve Holmes (@ste_101)…
June 30, 2010

Over 1 million Facebook fans agree: 'I love being black'

BlackWeb 2.0 - While there are other similar fan pages, none have been as successful in attracting a diverse following...