• More than 2.5 trillion images are shared or stored on the internet annually. • By 2020, it is estimated that 6.1 billion people will have phones with cameras. • In a single year, approximately 106 million new surveillance cameras are sold. • Worldwide, more than 3 million ATMs have cameras that watch its users. […]
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“Only from the study of America in its foreign relations can African-Americans hope to appreciate the full measure of America’s insult to them.” -Randall Robinson Tweet
Read the rest of this entry »Book Bits: “Brave” By: Rose McGowan
Here are some interesting tidbits from, “Brave” By: Rose McGowan: • She faced great opposition to the publication of this book. She said she had parts of her manuscript stolen, and was hacked, stalked, and spied on. • The cover of the book is a picture of her getting her hair shaved off. After reading […]
Read the rest of this entry »Black History Fact Of The Day: Dr. Earl Shaw
Dr. Earl Shaw is the co-inventor of a laser device that helps provide radiation to cancer patients. Tweet
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“As a group, African-Americans have virtually no power or influence. Those who appear to have mainstream power, enjoy the appearance of power only as long as their circumscribed influence is not directed toward fundamentally altering social and economic conditions for a black community whence they sprang, at home and abroad. To make the point more […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Bits: “Up Till Now: The Autobiography” By: William Shatner
Here are some interesting tidbits from, “Up Till Now: The Autobiography” By: William Shatner: • He discusses the start of his love for acting. • He has a strong friendship with Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock on Star Trek. • He has acted in a variety of mediums: theater, television, movies. • He has dealt […]
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“Mythology is important, essential even, to a national psyche. And Americans in particular are desperate in their pursuit of national myth. This is understandable, to a point: coating an elemental truth with the bright gloss of heroism and national sacrifice is the prerogative of the nation-state. But to carry the same lies forward, generation after […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Fly Or Die Commerce Report: Google To Purchase NYC’s Chelsea Market
In the near future, Google will reportedly close a deal that will garner it ownership of Chelsea Market. According to the New York Daily News, the company has shelled out $2 billion to purchase the 1.2 million square-foot property. Google is already a tenant at the popular location, where the Oreo cookie was invented. Chelsea […]
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“Any manager who punishes their staff for expressing an opinion hasn’t got the faintest idea about leadership. People in charge should empower their employees, not scare them into silence.” -Richard Branson Tweet
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