Rainbow PUSH Hosts DC Telecommunications Symposium
The Rainbow PUSH Coalition and the Citizenship Education Fund will host its annual symposium examining the current state of telecommunications and international affairs on Friday, October 29. The event takes place at the Capital Hilton hotel in Washington, DC., 1001 16th Street, NW from 7:30 - 2:00 pm and is open to the public. Pre-registration is required.
The topics and panels to be convened include "Obstacles and Opportunities in Implementing the National Broadband Plan," "Digital Civil Rights," "Broadband Adoption: Why it Should be the Top National Priority in Technology Policy," "Focus on Africa: U.S. HIV-AIDS Policy," and "Financial Literacy Training."
An opening VIP reception will be held on Thursday, October 28, 2010 6:00 PM, at The Willard Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. To RSVP call 202-383-7974.or additional information visit http://www.rainbowpush.org/.
Commander-In-Chief Giving Lots of Love To Black Bloggers
President Obama stopped by a "black online summit" at the White House Monday as part of an outreach to African American journalists and bloggers before the midterm elections, an effort that includes the Democratic National Committee spending what it calls an unprecedented $3 million to reach the most loyal part of Obama's base, African American voters.
"I thought the meeting was great in that it showed that President Obama and his administration are taking black new media and our growing influence seriously," David A. Wilson, managing editor of theGrio.com, told Journal-isms via e-mail.
"They outlined how the administration's policies have had a positive effect on the African-American community and they invited us to make suggestions on how they could work better with us and provide us with more access to the White House.
Michael Jackson Earned More This Past Year Than Any Living Celebrity Except Guess Who?
Over the past year Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Madonna and Jay-Z each each earned more than $50 million. But Michael Jackson earned more than all four--combined.
The King of Pop, who died in June 2009, made an astonishing $275 million in the past 12 months, putting him -- by a wide margin -- atop the Forbes list of top-earning dead celebrities. Jackson's take was in no small part because of the more than $250 million worldwide box-office haul of the Sony film This Is it. Check out the one celebrity who still banks more than the music legend.
Never Heard of TuneCore? Then You Need To Step Your Music Game UP!
Less than five years after Price launched it, TuneCore has become the world's largest distributor of music, as measured by its volume of releases. The New York-based company pumps out 15,000 to 30,000 new songs each week, more than most major record labels release in a year. And it achieves that without scouting and signing artists, operating a recording studio or cranking up the marketing and promotion machine typically part of a traditional recorded music label.
Established musicians such as Jay-Z, Trent Reznor and Aretha Franklin use TuneCore's services, as well as lesser known artists such as Dave Days and Liam Sullivan.
The story of how TuneCore became a key part of the digital music ecosystem parallels the rise of the digital music business, once the shock of widespread piracy began to wear off and executives began to question every assumption they had about the industry.
Technology Impacts The Diaspora In Unimaginable Ways
Ask web entrepreneur Stefan Magdalinski why he moved from London to Cape Town two years ago, and he points to a map that illustrates the technological revolution reshaping Africa.
The map shows the 14 undersea fibre-optic cables that will link the continent's Internet service providers to the servers of Europe and Asia by mid-2012, increasing the capacity of its cable Internet connections almost three-fold from today and nearly 300-fold from 2009.
The cables are drawn in different colours and in thicknesses that represent their capacity -- from the thin gray line showing the 120-gigabit cable that was Africa's only fibre optic link in January 2009, to the broad orange swath showing a 5,120-gigabit cable set to launch in 2012.
Starbucks Wants Your Business Coffee Addicts, Badly!
Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee retailer, have unveiled additions to their WiFi network that will allow customers to enjoy free access to media like movies and e-books while in store. Smartphone toting coffee lovers–as well as those with iPads and laptops–can now enjoy a variety of “snackable” content simply by connecting to the Starbucks network.
After network connection is established a welcome page will appear, allowing customers to scroll through various sections including entertainment, wellness, business and careers, and “my neighborhood,” where they can find community news, restaurant reviews and more.
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Egyptian Women Use Twitter to Fight Sexual Harassment
Women who experience sexual harassment while walking the streets of Cairo will soon have a way to use Twitter to fight back. A Web service called Harrasmap will collect tweeted or texted reports of gropings, whistles and other unwanted harassment; the data will be used to generate a real-time map of the city showing areas that might be unsafe for women.
With 83% of Egyptian women and 98% of female foreign residents saying they have experienced harassment in Cairo, the site's founders say they hope the service will help victims realize that they aren't alone.
Time To Get Out Of That Unemployment Line
Wake up, job seekers. Sixty percent of you aren’t using social media in your quest to land a position, according to MicroTrain, a professional training and job services company. That means the 40 percent of job hunters who are using social media—sites like LinkedIn and Twitter—hold a decided advantage over their behind-the-times counterparts. As James Ellis, director of professional services at MicroTrain, pointed out, many job postings on Twitter and LinkedIn never appear anywhere else.
Social media specialist and author Dan Schwabel noted recently that the old approach to finding a job—“developing a resume and cover letter, locating jobs on and submitting your resume to corporate sites and job banks, and crossing your fingers in hopes of receiving a call from a hiring manager—is, for the most part, a thing of the past.”
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As to the MJ's youngest, 6 year-old Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. (affectionately referred to as "Blanket"), no word on that child's mother or the role she may want to play in the child's life at this point.
Marlon Jackson, 51, an original Jackson Five member who stocks shelves at a Vons supermarket in San Diego, had to temporarily move into an extended-stay hotel. It's gets worse family. 
And the little one grinning out from beneath a hoodie on the far left, despite the best efforts of his nanny to keep him hidden, is thought to be their five-yearold brother Prince Michael II - known as Blanket.
Had it not been for 49-year-old Jackson attempting another "incognito" outfit as the family stepped out in Las Vegas, they might have gone unnoticed.
The two elder children do bear some resemblance to their mother Debbie Rowe, who Jackson married in 1996. After divorcing the gloved one, the former nurse essentially gave the singer custody as "a gift". Blanket was born to an unnamed surrogate mother. The paternity of all three children has been questioned in the past. 
