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By Sherri L. Smith, BlackWeb20.com

We follow our favorite celebrities’ social networking streams with greedy abandon, anxiously waiting for every new bit of info we can get to validate why they’re so great. From Grammy-winner Chrisette Michele (@epiphanygirl) taking a trip down memory lane, “Remember when u dialed 911 on ur beeper If it was an emergency. And remember swooshy pants and 54 elevens?” to Roots drummer Questlove (@questlove) adamantly disagreeing with NYMag.com’s best NY fried chicken list, “that’s a lie! that’s a cotdamn lie!!!” http://nymag.com/restaurant….,” it can be a fun diversion from the doldrums of everyday life. So what happens when the your favorite celebrities aren’t behind the keyboard furiously sharing every detail of their privileged lives? Read the rest of this entry »

By Sherri L. Smith, BlackWeb20.com

Last week rapper Kid Cudi came to the fork in the road and went straight, deciding to put the kibosh on both his Twitter feed and blog. Despite the recent celebrity stampede to social networking, Cudi told Rap-Up.com, “I hate the fact that you can have on one device about eight different ways for someone to contact you. If you think about it, it’s kinda creepy.” Read the rest of this entry »

By Sherri L. Smith, BlackWeb20.com

Yesterday, twitterholics were given the tools to take their addiction to the next level. Users will be able to make voice calls to each using the popular microblogging service.Jajah, an IP Telephony company has just released the beta version of Jajah@call, “the twitter calling solution”. Users simply type in @call then @username to place a call to a fellow tweeter. So in theory, you would tweet @call @misssmith11 if you wanted to give me a shout on twitter. If the user is following you, you can chat with them for two minutes free of charge. There is a catch however, both users must be Jajah users to get in on the fun. Read the rest of this entry »

By Sherri L. Smith, BlackWeb20.c0m

Tomorrow, the lovers in the audience can get a little birthday sex, even if their birthday is six months away. Romplr, the iPhone music application that lets you remix some of your favorite artist’s music is letting you get your hands on Jeremih’s ode to having it your way on your special day, “Birthday Sex.” Read the rest of this entry »

Sherri L. Smith, BlackWeb20.c0m

You don’t have to be a big name producer or a media mogul to see that things have changed in the music game. Gone are the days of spending millions to push a new artist. Hell, it’s hard for an established artist to get that kind of promotion now. And with the stations that were formerly music television turning into barren wastelands of reality shows, the video stars that hunted the radio star into extinction are also going the way of the dinosaur. Music needs a new business model — stat. Read the rest of this entry »

By Sherri L. Smith, BlackWeb20.com

Have you ever taken that perfect picture and just can’t wait to post it on Facebook, Flickr, or Twitter? And right before you post it, you notice a huge zit or worse, a huge nugget lodged in your nose? Jacked up photos maybe a thing of the past thanks to a new service that lets you correct those potentially embarrassing distractions. Read the rest of this entry »

By Sherri L. Smith, BlackWeb20.c0m

Social networking is firmly ingrained into our everyday lives. Countless hours of job productivity have been lost due to employees compelled to constantly update their status on Twitter, Facebook, and other equally addicting social networking sites. And you don’t need to be in front of your computer to access it. Mobile phones are portable gateways into our growing web of digital friends and followers. Game maker Nintendo has just made it even easier to get your networking on thanks to it’s newest addition, Nintendo DSi. Read the rest of this entry »

By Sherri L. Smith, BlackWeb20.com

Good news for all you Twitterholics out there. Now there are phones that will continue to satisfy your Twitter lust without distraction or judgement. INQ Mobile creator of the “Facebook Phone,” just unveiled two phones dedicated to the 140-character habit.

Following their mission of bringing accessible, affordable, and easy-to-use mobile internet to the people, INQ is about to roll out the two newest members of thier family, the INQ Chat 3G and the INQ Mini 3G. As the name suggests, the Mini is the slimmer of the two. Like it’s big brother, the Mini has Twitter, Facebook, Skype and instant messaging as well as Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo! Mail. The INQ Chat definitely has a fattie, but it needs a little more cushion to house that QWERTY keypad. Read the rest of this entry »

By Robin Caldwell, BlackWeb20.com

The tension was crazy. Grammy-award winning, Houston-based rapper Chamillionaire ventured into a Twitter territory that few other hip-hop artists have entered, and those names have started with a Jay, or a Kanye or Ddddd-diddy. You know those guys. However, tonight in an incredibly strategic move Chamillionaire managed to make it to the #2 trending topic on the social network known for its micro-blogging or “tweets.” Though he didn’t stay in the #2 position long, he enjoyed the process so much he told the almost 4,000 viewers of his live stream on Justin.tv that he wanted to trend again the next day. Read the rest of this entry »