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Roland Martin talks with tech guru Mario Armstrong about why black people are more engaged in social media than their white counterparts. Follow the Tom…

A new study has found that African Americans use Twitter and Instagram and purchase smart phones more than any other demographic. According to USA Today, the study — which was done by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project, conducted phone interviews with 1,800 respondents. Among black Internet users, 26% use Twitter — in […]

News

So, some techies have hacked twitter.  The micro-blog site thinks that China is behind the attack.  If your account was compromised, you should have recieved an email from twitter.  But they say it’s a small percentage of people whose account was compromised.  Get the whole story here.

Just days after Instagram blocked Twitter users from being able to post Instagram photos on Twitter, the 140 character social network site now features photo filters and editing.  Read more here.

  Nick Gordon confirmed via Twitter that he and Bobbi Kristina are finished.  Read more here…

Facebook reached a major milestone this week.  While it made some users uneasy, it also  made fashion news.  CNN.com has the full story.  Read More:

The sudden death of Disco diva Donna Summers has sent the social network Twitter into a trending frenzy as celebs from all over the entertainment industry tweet their condolences on their timelines. Check out their reactions to Donna Summers who died Thursday after battling cancer below. https://twitter.com/#!/maryjblige/status/203161160369971200 https://twitter.com/#!/Timbaland/status/203152995859439616 https://twitter.com/#!/MarioLopezExtra/status/203155532121505792 Follow Majic 102.1 on Twitter now!! […]

EURWeb.com reports that last Friday, Piers Morgan engaged in a verbal battle with a well known journalist over his Twitter dialogue on the Treyvon Martin case and what appears to be a severe injustice within the justice system and the sentiment that George Zimmerman should be arrested and put on trial.  This week on “Sunday […]

H-Town

via: click2houston.com HOUSTON – Memorial Hermann Hospital performed the first live feed of an open heart surgery on Twitter. The procedure is expected to last about two hours. The patient, who is a 57-year-old man, was prepped at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday and the cameras are started rolling at 8:30 a.m. See More

It was a shock to all of us who knew him, and made an appointment to watch him every week. As the word spread that “Soul Train” legend Don Cornelius, apparently took his own life, Twitter was ablaze with in a stream of condolences that continued Thursday. CNN.com has the feature story.

The great promise of social networking has been the ability to stay in touch with friends, family and, let’s face it, mere acquaintances without regard to traditional hurdles like geography. But in the process of bringing everyone, from long-lost friends to grade-school acquaintances, just a status update away, the rise of Facebook, Twitter and the […]