Dubbed the “Abbey Road of Hip Hop”, Chung King Studios in New York City, founded by John King, earned an incredible reputation in the recording industry in the early days of hip hop. Not only the site where the earliest hits from the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, and Run-D.M.C. were are laid down on tape, it was also a breeding ground for the genre’s breakout producers, including Steve Ett, Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin. Building on those relationships, Chung King Studios became the de-facto home of Def Jam Recordings for its first four years. On this special segment of Fuse News Mario Armstrong The Digital Lifestyle Expert™ takes us on a walk down memory lane with John King himself.
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Mario’s Must Haves For a Better Life
Katie Couric Show: Accidentally Outed as Gay on Facebook
Today on Katie, Mario Armstrong talked to two young people, Bobbi Duncan and Taylor McCormick from Austin, Texas, who were accidentally outed as gay to their families and friends on Facebook. Despite both of them having been very careful with their Facebook privacy settings, due to a flaw in how pages work on Facebook, when they were added to their university’s Queer Chorus group’s Facebook group. The president of the chorus had added them to the group, which then notified their friends and families they’d joined, revealing their sexuality to many people from whom they’d been keeping it secret, including their parents.
Katie Couric Asks Me: What Can Be Done About Revenge Porn?
If you’re on a mobile device and can’t see the video above, click here to watch it on Katie’s site. To learn even more about how revenge porn is affecting women, and to see more clip’s from Katie’s show today, head on over to her site and check out the other videos. My notes about how to best stay safe and avoid embarrassing nude photos of yourself from turning up online, as well as what to do if it happens, are below.
Why is it so hard to get revenge porn sites taken down?
1. Once the image is out there and it goes viral, it’s hard to know where it is and who has it. It is especially difficult if they have changed the file name.
2. People don’t know that they can request content to be removed.
· You can contact reputation management companies to basically scare the perpetrators into stopping.
· You’re allowed to contact individual webmasters and ask them to remove any content.
· Google Inside Search is an Online tool to help you remove information about you online. Read More
HLN: Online Courses to keep skills sharp during the summer!
Whether you’ ve got kids going on summer break and you’re worried about whether or not they can keep their skills sharp over the next few months, or you’re an adult who wants to learn more, tackle a new field, or just dip your toes into a subject matter, online educational tools and courses are an amazing asset. There are a ton of cool things about these sites & getting an Education Online. For one, you’ve got a flexible schedule. There are no fixed classes or deadlines, so you can work at your own pace. Another advantage is being able to work from anywhere—home, the library, a coffee shop, whatever! Even for sites that charge, it still costs a fraction to learn online compared to what you’d have to spend to take even a continuing ed course at the local community college, and you further save on gas and time by not having to commute to drive your kid to their classes. Finally, online courses can be updated frequently so there’s no need to worry that you’re getting an expired education.
Mario’s Top 3: Cutting the Cord on Your Internet, Waterproof Tablets, And A New Photo App
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First, cutting the cord meant cutting off your expensive cable bill and relying on streaming sites like YouTube, Netflix and Hulu to replace traditional TV viewing with the latest online tech. Now, folks are cutting the cord on their Internet connections. Some people are turning to the abundance of free WiFi hotspots at coffee shops, restaurants, hotels, libraries, and the millions of other places that offer WiFi to get their fix. Others are finding that the Internet connections on their smartphones or tablets are more than enough for them to cut the cord at home.
I also discuss the absolute latest in tablet technology and spill a cup of coffee all over a brand new Sony Xperia Tablet Z with no problems. Finally, I take a look at an app called kicksend that makes it dead simple to get prints of your photos by sending them to a local photo lab straight from your smartphone. How cool is that?
TENS devices help you relieve chronic pain with technology! (Dr. Oz)
What do a gadget guru, a nutritionist, and a chiropractor have in common? The solution to your chronic pain problems! Today there are gadgets that offer ways to relieve pain in your own home, without a prescription. By sending electrical stimulation to the muscle or are that’s experiencing the pain, devices that use TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) technology can help relieve some of that pain. A lot of chiropractors and physical therapists have been using these devices for a while to relieve pain, but now you can use them in your own home. They’re also really easy to use!
The Best Health Gadgets At Your Drugstore (Dr. Oz)
As Dr. Oz says, “You don’t need to be tech savvy to get the best health gadgets!” This week I talked to Dr. Oz to show off a variety of health gadgets that you can find at your drugstore! The best part? All of these are Dr. Oz-approved, so you know they’re gonna work as advertised!
Here’s the products I showed off.
The Latest in Apps for Music Lovers (Fuse News)
We’re all about finding new music, but how do you find what your friends, neighbors, or complete strangers are listening to? And then how do you go to those shows? With apps, of course! Here are a few of my favorites.
Safe Browsing and Parental Controls (TODAY Show video)
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Apps Mentioned in this piece:
Private WiFi – Encrypts your data so anything you transmit online (usernames, passwords, credit cards) aren’t visible to anyone else using the same WiFi network.
Private Browsing – A feature on many major browsers tooday, including Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. You can use this to keep your browsing history safe on a public or shared computer.
Parental Controls – No matter what devices your children are using, there are parental controls you need to be using! Here are some instructions for setting them up on Windows, iPhone, Mac, Blackberry, and Kindle Fire.