Smartphone

Some of us can’t go an hour without our smartphone, better yet 365 days! Vitaminwater is willing to fork over $100,000 to bet you can’t do it. The company unveiled a challenge for 2019 with the award of $100k to a person who can go without their smartphone for 365 days. You can enter the contest by […]

Own your own business? There's an app for that!

Turns out money can buy love just for $25 at that. There is this new app out that allows you to have an invisible girlfriend/ boyfriend for just $25. Now what come with this app are 100 text messages, 10 voicemails, 1 hand-written note, and even a few selfies. This app was created to help comfort […]

Deborah Owens joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to explain how to use your smartphone to be smart about your money. Check Owens’ list of…

Instead of teddy bears, today’s kids sleep with their smartphones tucked into bed with them. A recent story about children being addicted to smartphones in USA TODAY highlights a growing concern for parents — kids who exhibit signs of addiction when it comes to their phones. The 11-year-old girl in South Korea highlighted in the USA TODAY story is almost constantly […]

A new app “Around The Way” locates black-owned business all over the country, according to The North Star News. The New York-based company has teamed up with Washington, D.C.-based mobile-app development firm Clearly Innovative to create this app that aims to “empower and support black-owned businesses.” “Other ethnic groups have been supporting their own businesses […]